Grade 6 Algebra Vocabulary

What is a coefficient?

• The answer to an expression

• The number before a variable

• A letter

• A math operation symbol

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What is a variable?

• A letter than stands for an unknown number

• Something that changes

• A plus or minus sign

• A multiplication or division sign

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CCSS.6.EE.A.2

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What is the difference between an expression and an equation?

• They are the same thing

• An expression only adds or subtracts

• An equation is more complicated

• An expression does not have an equal sign but an equation does

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What are like terms?

• Only numbers

• Only letters

• Either all numbers or numbers with the same letters

• Numbers combined with different letters

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CCSS.6.EE.A.2

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What is a constant?

• A number that does not change its' value

• An equation that never changes

• An expression that never changes

• A letter that never changes

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In the expression 6x - 10 + 5x - 11x what are the like terms?

• 10

• 6x

• 5x

• 11x

• 6x, 5x, and 11x

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In the expression 12y - 52r + 13 what are the coefficients?

• 12 and 13

• 52 and 13

• 12 and 52

• 12, 52, and 13

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What is a base?

• A number being divided

• The small number that tells you how many times to multiply something else

• A number being added

• The big number that is being multiplied by itself over and over again

What is an exponent?

• The small number that tells you how many times to multiply a number by itself

• The big number being multiplied by itself over and over

• A number being divided

• A number being distributed

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