Vocabulary, Combining Like Terms & Distributive Prop. Quiz

What is the definition of a coefficient?

• The number in front of a variable.
• The number used to raise to a power.
• The letter used to represent a quantity.

What is the definition of a constant?

• A number without a variable.
• A letter used to represent a number.
• The number in front of a variable.
• The number used to raise to a power

What is the definition of a variable?

• The letter used to represent a quantity
• The little number or letter used to raise to a power
• The number in front of a variable
• The number with no variable

What is the inverse operation of addition?

• subtraction
• multiplication
• division
• none of the above

What is the inverse operation of multiplication?

• addition
• subtraction
• division
• none of the above

Addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division are called _____________.

• variables
• operations
• area
• equations

Variables can be any letter of the alphabet except which one?

• o
• a
• B
• X

What are the like terms in the following equation?
5x + 5p - 3x =

• x
• 5x and -3x
• 5x and 5p
• none

What are between subtraction and addition signs in an expression?

• terms
• simplifying
• equation
• expression

Simplify.
3n + 3(1+8n)

• 27n + 3
• -27n + 3
• 27n - 3
• -27n - 3