Definitions
The definition of a VARIABLE.
(What is) a letter that represents an unknown number, usually one we want to know.
|x|=4.
(What is) x=-4, 4?
A number take away thirty.
(What is) x-30?
Simplify 2y2 + 6y2 - y2.
(What is) 7y2?
The name of these brackets | |.
(What is) ABSOLUTE VALUE?
4|x| = 12.
(What is) x=-3, 3?
Four times a number squared.
(What is) 4x2?
Simplify 8x2 - 4 - 6x2.
(What is) 2x2 - 4?
The definition of ABSOLUTE VALUE.
(What is) how far away from zero the number inside the brackets is?
|n+5|=9.
(What is) n=-14, 4?
The quotient of a number and 15.
(What is) x/15?
Simplify n2 - n3 + 3n2 - 80.
(What is) -n3 + 4n2 - 80?
The definition of INVERSE OPERATION
(What is) any pair of math operations which "undoes" the effect of the other.
(Ex: Add/Subtract, Mult./Division)
|x-1| = -4. (Careful!)
(What is) NO SOLUTION!!!
Isolated absolute values CANNOT equal a negative!
Four more than the sum of a number and a different number
(What is) 4+(x+y)?
Simplify p2 - 5p2 + 7p3 - 4p2 - 6.
(What is) 7p3 - 8p2 - 6?
Terms whose variables and exponents are the same.
(What is) LIKE TERMS?
Ex: 2x2 and -x2 are like terms.
-5|3m-5|=-85.
(What is) m=-4, 22/3?
Seventeen less than the product of eight times a number cubed.
(What is) 8x3-17?
Simplify 4a2 - 2a3 + 7a3 - 5a2 - 8a - 2 + 8a + 8.
(What is) 5a3 - a2 + 6