The number being multiplied by the variable.
(The number next to the x.)
What is a COEFFICIENT?
3a-1<2a
a<1
3(2x-6) = 4(x+2)
x=13
3(x+2)-5x+7
-2x+13
These are separated by plus and minus signs.
What are TERMS?
5n+9>2n
n>-3
2x+3x-7>x+1
x>2
7 - (2x+3)
-2x+4
This can be any letter of the alphabet
What is a VARIABLE?
8y-3>=6y+17
y>=10
2x+3(x-4)=-x
x= -2
-(3x-4) + 2x - 1
-x+3
A polynomial with only one term
What is a MONOMIAL?
2x + 11 = -3x + 36
What is x = 5
x+5<=4x+26
x>=7
x+x+4 < -2(2x-5)
x< 1
2(4x-8) - 3(2x+3)
2x-25
A trinomial
What is a polynomial with 3 terms?
3/4x+8=2x-12
x=16
x+5<4x+26
what is x > 7
18+4x=4x-3
no solution
(10 + 7r - r2) + (-6r2 -18 + 5r)
-7r2 + 12r - 8
A number that stands alone in an expression or equation.
What is a CONSTANT?
7x - 17 = 3x + 4 - 2x
x=7/2 or 3.5
12x+ 3<= 5x+ 31
x<=4
2(x+3) = 2x+6
Infinite solutions
-(7x-4)+8x2+(-5x2-3x)+11
3x2 - 10x + 15