Math Foundations Vocabulary Quiz #1

The process of replacing our variables in an expression with numbers and then simplifying the expression to a single value.

• using the order of operations

• evaluating

• distributing

• combining like terms

Tags

CCSS.6.EE.A.2

CCSS.6.EE.B.5

A sum is the result of...

• addition

• subtraction

• multiplication

• division

A quotient is the result of...

• addition

• subtraction

• multiplication

• division

A difference is the result of...

• addition

• subtraction

• multiplication

• division

A product is the result of...

• addition

• subtraction

• multiplication

• division

Tags

CCSS.6.NS.B.3

The letters or symbols in a mathematical expression that represent unknowns are called...

• coefficients

• terms

• constants

• variables

The parts of a mathematical expression, separated by + or - symbols are called...

• coefficients

• constants

• variables

• terms

The numbers in a mathematical expression that are multiplied with the letters are called...

• coefficients

• variables

• terms

• constants

"Like terms" are best described as terms which...

• share the same combination of variables, all raised to the same exponents

• have at least one shared letter

• have the same signs (both positive or negative)

• sum to a whole number result

Which describes a fixed value for an expression, presenting as a numerical term without a variable component?

• coefficient

• constant

• variable

• term