Algebra 1 Vocabulary

Like terms are...

• A number that can be expressed as a fraction (ratio) of 2 integers with denomination not equal to 0.^
• Terms that have the same variable(s) raised to the same power^
• Numerical terms (no variable)^
• Numbers that are not rational^

Tags

CCSS.L.1.5A

CCSS.L.1.5B

CCSS.L.K.5A

Inverse operations are...

• Terms that have the same variable(s) raised to the same power^
• A method for multiplying binomials. First Outside Inside Last^
• An algebraic expression with "many" terms^
• Opposite operations that undo each other. ^

Tags

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

An example of the distributive property of multiplication is....

• 2 × 3 = 3 × 2^
• 2 × (3 + 4) = (2 × 3) + (2 × 4)^_
• 2 × 1 = 2^
• 2 ×1/2^= 1

Tags

CCSS.L.1.5A

CCSS.L.1.5B

CCSS.L.K.5A

An ordered pair is...

• Two lines in the same plane that never meet. Also, lines with equal slopes.^
• A location in space that has no length or width.^
• The location of a single point on a rectangular coordinate system where the digits represent the position relative to the x-axis and y-axis^
• All rational and irrational numbers.^

Tags

CCSS.5.G.A.1

An expression is....

• A collection of numbers, symbols, and/or operation signs that stands for a number.^
• The relationship between two sets (e.g., sets of numbers) in which each element of one set has one assigned element in the other set.^
• The value of a variable when all other variables in the equation equal zero (0). On a graph, the values where a function crosses the axes.^
• An action that cancels a previously applied action.^

Tags

CCSS.6.EE.A.2B

An exponent is ....

• T^wo simple inequalities joined with “and” or “or”.
• The distance a number is from zero on a number line. Absolute value is denoted as |x|._^
• The number in a power that represents the number of times the base is used as a factor.
• The set of numbers consisting of the positive numbers, the negative numbers, zero, and the numbers between them.

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

An equation is ....

• A mathematical sentence that compares the values of two expressions using an inequality symbol
• A variable that provides the input values of a function
• A mathematical sentence that uses an equal sign

A monomial is...

• Equations that have the same solution
• A real number, a variable, or a product of a number and one or more variables with whole number exponents
• Two numbers that identify the location of a point
• Numbers whose square roots are integers

A coefficient is ...

• A polynomial with two terms
• A term that has no variable factor
• A mathematical sentence that uses an equal sign
• The numerical factor when a term has a variable

Tags

CCSS.6.EE.A.2B

A variable is defined as...

• Anything that can be measured or counted
• A number that repeats itself
• A symbol, usually a letter, that represents the value of a variable quantity
• The distance that a number is from zero on the number line

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4