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Algebra Vocabulary
5.1 Algebra Vocabulary
Term | Definition |
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Add | Sum |
Sum | Add |
Multiply | Product |
Divide | Quotient |
Parenthesis | ( ) |
Constant | A number by itself with no variables attached |
Coefficient | Number in front of the variable |
Variable | A letter |
Inverse | Opposite |
Isolate | Get by itself |
Expression | Numbers, symbols and operators (such as + and ×) grouped together that show the value of something. EXAMPLE: 4x-7 |
Simplify | Reduce by combining like terms |
Solve | Find the answer |
Operation | Addition, Subtraction, Multiplication, Division |
Equation | The part of mathematics in which letters and other general symbols are used to represent numbers |
Term | In Algebra a term is either a single number or variable, or numbers and variables multiplied together. |
Squared | Exponent of 2 |
Cubed | Exponent of 3 |
Minus | Subtract |
Times | Multiply |
Decreased by | Subtract |
More than | Add |
Difference | Subtract |
Product | Multiply |
More Than | Add |
Four more than a number is 15 | X + 4 = 15 |
7/x=9 | Seven divided by a number is nine. |
Twice the sum of 6 and 9 | 2 (6+9) |
Half of the sum of nine and p is the same as p minus 3 | 1/2 9 + p = p-3 |
Five times the sum of m and n is the same as seven times n. | 5 ( m+n) = 7 n |
The number g divided by the number h is the same as seven more than twice the sum of g and h. | g/h= 7 +2 (g+h) |
Two times a number t decreased by 8 equals seventy. | 2 t - 8 = 70 |
Two times the sum of v and w is equal to two times z. | 2 (v + w)= 2z |
The square of m minus the cube of n is sixteen | m^ 2-n ^ 3= 16 |
Five-ninths the square sum of a, b, and c equals the sum of the square of a and square of c. | 5/9 (a+b+c)^2= a^2 + c ^ 2 |
The sum of twice r and three times s is identical to thirteen. | 2r + 3s = 13 |
The circumference c of a circle equals the product of two, pi, and the radius r. | C=2 pi r |
The sum of one-third q and 25 is as much as twice q. | 1/3 q + 25 = 2 q |
Two hundred minus three times x is equal to nine. | 200 - 3x = 9 |
The area A of a triangle equals one half times the base b times the height h. | A= 1/2 b.h |