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Unit 6: Expressions, Equations, Properties of Operations
Term | Definition |
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variable | a letter or symbol representing a varying quantity, for example, n in 10 + n. |
constant | a quantity having a fixed value that does not change or vary, such as a number. |
coefficient | a number which multiplies a variable. |
expression | one or a group of terms and may include variables, constants, operators and grouping symbols. |
equation | a mathematical statement containing an equals sign, to show that two expressions are equal. |
term | one part of an algebraic expression which may be a number, a variable or a product of both. |
associative property | in addition and multiplication, no matter how the numbers are grouped, the answer will always be the same. |
commutative property | in addition and multiplication, numbers may be added or multiplied together in any order. |
identity property of addition | adding zero won't change a number |
identity property of multiplication | multiplying by 1 won't change a number. |
inverse property of addition | any number added to its opposite will equal zero a + (-a) = 0 |
inverse property of multiplication | any number multiplied by its reciprocal will equal 1 a x 1/a = 1 |
distributive property | multiplying a number is the same as multiplying its addends by the number, then adding the products. |
exponent | a small number placed to the upper-right of a base number which shows how many copies of the base number are multiplied together. |
base | a number to be raised to a power, exponent, index or order |
prime factorization | a number written as the product of its prime factors |
prime number | a whole number that has exactly two whole number factors, itself and one. |
order of operations | the order in which mathematical operations should be done, P-E-MD-AS |