Expressions Vocabulary quiz

Algebraic Expression

• A combination of variables, numbers and at least one operation (+,-,x,/)

• expressions that have the same value

• a combination of numbers and operations

• to find the value of an expression

Associative Property

• The order in which numbers are added or multiplied doesn't matter

• grouping changes but order does not

• Adding zero or multiplying does not change the number

• statements that are true for any number

Commutative Property

• to multiply a sum by a number, multiply each addend by the number outside the parentheses.

• grouping changes but order does not.

• Adding zero or multiplying by 1 does not change a numbers value

• The order in which numbers are added or multiplied doesn't matter

Constant

• A number multiplied by a variable in an algebraic expression.

• each part of an algebraic expression separated by a plus or minus sign.

• A term without a variable.

• a symbol, usually a letter, used to represent a number.

Distributive Property

• The order in which numbers are added or multiplied doesn't matter.

• to multiply a sum by a number, multiply each addend by the number outside the parentheses.

• Adding zero or multiplying by 1 does not change a numbers identity

• statements that are true for any number.

Equivalent Expressions

• A combination of numbers and operations.

• a combination of variables, numbers, and at least one operation ( +, -, x, / )

• Terms that contain the same variables to the same power.

• expressions that have the same value.

Evaluate

• to find the value of an algebraic expression by replacing variables with numbers.

• Terms that contain the same variables to the same power.

• a symbol, usually a letter, used to represent a number.

• A mathematical phrase that contains operations, numbers, and/or variables.

Identity Property

• A mathematical notation indicating the number of times a quantity is multiplied by itself.

• to multiply a sum by a number, multiply each addend by the number outside the parentheses.

• Adding zero or multiplying by 1 does not change a numbers value

• The order in which numbers are added or multiplied doesn't matter.

Like Terms

• Terms that contain the same variables to the same power.

• each part of an algebraic expression separated by a plus or minus sign.

• a symbol, usually a letter, used to represent a number.

• A number multiplied by a variable in an algebraic expression.

Numerical Expression

• A number that can be written as a fraction.

• expressions that have the same value.

• A combination of numbers and operations.

• a combination of variables, numbers, and at least one operation ( +, -, x, / )