Topic 1 Flashcards
Constant
Value that doesn’t change
Inequality
A mathematical sentence that compares quantities
Solution of an inequality
A value that makes the inequality true
Solution set
The set of all solutions of an inequality
Graph of an inequality
Shows the solution set on a number line
Open circle
DOES NOT include that point on a number line
Closed circle
DOES include that point on a number line
Properties of equality
“What you do to one side, you do to the other.”
Change the direction of the sign
“if you multiply or divide both sides of an inequality by a negative number, you change the direction of the sign”
Compound inequality
Formed by joining two inequalities with “and or “or “
A mathematical sentence with two inequality statements joined by “and” or “or”
Greater than
All the numbers larger than >
Less than
All numbers lower than <
Greater than or equal to
All the numbers larger than or equal to >=
Less than or equal to
All the numbers less than or equal to <=
Equation
A mathematical sentence that contains an equals sign