Vocab
A letter or a symbol used to represent an unknown or unspecified number.
or x in the expression: 2x + 4
variable
4+0=4
Identity Property of Addition
Combine Like Terms:
5x + 2x
7x
What is Michael's favorite color?
Name all the original members of the Wu Tang Clan
RZA, GZA, ODB, Method Man, Raekwon, Ghostface Killah, Inspectah Deck, U-God, Masta Killa
Repeated multiplication is more commonly referred to as this or the little top number in this expression: x2
exponent
give an example(or definition) of the identity property of multiplication
Multiplying a number by 1 does not change its value.
5*1=5, 9*1=1, x*1=x, etc
Solve for x:
x - 3 = 16
x = 19
What does the M in PEMDAS or the order of operations stand for?
Multiplication
a specific number whose value does not change
or 4 in the expression: x + 4
constant
(2+4)+3=2+(4+3)
Associative Property of Addition
Combine Like Terms:
12 + 5x + 3 - 2x
15 + 3x
Solve using PEMDAS:
5 * 2 + 32
19
Numbers that are multiplied by at least one variable.
Or 4 in the term: 4x+2
coefficient
4 x 5 x 2 = 2 x 5 x 4
Commutative Property of Multiplication
Combine Like Terms:
8(3+2x) - 3x
24 + 13x
What is the Prime Factorization of 72
23 + 32
Terms with the same variable(s) raised to the same power(s)
or 3y2 and y2 in the expression:
3y2 + 2y - y2
Like Terms
7(3 + x) = 21 + 7x
Distributive Property
Solve for x:
2(x + 4) - 3 = 9
x = 2
What's Michael's Middle Name?
Stephen