Equation Vocabulary

Define coefficient.

• The unknown

• The number without a variable

• The number attached to a variable by multiplication

• Multiplication through parentheses

Tags

CCSS.6.EE.A.2B

Define constant.

• The unknown

• The number without a variable

• The number attached to a variable by multiplication

• Multiplication through parentheses

Tags

CCSS.6.EE.A.2B

Define like terms.

• terms with the same variable AND same exponent

• any terms you can multiply together

• any terms on the same side of the equal sign

• any terms that multiply to 1

Tags

CCSS.6.EE.A.2B

Define reciprocal.

• terms with the same variable AND same exponent

• any terms you can multiply together

• any terms on the same side of the equal sign

• two terms that multiply to 1

Tags

CCSS.HSA.APR.D.7

Define distribution.

• adding like terms together

• using inverse operations to isolate the variable

• multiplying by the reciprocal to make the coefficient 1

• multiplying through parentheses

Tags

CCSS.6.EE.A.3

Define inverse operations.

• operations that undo each other

• two quantities that add to zero

• two numbers that multiply to 1

• multiplying through parentheses

Tags

CCSS.HSA.REI.A.1

Define isolate.

• add like terms together

• use inverse operations to get the variable alone

• multiplying the coefficient by its reciprocal

• multiplying through parentheses

Tags

CCSS.6.EE.B.7

Define solution.

• swapping equivalent values

• an unknown quantity

• an answer that makes an equation or inequality TRUE.

• two numbers that multiply to 1

Define equivalent.

• product

• having different values

• the number attached to a variable by multiplication

• having the same values

Tags

CCSS.8.EE.C.7A

Define substitution.

• replacing variables with values

• multiplication through parentheses

• finding a solution to an equation or inequatity

• having the same values

Tags

CCSS.6.EE.A.2C