Vocabulary
A letter used to represent an unknown number
What is a variable?
2x + 5 = 17
What is 6 ?
3a - 5 = 4
What is 3 ?
22m + 4 = 12
What is 4/11?
6z - 8 = 2
What is 5/3?
A known value, without any variables attached.
What is a Constant?
2x + 1 = 3
What is 1?
5m - 7 = 23
What is 6 ?
8y + 11 = 13
What is 3?
9y - 15 = 5
What is 20/9?
Terms that share the same variable
What are like terms?
2x + 5 = 9
What is 2?
6k - 5 = 43
What is 8 ?
8k + 21 = 97
What is 9.5?
6z - 14 = 3
What is 17/6?
The multiplier of a variable, found directly in front of the variable.
What is a coefficient?
3s + 7 = 19
What is 4?
4j - 7 = 9
What is 4?
11g + 37 = 128
What is 91/11?
9y - 18 = 52
What is 70/9?
A mathematical statement that two values are equivalent, separated by an equal sign.
What is an equation?
4b + 10 = 34
What is 6?
2q - 3 = 27
What is 15?
317w + 596 = 1,639
What is 1043/317?
10d - 83 = 64
What is 147/10?