Two Step Equation Vocab

Equation

• a symbol for a number we don't know

• a mathematical sentence with an equal sign

• a mathematical sentence without an equal sign

• a variable

A Variable means...

• find the answer

• a number multiplied by a variable

• a symbol for a number we don't know yet. It is usually a letter like X or Y

• a number with a letter

A term is defined as...

(click all that apply)

• an letter with an equal sign

• a number and a variable multiplied

• a variable

• a single number

In Math, Isolate means....

• subtraction

• a symbol for a number

• division

• to set apart from others, as in separating the variable from the rest

Define coefficient

• a number multiplied by a variable

• operations that undo each other

• a variable

• a variable and a number

When a question asks you to SOLVE, what does that mean?

• don't answer it

• find the answer to an equation

• ask a friend

What does combining like terms mean?

• a number multiplied by a variable

• operations that undo each other

• when two or more 'like' variables are combined to create ONE number

What does inverse operation mean?

• operations that undo each other

• combining like terms

• a variable

• to isolate a number

• x

• 5

• 13

• 2x

What is the inverse operation of multiplication?

• subtraction

• addition

• multiplication

• division