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Variable | A letter that represents a number |
Substitute | to put in place of |
Evaluate | to find the value of |
Like terms | terms that have the same variable part |
Coefficient | a number by which a variable is multiplied |
Polynomial | the general name for monomials, binomials, etc. |
Monomial | An expression with one term |
Binomial | An expression with two terms |
Trinomial | An expression with three terms |
Opposite | Additive inverse |
Degree of a monomial | The number of times a variable occurs as a factor |
Prime numbers | A whole number greater than one having exactly two different factors, one and the number itself |
Composite numbers | A whole number greater than one having more than two factors |
4 + 5 = 5 + 4 | An example of the commutative property of addition |
12 x (6 x 3) = (12 x 6) x 3 | An example of the associative property of multiplication |
4(3 + 5) = 4(3) + 4(5) | An example of the distributive property of addition over multiplication |
Absolute value | The distance of any number from zero on the number line |
List the set of natural numbers | {1, 2, 3, 4, ...} |
List the set of whole numbers | {0, 1, 2, 3, 4, ...} |
Integers | The set of whole numbers and their opposites |