The order of operations
What is PEMDAS?
A letter or symbol used to represent an unknown or unspecified number
What is a variable?
Evaluate 30/d - 2; d = 6
What is 3?
eight plus a number times 5
What is 8+5n?
Evaluate 10+21/7-2
What is 11?
The term for the 5 in the expression 5s + 20
What is the coefficient?
n / 4
What is a number divided by 4
Evaluate xy; x = 8 and y = 6
What is 48?
The difference of 58 and a number
What is 58 - n?
Evaluate 24-(8/2)+6
What is 26?
A mathematical statement that two expressions are equal
What is an equation?
Evaluate x + y - 1; x = 12 and y = 4
What is 15?
3 minus 6 times a number
What is 3-6n?
5 X (6-3)+10/(8-3)
What is 17
An expression that contains one or more variables
What is an algebraic expression?
Evaluate 4(n - 4) + 14 when n = 5
What is 18?
The quotient of 16 and t
What is 16/t?
When you substitute a number for the variable and find the value of an expression; substitute and simplify
What is to evaluate an expression?
A friend asks you to think of a number, triple it, and then subtract 2. Write an algebraic expression using the variable x to describe your friend's directions. Bonus $200: Then find the value of the expression if the number you think of is 5.
What is 3x - 2?
BONUS: What is 13?