Mathematical Vocabulary

An algebraic expression is...

Una expresion algebraica

• An expression written without variables

• An expression written with negative and positive numbers

• An expression that contains at least one variable

• An expression that is written with only whole numbers

A coefficient is...

Una coeficiente es...

• The number that is multiplied by the variable in an algebraic expression

• The number that is multiplied by the first number in an algebraic expression

• The number that is added to the variable in an algebraic expression

• The number that is added to the the first number in an algebraic expression.

A common denominator is...

Un denominador comun es...

• a denominator that is different in two or more fractions.

• a denominator that is the same in two or more fractions.

• the bottom number in an equation.

• the top number in an equation.

A constant is...

Un constante es...

• a value that changes.

• a value that is inconsistent.

• a value that is an inverse.

• a value that does not change.

An equation is...

Una ecuacion es...

• a mathematical term to show mathematical values

• a mathematical expression that shows that two expressions are the same.

• a mathematical value that is found using algebra

• a mathematical expression

Integers are...

Los enteros son...

• the set of variables in an equation.

• the set of numbers including fractions and decimals.

• the set of whole numbers and their opposites.

• the set of numbers in an equation.

The least common denominator (LCD) is...

El minimo comun denominador (mcd) es...

• the bottom number in two or more equations.

• the greatest common multiple of two or more denominators.

• the top number in two or more equations

• the least common multiple of two or more denominators.

The least common multiple is...

El mimino comun multiplo (mcm) es...

• Any number that is a multiple of two or more given numbers.

• The smallest whole number, other than zero, that is a multiple of two or more given numbers.

• Any negative number that is a multiple of two or more given numbers.

• The biggest whole number that is a multiple of two or more given numbers.

Solution of an equation is...

solucion de una ecuacion es...

• A value or values that make an equation true.

• A process of operations used to make an equation true.

• A process operations used to make an equation false.

• A value or values that make an equation false.

A variable is...

• a symbol used to represent an unchanging quality

• a number in an equation that represents quality

• a symbol used to represent a quantity that can change.

• a fraction used as the slope in the equation y=mx+b