Integer Operations and Simplifying Polynomials

Terms that have the same variable to the same power, or constants, and can be combined

• like terms

• unlike terms

• constants

• variables

a number, variable, or group of numbers and variables separated by addition or subtraction in a polynomial

• coefficient

• factor

• term

• constant

The highest power of the variable in a polynomial

• degree

• coefficient

• constant

• term

The distance from zero

• absolute value

• relative value

• negative value

• positive value

a letter of the alphabet that represents an unknown quantity

• constant

• coefficient

• variable

• function

The result of dividing one quantity by another

• quotient

• product

• sum

• difference

same signs, add and keep the sign

different signs, subtract and keep the sign of the bigger absolute value.

• Addition rules for integers

• Subtraction rules for integers

• Multiplication rules for integers

• Division rules for integers

a term or number without a variable

• variable

• coefficient

• constant

• expression

same sign, product is positive

different sign, product is negative

• Multiplication rules for integers

• Addition rules for integers

• Subtraction rules for integers

• Division rules for integers

Add the opposite: change subtraction to addition, and make the next number its opposite

• Subtraction of integers rule

• Addition of integers rule

• Multiplication of integers rule

• Division of integers rule