Ch 4_Pre-Algebra Vocabulary

Expressions that have the same value

• Distributive Property

• Coefficient

• Two-Step Equation

• Equivalent Expressions

• Inverse operations

To multiply a sum or difference by a number, multiply each term inside the parenthesis by the number outside the parenthesis

• Simplifying the Expression

• Equation

• Term

• Distributive Property

• Solution

Is either a single number or a variable, or numbers and variables multiplied together. Separated by mathematical operation signs.

• term

• coefficient

• like terms

• constant

• simplest form

the numerical part of a term that contains a variable

• term

• like terms

• constant

• coefficient

• solution

terms that contain the same variables (such as 2n and 5n)

• constant

• terms

• coefficients

• like terms

• unlike terms

a term without a variable

• coefficient

• like terms

• constant

• solution

• equation

in a fraction, the word to describe when the top and bottom have no common factors other than 1.

• solution

• inverse operations

• equation

• simplest form

• KCF

a phrase to describe when you use the Distributive Property to combine like terms

• two-step equation

• solving the equation

• equivalent expressions

• simplifying the expression

• like terms

a mathematical sentence stating that two quantities are equal (with an = sign)

• equation

• expression

• solution

• like terms

• same

A value for a variable that makes an equation true

• two-step equation

• like terms

• constant

• solution

• coefficient