Math Vocabulary Expressions and Equations

A coefficient or constant that is seperated by an operation symbol

• variable

• term

• expression

• equation

A letter that represents the unknown quantity

• term

• operation symbol

• coefficient

• variable

A mathematical phrase combining numbers, variables, and operation symbols with no equal sign

• expression

• equation

The number that is in front of the vaiable

• expression

• constant

• coefficient

• operation symbol

A number in an expression or equation that has no variable

• coefficient

• constant

• operation symbol

A mathematical phrase that combines numbers, and operation symbols and sets one quantity equal to another

• expression

• equation

A math relationship that uses special symbols to show the relationship that is not equal between quantities

• expression

• inequality

• equation

A fraction that is flipped upside down.

• numerator

• deinominator

• divisor

• reciprocal

Multiplying a single term into a set of parenthesis

• equation

• expression

• distributive property

• associative property

Constant terms or terms that have the same variable raised to the same power (the coefficients do not have to be the same)

• Like Terms

• Distributive Property

• Equations

• Inequality