Algebra Terms
In short: Algebra terms for students: 53 entries covering variables, expressions, equations, inequalities, systems, and polynomials, each defined in simple language with a worked example for quick review before a test.
Once letters stand in for numbers, a new vocabulary arrives. This list of algebra terms gathers it: variable, constant, coefficient, term, like terms, expression, equation, inequality, system, polynomial, factor, root. Each word has a plain definition and a short line of work showing it in a real equation.
Many mistakes come from mixing up words such as expression and equation, or solve and simplify. Use the page beside your worksheet to check the meaning of a direction before you start. The night before an assessment, print it and cover the definitions: any term you cannot explain is a clear signal of what to review.
53 words on this page, each with a definition, a figure, a solved example and two quick questions.
Algebra Terms: the full list
6th Grade
- Algebraic Expression
- Coefficient
- Dependent Variable
- Distributive Property
- Equation
- Equivalent Expressions
- Independent Variable
- Inequality
- Inverse Operations
- Like Terms
- One-Step Equation
- Term (Algebra)
- Variable
7th Grade
8th Grade
Algebra 1
- Binomial
- Completing the Square
- Compound Inequality
- Degree of a Polynomial
- Difference of Squares
- Discriminant
- Factoring
- Factoring Out the GCF
- FOIL Method
- Literal Equation
- Monomial
- Perfect Square Trinomial
- Polynomial
- Quadratic Formula
- System of Inequalities
- Trinomial
- Zero Product Property
Algebra 2
- Arithmetic Series
- Exponential Equation
- Extraneous Solution
- Factor Theorem
- Geometric Series
- Polynomial Long Division
- Rational Expression
- Remainder Theorem
- Sigma Notation
- Synthetic Division
Precalculus
- Binomial Theorem
- Determinant
- Fundamental Theorem of Algebra
- Inverse Matrix
- Matrix
- Pascal's Triangle
- Rational Root Theorem