Math Vocabulary
Increased by means this operation.
What is addition?
The acronym for the Order of Operations.
What is PEMDAS?
5 more than a number
What is 5+x ?
Evaluate 4x when x = 3.
What is 12 ?
Quotient means this operation.
What is division?
Why do we use the Order of Operations?
So everyone gets the same answer.
What is x-10 ?
Evaluate 2n - 3 when n = 7.
What is 11 ?
A letter or symbol used to represent a number.
What is a variable?
Pairs of operations are grouped together (do them left to right)
What are multiplication/division and addition/subtraction?
the product of a number and 5
What is 5x (or 5*x)?
Evaluate (3+x)/3 when x=9.
What is 4 ?
This word by itself means multiplication.
(Hint: 2 letters)
What is "of"?
Simplify 7+2*4.
What is 15?
Evaluate 3x+4y when x = 4 and y = 3.
What is 24 ?
A mathematical phrase that contains numbers, variables and operations (like addition, subtraction, multiplication and division)
What is algebraic expression?
Simplify 20-23/2.
What is 16?
5 over the quantity of a number plus 10
5/(x + 10)
Evaluate (x+5)2+7 when x=1.
What is 42 ?