Algebra Vocab

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What is a variable? 
A variable is a pronumeral that changes
What is a pronumeral?  
A pronumeral is the letter representing unknown values.
What is an expression?
An expression is a number sentence
What is the difference between an equation and an expression?
An equation has an equal sign whereas an expression is just a number sentence.
What is an equation?
It has an equal sign
What's a constant term? 
An algebraic expression with no pronumeral.
What's a coefficient? 
A number that is attached to the pronuumeral
What is an integer?
A whole number, positive or negative
Define a rational number.
A number that can be expressed as a fraction
An irrational number is...
π, a surd, square root and numbers that keep going forever.
A surd is... 
the square roots of numbers that can't be simplified into a whole number or fraction.
What is the number of times a number is multiplied by itself?
An exponent