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Math Vocabulary

Published on Nov 22, 2015

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EQUATION

A STATEMENT THAT THE VALUES OF TWO MATHEMATICAL EXPRESSIONS ARE EQUAL (INDICATED BY THE SIGN =). SYNONYMS:
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VARIABLE

NOT CONSISTENT OR HAVING A FIXED PATTERN; LIABLE TO CHANGE.

INEQUALITY

DIFFERENCE IN SIZE, DEGREE, CIRCUMSTANCES, ETC.; LACK OF EQUALITY.

INTEGER

1. A WHOLE NUMBER; A NUMBER THAT IS NOT A FRACTION.

ORDER OF OPERATIONS

IN MATHEMATICS AND COMPUTER PROGRAMMING, THE ORDER OF OPERATIONS (SOMETIMES CALLED OPERATOR PRECEDENCE) IS A RULE USED TO CLARIFY WHICH PROCEDURES SHOULD BE PERFORMED FIRST IN A GIVEN MATHEMATICAL EXPRESSION.

SOLUTION OF AN EQUATION

A SOLUTION OF THE EQUATION IS AN ASSIGNMENT OF EXPRESSIONS TO THE UNKNOWNS THAT SATISFIES THE EQUATION; IN OTHER WORDS, EXPRESSIONS SUCH THAT, WHEN THEY ARE SUBSTITUTED FOR THE UNKNOWNS, THE EQUATION BECOMES AN IDENTITY.

RATIONAL NUMBER

A RATIONAL NUMBER IS A NUMBER THAT CAN BE WRITTEN AS A RATIO. THAT MEANS IT CAN BE WRITTEN AS A FRACTION, IN WHICH BOTH THE NUMERATOR (THE NUMBER ON TOP) AND THE DENOMINATOR (THE NUMBER ON THE BOTTOM) ARE WHOLE NUMBERS.

ALGEBAIC EXPRESSION

AN ALGEBRAIC EXPRESSION IS A MATHEMATICAL PHRASE THAT CAN CONTAIN ORDINARY NUMBERS, VARIABLES (LIKE X OR Y) AND OPERATORS (LIKE ADD,SUBTRACT,MULTIPLY, AND DIVIDE). HERE ARE SOME ALGEBRAIC EXPRESSIONS: A + 1 A - B 3X X - A / B.

ORDERED PAIR

A PAIR OF ELEMENTS A, B HAVING THE PROPERTY THAT ( A, B) = (U, V ) IF AND ONLY IF A = U, B = V.

ORIGIN

THE POINT OR PLACE WHERE SOMETHING BEGINS, ARISES, OR IS DERIVED.

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