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Glossary

Forty terms, survey-kit plain.
integera whole number, its opposite, or zero
oppositethe same distance from zero on the other side
absolute valuea number’s distance from zero, never negative
sumthe answer to an addition
differencethe answer to a subtraction
productthe answer to a multiplication
quotientthe answer to a division
exponentthe small raised number counting repeats
basethe number being repeated by an exponent
powera base together with its exponent
order of operationsthe agreed sequence for working a problem
variablea letter holding a number’s place
expressionnumbers, letters, and operations without an equals sign
termone piece of an expression between plus and minus signs
like termsterms with the same letter part
coefficientthe number multiplying a letter
equationa statement that two expressions are equal
solutionthe value that makes an equation true
inverse operationthe operation that undoes another
ratioa comparison of two quantities by division
proportiona statement that two ratios are equal
percenta ratio out of one hundred
ordered pairthe (x, y) address of a point
quadrantone of the four rooms of the coordinate plane