Definitions
Rules to follow when more than one operation is used in an expression or equation.
Order of Operations
a letter that is used to represent a number, usually an unknown number.
Variable
Terms that have the same variable raised to the same power.
Like Terms
to find a numerical value (answer)
Evaluate
A way to represent a part of a whole written as two numbers separated by a slash (division bar)
Fraction
The number placed in front of the Variable or multiplied by the variable.
Coefficients
The answer you get when you add.
Sum
the order in which numbers are GROUPED when added or multiplied does not change the sum or product.
Associative Property
The answer you get when you multiply.
Product
Reducing a fraction or expression to its simplest form.
Simplify
The order in which numbers are multiplied does not change the product.
Commutative Property of Multiplication
a number that always stays the same.
Constant
The answer you get when you divide.
Quotient
A small number written above and to the right of another number (base) that tells you how many times to multiply that number by itself.
Exponent
A fraction with a numerator of 1,
Unit Fraction
the opposite
Inverse
The number that you add/multiply to a number to get that same number back.
Identity Property
a part of an expression which can be a number, a variable or BOTH. It's usually separated by addition/minus sign.
Terms
Terms that have different variables and/or different powers.
Unlike Terms
An expression that contains only numbers and an operation symbol
Numerical expression
Flip a fraction upside down or change a whole number to 1 / THAT NUMBER.
Reciprocal
The answer you get when you subtract.
Difference
Different Fractions that represent the same value.
Equivalent Fractions
means to do repeated multiplication of a base number
Powers
A mathematical statement that has a variable, a number and at least one operation symbol.
Algebraic Expression