Math Vocabulary
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| absolute value | the distance a number is from zero on a number line
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| additive inverse | the opposite of a number; the other number that is the same distance from zero on the number line
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| algebraic expression | a mathematical phrase involving at least one variable and sometimes numbers and operation symbols.
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| coefficient | the numberical factor of a term that contains a variable
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| conjecture | an educated guess believed to be true
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| constant | a term without a variable; a plain number
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| counterexample | an example that proves a statement false
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| equation | a mathematical sentence that contains an equal sign
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| evaluate | to find the value of [a numberical or algebraic expression]
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| integer | a positive or negative number, including zero, that does not contain a fraction or decimal
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| inverse operations | operations that undo each other (such as addition and subtraction)
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| opposites | two numbers that are equal distance from zero on a number line but are on opposite sides of zero so that they have different signs
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| subsitute | to replace a variable with a number or another equal expression
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| variable | a letter or symbol used to represent an unknown number
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| property | a rule that is true for any numbers
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| mastery | great skillfulness and knowledge of some subject or activity
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| order of operations | the order in which operations in an expression to be evaluated are carried out. 1. parentheses or other grouping symbols 2. exponents 3. multiplication and division 4. addition and subtraction
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| term | a number, a variable, or the product of numbers and variables
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| like terms | terms that have the same variable and the same exponent
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