Strand 3 basic algebra

• Numbers are referred to as Numerals
• Variables that are used to replace numbers are also known as Pronumerals
• A mathematical statement in algebraic form is known as Algebraic Expression
• The number beside the variable is known as the coefficients
• A term can be an algebraic expression of part of it. The term of an algebraic expression are the parts of the expression that are connected by a plus (+)
• There are 4 different types of Algebraic expression depending on the number of terms in the expression.
• Monomial - Mono means 1. There is only 1 term in the expression
• Binomial - Bi means 2. There are 2 terms in the expression
• Trinomial - Tri means 3. There are 3 terms in the expression.