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Math Vocabulary .1
Math study vocabulary
Term | Definition |
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Distributive Properties | The property that terms in an expression may be expanded in a particular way to form an equivalent expression. |
Substitution | A person or thing acting or serving in place of another. |
Term | A mathematical expression of the form like numbers or letters and x and y. |
Variables | A quantity or function that may assume any given value or set of values. |
Equivalent | Of two sets able to be placed in one-to-one correspondence. |
Exponent | A symbol or number placed above and after another symbol or number to denote the power to which the latter is to be raised |
Constant | A quantity assumed to be unchanged throughout a given discussion |
Coefficient | a number or quantity placed (generally) before and multiplying another quantity, as 3 in the expression 3 x. |
Factor | To express (a mathematical quantity) as a product of two or more quantities . |
Quotient | A result of division; the number of times one quantity is contained in another. |
Product | A substance obtained from another substance through chemical change. |
Sum | The limit of the sequence of partial sums of a given infinite series. |