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Unit 3 Vocabulary Test

Total questions: 22

Worksheet time: 11mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is a coefficient?

a)

A number that is added to a variable

b)

A number that is multiplied by/attached to a variable

c)

A number that is subtracted from a variable

d)

A number that divides a variable

2.

Which property allows you to multiply a number by a group of terms inside parentheses?

a)

Commutative Property

b)

Associative Property

c)

Distributive Property

d)

Identity Property

3.

What are like terms?

a)

Terms with different variables

b)

Terms with the same variable raised to the same power

c)

Terms with different coefficients

d)

Terms with no variables

4.

What is a two-step equation?

a)

An equation solved in one step

b)

An equation solved in three steps

c)

An equation that requires two operations/steps to solve

d)

An equation with no solution

5.

What is a multi-step equation?

a)

An equation solved in one step

b)

An equation that requires more than two steps to solve

c)

An equation with no variables

d)

An equation with only one solution

6.

What is a constant in mathematics?

a)

A number that changes frequently

b)

A number that contains a variable

c)

A plain or regular number that does not change or contain a variable

d)

A number that is always zero

7.

What is a solution in the context of equations?

a)

A number that makes an equation false

b)

A number that makes an equation true, the answer to an equation

c)

A number that is always positive

d)

A number that is always negative

8.

What are inverse operations?

a)

Operations that are the same

b)

Operations that undo each other

c)

Operations that multiply each other

d)

Operations that divide each other

9.

What is a no solution equation?

a)

An equation with one solution

b)

An equation with infinite solutions

c)

An equation with no possible value for the variable

d)

An equation that is always true

10.

What is an infinite solutions equation?

a)

An equation with one solution

b)

An equation with no solutions

c)

An equation that is true for all values of the variable

d)

An equation that is never true

11.

Which equation has exactly one solution?

a)

5x = 5x

b)

4x - 5 = 4x + 1

c)

2x + 3 = 7x + 5

d)

0 = 1

12.

What is the first step in solving the equation 3x - 5 = 10?

a)

Subtract 3 from both sides

b)

Divide both sides by 3

c)

Add 5 to both sides

d)

Multiply both sides by 3

13.

Which of the following is an example of like terms?

a)

2x and 5x

b)

6a and 2

c)

3a and 7b

d)

4x and 4y

14.

What is the coefficient in the term 7y?

a)

0

b)

7y

c)

7

d)

y

15.

What is the constant in the term 7y + 5?

a)

y

b)

7y

c)

5

d)

7

16.

What is the variable in the term 7y + 5?

a)

y

b)

7y

c)

5

d)

7

17.

What does it mean to isolate the variable in an equation?

a)

To remove all numbers from the equation

b)

To get the variable alone on one side of the equation

c)

To multiply both sides by zero

d)

To add more variables to the equation

18.

Which term best describes the number 8 in the expression 8x + 2?

a)

Exponent

b)

Coefficient

c)

Variable

d)

Constant

19.

Which of the following is an example of a variable?

a)

5

b)

10

c)

x

d)

8 + 2

20.

Which of the following is the correct way to solve for x in the equation x + 8 = 15?

a)

Divide both sides by 15

b)

Subtract 8 from both sides

c)

Add 15 to both sides

d)

Multiply both sides by 8

21.

What is the constant in the expression 4x + 9?

a)

x

b)

4x

c)

4

d)

9

22.

Which of the following pairs are like terms?

a)

4a and 4b

b)

5 and 5x

c)

2x and 2y

d)

3y and 7y