| A | B |
| Balance | the principal plus the earned interest. |
| Compound Interest | interest paid on both the principal and the interest earned in previous interest periods. |
| Consecutive Integers | a sequence of integers obtained by counting by ones from any integer. |
| Interest rate | the percentage of the balance that an account or investment earns in a fixed period of time. |
| Principal | the initial amount of an investment or loan. |
| Simple Interest | interest paid only on the principal. |
| Addition Property of Equality | If a=b, then a+c=b+c. |
| Multiplication Property of Equality | If a=b, the ac=bc. |
| Solution | any value or values that make an equation or an inequality true. |
| Variable | a letter that stands for a number. |