Nov. 16th: Unit 6 Vocabulary Words

Question 1

coefficient

Answer 1

a number that is multiplied by a variable(s)

Question 2

complementary angles

Answer 2

two angles whose degree measures have a sum of 90º

Question 3

constant

Answer 3

a fixed value that does not appear with a variable(s)

Question 4

equation

Answer 4

a mathematical statement composed of algebraic and/or numeric expressions set equal to each other

Question 5

exponent

Answer 5

in the expression xy, x is called the base and y is called the exponent. The exponent determines the number of times the base is multiplied by itself

Question 6

expression

Answer 6

a mathematical phrase, with no equal sign or inequality symbol, that may contain a number(s), a variable(s), and/or an operator(s)

Question 7

order of operations

Answer 7

the rules of which calculations are preformed first when simplifying an expression

Question 8

prime factorization

Answer 8

the process of decomposing a composite number as a unique product of prime factors

Question 9

rational numbers

Answer 9

the set of numbers that can be expressed as a fraction !”, where a and b are integers and b ≠ 0. The set of rational numbers is denoted by the symbol Q.

Question 10

solution set

Answer 10

a set of all values of the variable(s) that satisfy the equation

Question 11

supplementary angles

Answer 11

two angles whose degree measures have a sum of 180º

Question 12

variable

Answer 12

a letter or symbol that represents a number