Chapter 5 Vocab Practice High Math

What is an algebraic expression?

• An expression that contains numbers, operations, and one or more variables

• A symbol that represents one or more numbers

• A term without a variable

• The numerical factor of a term that contains a variable

What is a variable?

• A part of an algebraic expression

• A symbol that represents one or more numbers

• Terms of an algebraic expression with the same variables

• An expression with the same value

What is a term in an algebraic expression?

• A term without a variable

• A part of an algebraic expression; a number or variable by itself, or the product of numbers and variables

• The numerical factor of a term that contains a variable

• An expression with the same value

What are like terms?

• Terms of an algebraic expression that have the same variables raised to the same exponents

• An expression with the same value

• A term without a variable

• A mathematical rule that states the order of numbers does not change the final answer

What is the simplest form of an algebraic expression?

• When an algebraic expression has no like terms and no parentheses

• An expression with the same value

• A term without a variable

• The numerical factor of a term that contains a variable

What is a linear expression?

• An algebraic expression in which the exponent of each variable is 1

• A term without a variable

• An expression with the same value

• A mathematical rule that states the order of numbers does not change the final answer

What are coefficients?

• The numerical factor of a term that contains a variable

• A term without a variable

• An expression with the same value

• A symbol that represents one or more numbers

What is a constant?

• A term without a variable

• An expression with the same value

• A symbol that represents one or more numbers

• The numerical factor of a term that contains a variable

What are equivalent expressions?

• Expressions with the same value

• Terms of an algebraic expression with the same variables

• A term without a variable

• A mathematical rule that states the order of numbers does not change the final answer

What is factoring an expression?

• Writing a numerical expression or algebraic expression as a product of factors

• Using the order of operations to find the value of a numerical expression

• Describing how to distribute multiplication over addition and subtraction

• A mathematical rule that states the order of numbers does not change the final answer