Math Ch. 1 and 2 Vocabulary - EAGLES

A mathematical sentence that contains numbers, variables, and at least one operation.

• algebraic expression

• numerical expression

• defining a variable

• evaluate

The number that corresponds to the location of the point on the number line.

• evaluate

• opposites

• simplify

• coordinate

The distance a number is from zero on a number line.

• opposites

• absolute value

• exponent

• integers

Numbers that are the same distance from zero.

• opposites

• coordinate

• exponent

• integers

The sum of a number and its opposite. The result is always zero.

• defining a variable

• absolute value

• additive inverses

• integers

A letter or symbol used to represent an unknown value.

• evaluate

• integers

• simplify

• variable

A number greater than zero.

• additive inverse

• negative number

• positive number

• opposites

The process that one must follow to simplify an expression.

• coordinate

• order of operations

• additive inverses

• numerical expression

The set of whole numbers and their opposites.

• exponents

• opposites

• whole numbers

• integers

A number less than zero.

• additive inverse

• coordinate

• negative number

• positive number