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Factoring Vocabulary
Factoring Terms
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What is a coeffecient? | a number |
| What does 'GCF' stand for? | greatest common factor |
| What is a greatest common factor? | the largest common number from factors of two or more numbers |
| What is the GCF of 42 and 72? | 6 |
| What does a parabola look like? | a 'U' shape |
| What does it mean to factor? | Break apart an expression or equation into two or more terms |
| Name the three types of factoring quadratic equations. | Grouping, Square Root, Quadratic Formula |
| What is an equation | An algebraic sentence that shows that two quantities are equal (have an equal sign) |
| What is a solution? | A value that, when substituted for a variable in an equation, makes the equation true |
| What is an expression? | A mathematical phrase that combines operations, numbers, and/or variables |
| When do you use PEMDAS? | To remember the order of operations: parentheses, exponents, multiplication/division, addition/subtraction. |
| How do you know if an expression/equation is in Standard form? | The variable exponents values are in descending order. |
| Slope-Intercept Form | y=mx + b |
| Point-Slope Form | y-y1= m(x-x1) |
| When factoring, you should always see if there is a _____? | GCF |
| How do you 'combine like terms?' | Add together numbers or terms with identical variable parts |
| What does it mean if a number is Prime? | A whole number greater than one that has exactly two factors |
| What does it mean to Simplify? | To write a fraction or expression in simplest terms |
| How do you find perimeter? | Add up the values from each side of a shape. |
| How do you find area? | Multiply length and width. |
| What is a radicand? | The expression under a radical sign. |
| What is the square root of 169? | 13 |
| When working with parabolas who many solution options are there? | 3: 0 solutions, 1 solution, 2 solutions |
| Simplify: 6t + 9t - 5t | 10t |
| 2p² + 12p + 15p² - 4p | 17p² + 8p |
| 2y - (- 8y) | 10y |
| When adding or subtracting fractions you must have ______ ______. | common denominators |
| What is the term of the top number in a fraction? | numerator |
| What words mean adding? | sum, all together, plus |
| What words mean subtraction? | take away, less, minus |
| What words mean multiplication? | times, product |
| What word means equal? | is |
| How is 3x > 15 written in a math sentence? | three times a number is greater than fifteen |