unit 1 vocab

Question 1

any number that can be written as a fraction using 2 integers

Answer 1

rational numbers

Question 2

any number that is not rational or cannot be expressed as a fraction

Answer 2

irrational numbers

Question 3

a symbol, usually a letter, standing for unknown value in an expression or equation

Answer 3

variable

Question 4

a number by which a variable is multiplied

Answer 4

coefficent

Question 5

is either a single number or variable, or numbers and variables multiplied together (seperated by + or -)

Answer 5

term

Question 6

a term that is a number by itself

Answer 6

constant

Question 7

a real number, variable, product of the variable and number or two variables with or without exponenets (1 term)

Answer 7

monomial

Question 8

sum or difference of two monomials (2 terms)

Answer 8

binomial

Question 9

sum or difference of three monomials (3 terms)

Answer 9

trinomial

Question 10

a monomial, binomial, trinomial, or any number of terms added or subtracted together

Answer 10

polynomial

Question 11

shows how many times to use a number in multipulcation

Answer 11

power

Question 12

the greatest degree of any term of the polynomial

Answer 12

degree of the polynomial

Question 13

form of a polynomial in which the terms are written in descending order according to their degree (order from largest to smallest exponent)

Answer 13

standard form of a polynomial

Question 14

polynomial with a degree of 2 (2nd degree)

Answer 14

quadratic

Question 15

polynomial with a degree of 1 (1st degree

Answer 15

linear

Question 16

polynomial with a degree of 3 (3rd degree)

Answer 16

cubic

Question 17

1 term

Answer 17

monomial

Question 18

2 term

Answer 18

binomial

Question 19

3 term

Answer 19

trinomial