Equations & Inequalities Vocabulary

A variable whose value changes in response to another variable

• Equation

• Dependent Variable

• Independent Variable

• Mixed Variable

A variable whose value determines the value of another variable

• Inverse Variable

• Dependent Variable

• Independent Variable

• Solution

Equation:

• Statement of two mathematical expressions that have the same value

• Operations that undo each other

• A value that makes a mathematical statement true

• Statement that compares quantities use <, >, <, >

A mathematical sentence that compares quantities using <, >, ≤, ≥, ≠

• Equation

• Inverse

• Inequality

• Expression

Operations that undo each other; opposites

• Division

• Exponents

• Inequality

• Inverse Relationship

Solution:

• Simplifying an expression

• A value that makes a mathematical statement true

• A mixture of two different substances

• Two expressions that are equal to each other

The two sides of an equation stay equal when the same amount is added to both sides of the equation

• Addition Property of Equality

• Subtraction Property of Equality

• Multiplication Property of Equality

• Division Property of Equality

The two sides of an equation stay equal when the same amount is subtracted from both sides of the equation

• Addition Property of Equality

• Subtraction Property of Equality

• Multiplication Property of Equality

• Division Property of Equality

The two sides of an equation stay equal when both sides of the equation are multiplied by the same amount

• Addition Property of Equality

• Subtraction Property of Equality

• Multiplication Property of Equality

• Division Property of Equality

The two sides of an equation stay equal when both sides of the equation are divided by the same non-zero amount

• Addition Property of Equality

• Subtraction Property of Equality

• Multiplication Property of Equality

• Division Property of Equality