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9th Grade
10/04/2013

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Term
Constant
Definition
A fixed value.
(if it is not a constant, it is a variable)
Term
Coefficient
Definition
A number used to multiply a variable

Example: 6z means 6 times z, and "z" is a variable, so 6 is a coefficient
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Operator
Definition
An Operator is a symbol (such as +, ×, etc) that represents an operation (i.e. you want to do something with the values).
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Variable
Definition
A symbol for a number we don't know yet. It is usually a letter like x or y.

Example: in x + 2 = 6, x is the variable

If it is not a variable it is called a Constant
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