Language of Algebra

• Define Algebra

  Algebra is the branch of mathematics that generalizes the facts in arithmetic
• Define Algebraic term

  It is either a single number, a letter, or a product of several numbers or letters.
• What is an Algebraic expression?

  It is a statement containing one or more terms connected by a plus or minus sign
• What is a Numeral Coefficient?


  A "number" in an Algebraic term
• Literal Coefficient 


  a "letter" used to represent a number
• What is a Factor?

  The number and symbols in a product
• Constant?


  A number, letter, or symbol which value is fixed or cannot be changed.
• Variable?


  A symbol which represents any number from a replacement set
• Replacement set?

  The set of values in a variable
• Exponent?


  A small number written to the right and slightly above another number or letter
• Power?


  The product of a number used two or more times as an factor
• Base?


  A number or letter which an exponent refers. It is the number or letter used as a factor.
• Literal factors?


  A letter used as a factor.