Math Vocab
An unknown quantity or value, usually represented by a letter.
What is a variable?
Which of the following are like terms?
4x
2y
2x
4x, 2x
Simplify the expression below:
2x + x + 5
3x + 5
List the variables in the following expression:
4x
x
Write the mathematical operation that goes with the word:
Sum
+
A number with no variable with it.
What is a constant?
Which of the following are like terms?
2x2
5x2
5
3y
2x2, 5x2
Simplify the expression below:
5x2 - 3x2 + 3 - 2
8x2 + 1
List the constants in the following expression:
3x + 5 - 1
5, -1
Write the mathematical operation that goes with the word:
Difference
-
A number by which a variable is being multiplied or divided, always immediately next to the variable.
What is a coefficient?
Which of the following are like terms?
17
2x5
3y5
220
17, 220
Simplify the expression below:
8 + 7y3 - 2y - 10
7y3 - 2y - 2
List the variables in the following expression:
4x3 - y3 + 22
x, y
Write the mathematical operation that goes with the word:
Product
x
A set of values multiplied or divided together, separated by addition or subtraction.
What are terms?
Which of the following are like terms?
13x2y
9xy
15
15x2y
13x2y, 15x2y
Simplify the expression below:
3xy - 9xy + x2 + 5x2
6x2 - 6xy
List the coefficients in the following expression:
7x - 8y + 14 - x
7, -8, -1
Write the mathematical operation that goes with the word:
Quotient
/
A set of values containing the same variable raised to the same power (exponent).
What are like terms?
Which of the following are like terms?
2x10y5
10x10m5
-7x10m5
17xm
10x10y5
-7x10m5
5x2y - 2 + 10x2y + 8 - 10xy
15x2y - 10xy + 6
List the coefficients in the following expression:
22y20 - 13x2y2 - 10 + y4 - 1
Write the mathematical operation that goes with the word:
Raised
T3