Equations Vocabulary

Always has an =.

• expression

• equation

• variable

• coefficient

Never has an =.

• constant

• equation

• expression

• coefficient

A solution to a statement that says any value for the variable will make the statement true.

• equation

• infinitely many

• no solution

• constant

To perform the required operations to find the value of an expression.

• Evaluate

• simplify

• inverse operations

• no solution

a solution to a statement that says there is no value for the variable that will make the statement true.

• no solution

• infinitely many

• variable

• equation

A letter used to represent the value of an unknown.

• constant

• coefficient

• variable

• evaluate

the number that is attached to the variable through multiplication

• constant

• variable

• expression

• coefficient

a numerical term that stands alone in an expression

• constant

• variable

• coefficient

• evaluate

terms in an expression that have the same variable to the same exponent.

• proportions

• constants

• like terms

• variables