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Expressions & Equati
Vocabulary for Expressions and Equations Unit Grade 7
Term | Definition |
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Equation | Two expressions that are set equal to each other. |
Algebraic Expression | An expression that consists of numbers, operations, and variables. |
Inverse Operations | Operations that are opposites because they "undo" one another. |
Properties of Equality | Properties that state that adding, subtracting, multiplying, or dividing the same number to both sides of an equation creates an equivalent equation. |
Solution Set | All values for a variable that would make an inequality true. |
Verbal Expression | An expression that is given solely in words. |
Constant | The term in an expression that does not have a variable part. |
Like Terms | Terms that have identical variable parts that are raised to the same power. |
Combining Like Terms | The process of adding together the coefficients of terms with identical variable parts. |
Factoring | The process of dividing out a common factor from the terms of an expression. |
Coefficient | A numeric value that is multiplied by a variable. |
Variable | A symbol, usually a lower case letter, used to represent an unknown value or a value that changes. |
Numeric Expression | An expression that consists of entirely of numbers and operations. |
Solution | The value of a variable that makes an equation true. |
Equivalent Equations | Equations that have the same solution. |
Distributive Property | The property that states that a number being multiplied by a sum is equivalent to the sum of the products of the addends and the number. |
Terms | The parts of an expression that are being added together. |
Inequality | Two expressions that are being compared and are not necessarily equal to each other. |