Generic Math Terms

Question 1

What does absolute value mean?

Answer 1

The amount of the number without any positive/negative signs (e.g. the absolute value of -7 would be 7)

Question 2

What does coefficient mean?

Answer 2

The number you multiply an unknown (variable) by (e.g. the coefficient in the expression 2x is 2)

Question 3

What does variable mean?

Answer 3

An unknown value in a math problem

Question 4

What are consecutive numbers?

Answer 4

Numbers that appear directly before or after each other in a sequence

Question 5

What does constant mean?

Answer 5

A number that is separate from any variables

Question 6

What is an expression?

Answer 6

Any piece of a math problem that’s not set to equal something else (e.g. x + 5 = ? would be an equation but x + 5 would be the expression)

Question 7

What is an equation?

Answer 7

A math problem set to equal something else

Question 8

What does constant of proportionality mean?

Answer 8

Scale factor: the way your output changes consistently based on your input (e.g y = 4x 4 would be the constant of proportionality)

Question 9

What does E mean?

Answer 9

Represents the number ten to some power

Question 10

What is an exponent?

Answer 10

The number of times a number is multiplied by itself

Question 11

What is a function?

Answer 11

Equation that represents the change between your input and your output