| A | B |
|---|
| Sum | the answer in an addition problem |
| Difference | the answer in a subtraction problem |
| Product | the answer in a multiplication problem |
| Place Value | the value of a place within a number |
| Perimeter | the sum of the lengths of all the sides of a shape |
| Base | the big number on bottom in an exponent |
| Exponent | the little number on top in an exponent |
| Order of Operations | What you use to simplify an expression correctly |
| Equivalent | having the same value; equal |
| Number Equation | shows two number expressions are equal |
| Area | the number of squares needed to cover a closed figure |
| Simplify | carry out the operations; find the value |
| > | greater than |
| < | less than |
| Commutative Property | says the order does not matter; for addition and multiplication |
| Associative Property | says the groups of the numbers do not matter, for addition and multiplication |
| Identity Property of Addition | when you add 0 to any number, the number does not change |
| Zero Property of Multiplication | when you multiply any number by 0, the answer is always 0 |
| Distributive Property | multiply the number outside the parenthesis by BOTH numbers inside the parentheses |
| Variable | a letter that holds the palce of a number |
| Coefficient | a number IN FRONT OF a variable |
| Constant | a number WITHOUT a variable |
| Like terms | Terms with the SAME variable |
| Unlike Terms | terms with DIFFERENT variables |
| Terms | All the parts of an expression separated by addition or subtraction |
| Substitute | when you replace a variable with a number |
| Combine Like Terms | when you add or subtract the coefficients of the variables |
| Evaluate | when you find the value of a variable expression by substituting numbers for variables |
| Solve | to find the solution of an equation |
| Variable Equation | an equation containing a variable |
| Solution | a value of a variable that makes a variable equation true |
| Inverse Operations | operations that 'undo' each other |
| Property of Equality | says "do the same thing to both sides of an equation and have an equivalent equation" |
| Decimal | number written with a dot |
| decimal point | the dot in a decimal |
| scientific notation | a number written as the product of two factors; the first factor is a decimal and the second factor is a power of ten |
| tally | a way to keep count |
| frequency table | a table that shows counts of items in different groups |
| factors | numbers multiplied to give a product |
| divisible | able to be divided by a number giving a 0 remainder |
| common factor | a factor of 2+ numbers |
| GCF | the largest common factor of two or more numbers |
| multiple | the product of a number and a whole number |
| common multiple | a multiple of two or more different numbers |
| LCM | the smallest common multiple of two or more numbers that is not 0 |
| prime number | a number that has only 1 and itself as factors |
| composite number | a number that has three or more factors |
| prime factorization | a number written as the product of its prime factors |
| bar graph | a way of showing information by using bars |
| horizontal axis | the line on a bar graph that goes in the left-and-right direction |
| vertical axis | the line on a bar graph that goes in the up-and-down directions |
