Question | Answer |
A PRODUCT THAT IS MADE BY A SINGLE FACTOR BEING MULTIPLIED BY ITSELF. | Square |
THE PROPERTY THAT SAYS THAT WHEN YOU ADD OR MULTIPLY, ORDER DOESN'T MATTER. 2+3 = 3+2 ; (3)(4) = (4)(3) | Commutative Property |
A MATHEMATICAL STATEMENT THAT CONTAINS AT LEAST ONE VARIABLE. EXAMPLE: 3X+4 | Algebraic Expression |
A REPLACEMENT FOR A VARIABLE THAT MAKES AN OPEN SENTENCE INTO A TRUE EQUATION | Solution |
THE SET OR COLLECTION OF ALL OF THE SOLUTIONS OF AN EQUATION. | Solution Set |
A LETTER OR SYMBOL THAT REPRESENTS AN UNKNOWN VALUE. | Variable |
THE PROPERTY THAT SAYS THAT WHEN YOU ADD OR MULTIPLY, THE GROUPING DOESN'T MATTER. EXAMPLE: 2+(3+4) = (2+3)+4 | Associative Property |
TO FIND THE VALUE OF AN EXPRESSION BY SUBSTITUTING THE VARIABLES WITH THEIR VALUES AND THEN CALCULATING | Evaluate |
TWO MATHEMATICAL STATEMENTS THAT HAVE THE SAME VALUE BUT MAY LOOK DIFFERENT. EXAMPLE: 2X + 4 + 3X + 7 = 5X + 11 | Equivalent Equations |
THE FACTOR THAT IS MULTIPLIED BY ITSELF IN A POWER. | Base |
THE PROPERTY THAT IS MODELED BY A(B + C) = AB + AC EXAMPLE: 7(2X + 5) = 14X + 35 | Distributive Property |
A x 1 = A | Identity Property of Multiplication |
A METHOD OF WRITING THE MULTIPLICATION OF FACTORS BY USING EXPONENTS | Exponental Form |
THE ACT OF GETTING AN EXPRESSION INTO IT'S SIMPLEST FORM. | Simplfing |
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A NUMBER, A LETTER OR THE COMBINATION OF NUMBERS AND/OR LETTERS SEPARATED BY OPERATIONAL SIGNS. | Expression |
THE NUMBER THAT TELLS YOU HOW MANY TIMES A FACTOR IS MULTIPLIED BY ITSELF. | Exponent |
A MATHEMATICAL SENTENCE THAT USES AN EQUAL SIGN TO STATE THAT TWO EXPRESSIONS HAVE THE SAME VALUE EXAMPLE: 2X + 4 = 7 | Equation |
TO SIMPLIFY AN EXPRESSION BY PUTTING TOGETHER TERMS THAT HAVE EXACTLY THE SAME VARIABLE FACTORS. | Like Terms |
AN EQUATION THAT SHOWS THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN TWO OR MORE VARIABLES. EXAMPLE: P = 2L + 2W | Formula |
Postive numbers and their opposite including zero | Integers |
Positive numbers and zero | Whole numbers |
Positive numbers or counting numbers | Natural numbers |
numbers that can be written in the form a/b where b does not equal zero | Rational numbers |