Changing the grouping of numbers will NOT change the value. For example: (7 + 4) + 8 = 7 + (4 + 8) also works with multiplication
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Constant
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A term with a number part but no variable part
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coefficient
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The number part of the term
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reciprocal
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the flipped version of a fraction
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equation
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A mathematical sentence that contains an equals sign.
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Solution
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a value for a variable that makes an equation true
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Variable
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a symbol, usually a letter, used to represent a number
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function form
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An equation in x and y is written in function form
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Distributive Property
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a property indicating a special way in which multiplication is applied to addition of two or more numbers in which each term inside a set of parentheses can be multiplied by a factor outside the parentheses, such as a(b + c) = ab + ac
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Variable
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a symbol, usually a letter, that represents one or more numbers