Expressions & Equations Vocabulary

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What are equivalent expressions?

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Expressions that are always equal to each other.

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Expand an expression

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Use the distributive property to rewrite a product as a sum.

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Factorize an expression

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Use the distributive property to rewrite a product as a sum.

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What is a solution to an equation?

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A number that can be used in place of the variable to make the equation true.

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What is a solution to an inequality?

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A number that can be used in place of the variable to make the inequality true.

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What does a tape diagram represent?

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A relationship of quantities represented by a group of rectangles.

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What is a term in an expression?

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A part of an expression that can be a number alone, a variable, or a number and a variable multiplied together.

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What is a variable?

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A letter representing different numbers.

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What is a constant?

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A number that does not change.

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Coefficient

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A number that accompanies a variable in an expression and multiplies the variable.