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CHSAlg1Unit1
GPS Algebra1 Unit 1 Vocabulary
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Monomial | Polynomial with one term |
| Binomial | Polynomial with two terms |
| Trinomial | Polynomial with three terms |
| Expression | a mathematical statement that includes numbers, operations, and variables to represent a number or quantity |
| Term | a number, a variable, or the product of a number and variable(s) |
| Polynomial | a monomial or a sum of monomials |
| Factor | one of two or more numbers or expressions that are multiplied to produce a product |
| Variable | a letter used to represent a value or unknown quantity that can change or vary |
| Like terms | terms that contain the same variables raised to the same power |
| Constant terms | a term whose value does not change |
| Constant | a quantity that does not change |
| base | the factor being multiplied together in an exponential expression; in the expression ab , a is the base |
| Closure | a system is closed, or shows closure, under an operation if the result of the operation is within the system |
| coefficient | the number multiplied by a variable in an algebraic expression |
| exponent | the number of times a factor is being multiplied together in an exponential expression; in the expression a b , b is the exponen |
| quadratic expression | an algebraic expression that can be written in the form ax2 + bx + c, where x is the variable, a, b, and c are real numbers, and a ≠ 0 |
| order of operation | the order in which expressions are evaluated from left to right (grouping symbols, evaluating exponents, completing multiplication and division, completing addition and subtraction) |