Vocabulary
This contains variables, numbers, and operations - it does not contain an equal sign.
What is an algebraic expression?
Rewrite: 3y - 2 +4y + 6 with no subtraction.
What is 3y + (-2) +4y + 6?
These are pieces of an expression separated by addition.
What are terms?
Rewrite 2r^2 +7r - r^2 + 9 - 3r with no subtraction.
What is 2r^2 + 7r + (-r^2) + 9 + (-3r)?
These are terms that have the same variables to the same exponents.
What are like terms?
Simplify 3(4f + 3).
What is 12f + 9?
When you write an expression as a product of factors.
What is factoring an expression?
This is an algebraic expression in which the variable is 1.
What is a linear expression?