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Mathematics- Algebra
Cards in this deck (12)
- 1MATHEMATICSa group of related sciences, including algebra, geometry, and calculus, concerned with the study of number, quantity, shape, and space and their interrelationships by using a specialized notation
- 2ALGEBRAa branch of mathematics in which letters and other general symbols are used to represent numbers and quantities in formula and equations.
- 3TERMis either a single number or variable, or numbers and variables multiplied together.
- 4NUMERICAL COEFFICIENTthe numerical part of the term
- 5LITERAL COEFFICIENTa letter with a fixed value in a term
- 6EXPRESSIONA FINITE COMBINATION OF SYMBOLS
that is well-formed according to rules that depend on the context - 7EQUATIONa mathematical statement that indicates the equality of two expression
- 8OPERATORa symbol that shows an operation
(i.e. +, -, /) - 9SUBSTITUTEto put in the place of another
- 10RULES OF INTEGERS (Technique in 4 operations)Two like signs becomes a positive sign
Two unlike signs becomes a negative sign - 11NEGATIVE EXPONENTmeans how many times to divide one by the number.
- 12INDICESthe other term for Exponents