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the system of words, signs, and symbols which people use to express ideas, thoughts, and feelings; simple verbal language
Language
system used to communicate mathematical ideas; symbols, numbers, etc.
Mathematical Language
Characteristics of Mathematical Language
- Non-temporal
- Devoid of emotional content
- Precise
Operational Terms and Symbols
- Addition [+] - plus, the sum of, increased by, total, added to, combine, more than
- Subtraction [-] - minus, the difference of, decreased by, subtracted from, diminished, reduced, less than
- Multiplication [x,(),*] - multiplied by, the product of, times of, twice, thrice, of
- Division [÷,/] - divided by, the quotient of, per, half, ratio, out of, split into
consists of terms separated with other term using either plus or minus; combination of numbers and variables using operators
Mathematical Expression
Example of Mathematical Expression
2x + 10
2x + 10
name its parts
2 - numerical coefficient
x - literal coefficient
+ - symbol
10 - constant
The product of three and a number
3 * n
Five times the sum of a number and two
5 ( n + 2 )
how do you read this?
2x + 10
two times a number added to 10
combination of two mathematical expressions using a comparison operator
Mathematical Sentence
what are the comparison operators?
equal, not equal, less than, less than or equal to, greater than, greater than or equal to
signs which convey equality or inequality
relation symbols
the two parts of an equation
members
types of math sentence
- open sentence
- close sentence
it uses variable, meaning that it is not known whether the mathematical sentence is true or false
open sentence
a mathematical sentence that is known to be either true or false
close sentence
two types of close sentence
- True Closed Sentence
- False Closed Sentence