Unit 1 Key Vocabulary SB Essentials

1. Variable

• Distance a number is from 0

•  A value that makes an equation true
  

• Letter used to represent an

       unknown quantity

  
  

• A like difference between consecutive

         terms
  

Literal equation

• Contains more than one variable and

       can be solved for a specific variable
  

•  Inequalities joined by the word “and”

• Triangle with three sides having

          equal measure

  
  

1. Disjunction

• Consists of numbers, variables, and

        operations

  
  

•  Letter or symbol used to represent an

       unknown quantity

  
  

• Items that follow each other in order

•  Inequalities joined by the word “or”

  
  

Compound inequality

• Mathematical statement showing 2

          expressions are equal
  

• A like difference between consecutive

         terms
  

•  2 inequalities joined by the word "and" or “or”
  

•  Triangle with three sides having

          equal measure
  

Expression

• Consists of numbers, variables, and

        operations

  
  

•  Inequalities joined by the word “and”
  

•  Set of numbers that make an

           inequality true.

  
  

Formula

•  An equation written using symbols

         that describes the relationship

          between 2 quantities
  

• A value that makes an equation true

• a list of numbers with a common difference

1. Equation

• 1. A value that makes an equation true
     

•  Distance a number is from 0 on the

          number line
  

• Mathematical statement showing 2

          expressions are equal

  
  

•  Inequalities joined by the word “or”

  
  

Common difference

•  A value that makes an equation true
  

• Triangle with three sides having

          equal measure
  

•  A like difference between consecutive

         terms
  

• Mathematical statement showing 2

          expressions are equal
  

Conjunction

• Contains more than one variable and

       can be solved for a specific variable
  

•  Inequalities joined by the word “and”

• Set of numbers that make an

           inequality true.

  
  

1. Solution

• Mathematical statement showing 2

          expressions are equal
  

• Consists of numbers, variables, and

        operations
  

• A value that makes an equation true
  

• Inequalities joined by the word “and”