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Math Vocabulary
Common Knowledge
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3 + 4c = 15 Miss Slawin subtracts 4c from both sides first. Why is this incorrect?
You have to subtract 3 from both sides first. You can't subtract 4c from 15. They are not "like terms".
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Eighteen more than twice a number
18 + 2n
100
Simplify. x - 3x
-2x
100
What is a variable?
A letter that represents a number.
100
Spell the 3 forms of the word ______ and use each in a sentence correctly.
There Their They're
200
11(m + 7) = 11m + 18
Miss Slawin added 11 and 7 when she should have multiplied them.
200
Tim's bill is four more dollars than twice Jesse's bill. Tim spent $9.50.
2j + 4 = $9.50
200
Simplify. 10 + 6x - 11 + 7x
13x - 1
200
What is the difference between an expression and an equation?
An equation has an equal sign.
200
Mystery, Adventure, and Historical Fiction are all types of different what?
Genres.
300
14n + (-3n) + 8 = -17n +8
Miss Slawin added 14n and (-3n) when she should have subtracted them.
300
Sixteen equals the quotient of a number and three, less eight.
n/3 - 8 = 16
300
Simplify. 6x - 3 + 2x + 5
8x + 2
300
IN the equation 7x + 12 = 13, what is the coefficient?
7.
400
2x + 17 = 14 Miss Slawin subtracted 17 from both sides getting 2x = 3. She then divided both sides by 2 getting x = 1.5.
14 - 17 is (-3), not 3. Her final answer would have been (-1.5).
400
Miss Slawin bought some fruit for $5 and three boxes of cereal. She spent a total of $17.
3c + 5 = 17
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Simplify. a + 6(a + 3)
7a + 18
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The equivalent expressions 2(x + 3) = 2x + 6 demonstrates which property?
The distributive property.
400
Spell the last names of your 4 core teachers and the 7th grade principal correctly.
Rutledge, Waisner, Slawin, Hildebrand, Schnatmeier
500
-7b - 5 - b - 4 = -6b - 9
-8b - 9
500
Deondre scored 18 touchdowns for the Junior Pirates this season. This is 4 more than twice as many touchdowns as Jayveon scored.
2j + 4 = 18 For 100 bonus points, how many touchdowns did Jayveon score?
500
Simplify. 6y + 3(x - 2y)
3x
500
What are the four characteristics of an integer?
-no fractions or decimals -positive -negative -zero
500
Name the country that borders Ancient Greece to the north.
Macedonia