Unit 6 Math Vocabulary for OUR

A letter that represents a number.

• coefficient

• variable

• exponent

• term

A number that is multiplied by a variable.

• variable

• term

• exponent

• coefficient

A number that can be used in place of the variable to make the equation true.

• Dependent variable

• Solution to an equation

• Independent variable

• Equivalent expression

A number that can be used in place of the variable to make the equation true.

• Independent variable

• Dependent variable

• Solution to an equation

• Distributive Property

Is used to calculate the value of another variable.

• Independent variable

• Dependent variable

• Coefficient

• Exponent

They tell you how many factors to multiply by themselves.

• Independent variables

• Dependent Variables

• Coefficients

• Exponents

Are always equal to each other.

• Variables

• Exponents

• Equivalent Expressions

• Terms

Each number in a sequence

• Term

• Plot

• Solution to an equation

• Equivalent expressions

a property indicating a special way in which multiplication is applied to addition of two or more numbers in which each term inside a set of parentheses can be multiplied by a factor outside the parentheses, such as a(b + c) = ab + ac

• Algebra

• Horizontal Axis

• Distributive Property

• Vertical Axis

A plane in which a horizontal number line and a vertical number line intersect at their zero points.

• Distributive Property

• Coordinate

• Base

• Coordinate Plane