1-5 The Distributive Property Flashcards
What is a term?
Is a number, a variable, product or quotient of numbers and variales.
What is a like term?
Are terms that have the same variable and power.
5n + 7n
Like terms
6a + 8x
Unlike terms
An expression is in simplest form when…
Is replaced by an equivalent expression having no like terms or parentheses.
The expressions 5n + 7n and 12n are called equivalent expressions because…
They denote the same number.
The coefficient of a term is the…
numerical factor.
What is a coefficient?
Is the numerical factor of a term.
Find the coefficient in:
17xy
17
Find the coefficient in:
m
1
Is a number, a variable, product or quotient of numbers and variales.
Term
Are terms that have the same variable and power.
Like Terms
They denote the same number.
An equivalent expression
Is replaced by an equivalent expression having no like terms or parentheses.
An expression in simplest form
Is the numerical factor of a term.
A coefficient
