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Chapter Two
Tools for Algebra
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Mathematics
12th Grade
11/13/2013

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Term
Order of Operations
Definition
rules that tell you which operations to do first
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Variable
Definition
a letter that represents a number
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Terms
Definition
Parts of an expression separated by an + or a - sign
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Constants
Definition
numbers, or quantities, that do not change
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Coefficient
Definition
a number that multiplies a variable
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Like terms
Definition
terms that have the same variables with the same exponents
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Substitute
Definition
replace a variable with a number or expression
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Equation
Definition
a statement that two expressions are equal
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Commutative property
Definition
the order of two numbers does not matter when you add or multiply
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Associative Property
Definition
the grouping of more than two numbers does not matter when you add or multiply
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Identity Property
Definition
adding 0, or multiplying by 1, does not change a number
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Addition Property of Opposites
Definition
the sum of a number and its opposite is 0
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Zero property of Multiplication
Definition
the product of any number and 0 is 0
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Distributive Property
Definition
multiply a sum or difference by a number by multiplying each term of the sum or difference by the number
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