Vocabulary
The number being multiplied to a variable
What is a Coefficient?
2x + 8x - 7
10x - 7
the sum of 4 and a number
4 + x
x - 8 = 10
x = 18
2x - x + 6 = 13
x = 7
The letter in an expression or equation
What is a variable?
3(x + 6)
3x + 18
the quotient of a number and 3 being added to 5
(x/3) + 5
x/-7 = 3
x = -21
4(x - 3) = 12
x = 6
The number that stays the same
What is a constant?
4(x - 8) + 6x
10x - 32
a number times 3 all divided by 7
3x/7
2x - 6 = 10
x = 8
-2(x + 9) - 5 = 3
x = -13
Any number, variable, or number being multiplied to a variable.
What is a term?
3 - 9(x + 5)
-9x - 42
4 divided by a number minus 6
4/x-6
-5x + 2 = 17
x = -3
7(x - 4) + 2x = 2x +7
x = 5
Terms that have the same variable and the same exponent.
What are like terms?
5(x - 2) + 7(x + 8)
12x + 46
12 less than a number being multiplied by 9
9x - 12
x/3 - 2 = 4
x = 18
x - 3(6 + x) = -2x-18
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