Math Vocab
The number in front of a variable, like the 5 in 5x.
What is Coefficient
Solve: x - 6 = 14
What is x = 20?
−15 + 9 − (−4)
What is −2?
Simplify: 24/36
What is 2/3?
The sum of the interior angles of a triangle.
What is 180 degrees?
The highest power of the variable in a polynomial.
What is degree
Solve: x/4 - 8 = -28
What is x = -80?
(−6)(−4) − 3²
What is 15?
Simplify: 45/60
What is 3/4?
The formula for the area of a triangle.
What is ½bh?
The point where a graph crosses the y-axis.
What is the Y-intercept
Solve: 2x + 4 = 16
What is x = 6?
|−12 + 5| + (−3)²
What is 16?
Simplify: 12x/18
What is 2x/3?
The theorem that states a² + b² = c².
What is the Pythagorean Theorem?
An equation that forms a straight line when graphed.
What is a Linear Equation
Solve: 3x − 5 = 16
What is x = 7?
(−8)² ÷ (−4) + (−6)(2)
What is −28?
Simplify: 16x²/24x
What is 2x/3?
The number of degrees in the interior angles of a quadrilateral.
What is 360 degrees
A number that makes an equation true when substituted for the variable.
What is a solution
Solve: 4x + 3 = 19
What is x = 4?
|−7|³ − (−5)(4)
What is 363?
Simplify: (15x²y) / (25xy)
What is 3x/5
The formula for the circumference of a circle.
What is 2πr (or πd)?