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18 Cards in this Set
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Expression
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Any combination of numbers and/or variables using the operations of addition, subtraction, multiplication and division
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Term
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A product or quotient of numbers and/or variables
-a single number or variable |
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Constant
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Simply one number as a term
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Coefficient
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The numerical part of a term
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Commutative Property of addition
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a+b=b+a "switch the order"
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Commutative property of multiplication
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ab=ba "switch orders"
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Associative property of addition
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(a+b) + c= a+(b+c)
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Associative property of multiplication
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(ab)c=a(bc)
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Additive identity
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Zero is the additive identity 0+a=a+0
a=a |
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Multiplicative Identity
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1 is the multiplicative identity
1xa=ax1 a=a |
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Additive inverse
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-a is the additive inverse of a
a+(-a) =0 |
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Multiplicative inverse
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1/a is the multiplicative inverse of a. (Same as reciprocal)
a • 1/a = 1 |
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a/1
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a
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a/a
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1
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0/a
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0
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a/0
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Undefined
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0/0
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Indetermined
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Like Terms
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Terms with the exact same variables raised to the exact same power.
Can be combined by adding/subtracting coefficients. |
