Math Expressions

Exponent

• repeated addition

• repeated multiplication

• repeated division

• when you x out of a problem

Base

• the number you will be repeatedly multiplying

• how many times you multiply the number

• the foundation

• a factor

Factor

• to divide

• to reveal the answer

• answer to an addition problem

• the numbers being multiplied to get the product

Numerical Expression

• adding numbers together

• a math problem

• an expression that contains numbers and operations with NO EQUAL SIGN and no variables!

• an expression with numbers, variables, and operations

Constant

• letters that stand for numbers

• a letter beside a number

• numbers by themselves in an expression/equation that do not change (example: 4b + 7) and 7 is the constant because it is by itself without a variable.

• parts of an expression separated by operations like +, -, x, or division

Coefficient

• using PEMDAS

• each part of an expression separated by an operation sign

• adding two numbers together

• a number beside a variable (7b)

Variable

• a letter that stands for a number

• a coefficient

• when things change based on weather

• the answer to a division problem

Term

• addition

• each part of an expression separated by an operation sign (+, -, x, and divide)

• a variable

• a number beside a variable

Equivalent

• greater than

• equal to

• each part of an expression separated by an operation sign (+, -, x, and divide)

• less than

Order of Operations

• a way to solve expressions where you use the saying PEMDAS to know what order you solve the problem in

• the order of two numbers

• addition by itself

• multiplying and dividing only