VOCABULARY – CHAPTER 9-10
WORD
1.
Simplify
DEFINITION
Writing an equivalent expression that has
positive exponents and no powers to powers;
each base should appear only once and all
fractions should be in reduced form
2.
Composite
Numbers
A whole number, greater than 1, that has more
than 2 factors.
3.
Binomial
The sum of two monomials.
4.
Monomial
A number, variable, or the product of a
number and one or more variables.
5.
Trinomial
The sum of three monomials.
6.
FOIL Method
To multiply two monomials, find the sum of
the products of the first terms, the outside
terms, the inside terms, and the last terms.
7.
Degree
For a monomial, the sum of the exponents of
its variables; for a polynomial, take the
greatest from the individual monomials.
8.
Factors
In a multiplication expression, the quantities
being multiplied are called factors.
EXAMPLE
VOCABULARY – CHAPTER 9-10
WORD
9.
Prime
Factorization
DEFINITION
A whole number expressed as a product of
factors that are all prime numbers.
10.
Constant
Monomials that are numbers.
11.
Greatest
Common
Factor
The greatest number that is a factor of two or
more integers.
12.
Polynomial
A monomial or a sum of monomials.
13.
Prime
Polynomial
A polynomial that cannot be written as a
product of two or more polynomials.
14.
Factoring
To express a polynomial as a product of other
polynomials.
15.
Power
An expression of the form
xn .
EXAMPLE