Absolute Value
A number’s distance from zero on a number line.
Examples: |–3| = 3 and |3| = 3 Both numbers are 3 units away from zero.
Absolute Value Inequalities
Problems that involve ranges with inequalities
Algebraic Equation
An algebraic equation is a mathematical sentence that contains numbers, variables, and operations like addition, subtraction, etc. and also contains an equal sign that sets two algebraic expressions equal to each other.
Example: x + 4 = 9 is an algebraic equation.
Algebraic Expression
An algebraic expression is a mathematical sentence that contains numbers, variables, and operations like addition, subtraction, etc.
Example: x + 4 is an algebraic expression.
Algebraic Ratio
When the numerator, denominator or both parts of a ratio contains a variable expression
All Real Numbers
Used when solving an equation in which both sides of the equation are the same. All real numbers means that any real number would make the equation true.
Area
The space surface takes up, measured in square units
Associate
To group with something else
Associative Property of Addition or Multiplication
Grouping symbols do not affect the outcome. Numbers can be associated by using parentheses or brackets in an addition or multiplication problem and it does not change the solution.
Axis of Symmetry
A vertical line that passes through the vertex of the parabola