Expressions Terms and Variables

lets you simplify expressions wherein you multiply a number by a sum or difference

• distributive property

• variable

• term

• algebraic expression

terms with the same variable raised to the same power.

• like terms

• variable

• term

• expression

symbols, often letters, that represent different values in various situations.

• terms

• variables

• expressions

• constant

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

• -4x, 6y, -2

• x, y

• 4x, 6y

• -2

What are the terms in the following expressions?
15n - 4

• 15n, -4

• 15n, 4

• 15, -4

• n

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

• -4x, 6y, -2

• x, y

• 4x, 6y

• -2

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

• -4x, 6y, -2

• x, y

• 4x, 6y

• -4, 6

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

• -4x, 6y, -2

• x, y

• 4x, 6y

• -2

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

• 4, 16v

• 4

• v

• +16

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

• 4, 16v

• 4

• v

• +16