Constants and Coefficients

What is a coefficient?

• the numerical part of a term; the constant that is multiplied by a variable

• a term without a variable; a number

• terms with the same variable parts

• a variable, a constant, or a product of a variable and a constant

What is a constant?

• the numerical part of a term; the constant that is multiplied by a variable

• a term without a variable; a number

• terms with the same variable parts

• a variable, a constant, or a product of a variable and a constant

Identify all of the constants in the expression below. Choose all that apply.

• 3x

• 3

• 4

• -12

• 12

Identify the coefficients in the expression below. Choose all that apply.

• -9

• 4

• -7

• 13

• -11

Fill in the blank: -25x - 75x simplifies to ____________.

The expression below has how many coefficients?

a - b + c - d + e - f + g - h

• 0

• 4

• 8

For the last question, you should have chosen 8 coefficients. Each variable has a coefficient. What are the coefficients? Choose all that apply.

a - b + c - d + e - f + g - h

• 1

• -1

• 0

What are the coefficients in the expression?
-4x + 6y - 2

• -4x, 6y, -2

• x, y

• 4x, 6y

• -4, 6

What are the coefficients in the expression?
4 + 16v

• 4, 16v

• 4

• 16

• +16

Which of the following expressions contains the coefficients 4 and -6?

• 4n - 6n + 4

• 4n + 6n - 4

• -4n - 6n

• -4n + 6n