In Terms of Algebra
A symbol, often a letter, that represents an unknown value in an expression.
What is a variable?
The process used to combine like terms 2x + 3x.
What is addition?
Translate: the sum of a number x and 5.
What is x + 5?
The value of the expression 3x when x = 4.
What is 12?
The next number in the pattern
2, 4, 6, 8, ...
What is 10?
A number multiplied by a variable in an algebraic expression.
What is a coefficient?
The result of subtracting 3y from 7y.
What is 4y?
Translate: seven more than twice a number n.
What is 2n + 7?
The value of 2x^2 - 3 when x = 2.
What is 5?
The rule for the pattern
3, 6, 9, 12, ...
What is multiply by 3?
In the expression 3x + 7, this is the constant term.
What is 7?
The first step in simplifying the expression 4(x + 2).
What is distributing?
Translate: five less than three times a number y.
What is 3y - 5?
The value of the expression 4y - 5 when y = 3
What is 7?
The next number in the Fibonacci sequence:
1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, ...
What is 13?
An algebraic expression that contains exactly one term.
What is a monomial?
Combine like terms in the expression 6x + 3y - 2x + y.
What is 4x + 4y?
Translate: the product of a number z and four is twelve.
What is 4z = 12?
The expression x^2 + 2x + 1 evaluates to this value when x = -1.
What is 0?
If the expression 3n + 2 represents a pattern, give the first term of the sequence when n = 1.
What is 5?
Two expressions set equal to each other forming a mathematical statement.
What is an equation?
The necessary operation to solve 3x = 12 for x.
What is division?
Translate: half of a number a decreased by nine is equal to zero.
What is (1/2)a - 9 = 0?
Find the value of 2(x^3) - x + 1 when x = 2.
What is 15?
If the pattern is defined by the expression 4n - 1, find the third term.
What is 11?