8.8ABC Week 4 Math Vocab

Question 1

What is a variable?

Accepted Answer

a letter or symbol used to represent a number.

Question 2

The set of values that satisfies a given equation or inequality.

Accepted Answer

solution set

Question 3

A math sentence that shows the relationship between quantities that are not equal using symbols

Accepted Answer

Inequality

Question 4

The answer to a multiplication problem.

Accepted Answer

Product

Question 5

The measure of the steepness of a line; change in y-values to change in x-values.

Accepted Answer

slope

Question 6

Any value for a variable that makes an equation or an inequality true is called a _________.

Accepted Answer

Solution

Question 7

What is a # sentence that uses the equal sign to show two expressions are equivalent called

Accepted Answer

Equation

Question 8

A number multiplied by a variable in an algebraic expression is called ______.

Accepted Answer

Coefficient

Question 9

A mathematical combination of numbers, operations &/or variable. Does not use the = sign.

Accepted Answer

Expression

Question 10

What letter usually represents the slope in an equation?

Accepted Answer

m

Question 11

What is the ratio of the change in y-values to the change in x-values. May be called rise/over.

Accepted Answer

Rate of change

Question 12

A number that does not vary in an equation is called ______________.

Accepted Answer

constant

Question 13

The answer to a subtraction problem.

Accepted Answer

Difference

Question 14

The ordered pair corresponding to the point where a graph intersects the y-axis.

Accepted Answer

y-intercept

Question 15

The ordered pair corresponding to the point where a graph intersects the x-axis.

Accepted Answer

x-intercept

Question 16

What is a quotient?

Accepted Answer

The answer to a division problem.

Questions 16