Algebra Basics Vocab

The official way to say "Whatever you do to one side you have to do to the other"

The official way to say if you subtract something to one side you have to subtract it to the other side

The order in which numbers are added or multiplied does not change the sum or product.

If two or more quantities have a product of zero then at least one of them must be equal

The answer to the question, in an inequality it will be more than one value.

The official way to say if you add something to one side you have to add it to the other side

The distance a number is from zero.

The official way to say if you multiply something to one side you have to multiply it to the other side

The official way to say if you divide something to one side you have to divide it to the other side

A statement that compares two quantities using <,>,≥,≤, or \ne

To rewrite an expression in a different but equivalent form.

The largest number, variable, or combination of the two that can be found in terms from the same expression

A rule that allows the number outside of a parenthesis to multiply all terms inside the parenthesis.

The way in which numbers are grouped does not change their sum or product.