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2nd
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Be Prepared
Be Respectful
Be on Time
Be On Task
Follow Directions
Seek Tutoring when Needed!
Enteringthe classroom
Leaving the classroom
Getting your attention
Questions
Teachers Desk
Group Work
Pass use restrooms, lockers, sick
oEmergencies
Announcements
Finishwork early
Pencils usage and breakage
1. 5 word prediction. Guess the meanings of the
following words: Variable, expression, base,
constant, & factor.
 CCCA Unit 1

Why is it important to understand

the language of mathematics?


Identifying Parts
Guided NOTES
 Can have variables, numbers, addition,
subtraction, multiplication, division, parenthesis,
square roots, exponents

Examples: x2
3 x 2
5b 7c d
5 xy
 Symbols or letters used to represent an
unknown

Examples: x



 How many items are being added, subtracted,
divided

Examples:
2
5a 2 xy 3 3

P 2x
2
a b 4
 Same variable raised to the same power

Examples:

2 2
5 x y and 8 x y
2 2
7y and 22y
 The number in front of a variable

Examples:

123 xy 123
3 2
9xy z 9
x 1
 The number up in the air next to a base
The number of times you multiply something
times itself

Examples: 3
2 3
12
x 12
4
3 y 7 4
 What the exponent sits on
The part that has been raised to a power

Examples: 3
2 2
12
x x
4
3 y 7 y
A number that has no variable
It can be positive or negative

Examples:

42 -42
3x 5 5
2 4
5 x 3y 8 -8
 Itemsthat are being multiplied together
Can be numbers, variables, parenthesis
Examples:

6 1 and 6. Or 2 and 3
9xy 9 and x and y
x 2 y 3 (x + 2) and (y 3)
3 z 9 3 and (z 9)
 Simplify inside parenthesis
Take care of exponents
In order from left to right, multiplication or division
In order from left to right, addition or subtraction

Examples:

5 3 2 1 4
2
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Sum
Plus
Add
More Than
Increased
Together
Difference
Minus
Decreased
LessThan (swaps the order)
Take away
Quotient
Half
Divide by
Product
Twice
Double
Triple
Times
Square
Cubed
To the power of
Raised to a power
The sum of a number and 10

x + 10
The product of 9 and x squared

9x2
9 less than g to the fourth power

4
g 9
 8 + 3x
Eight increased by three times x
1. Five times a number increased by 5 is
the same as 3 times the same number
decreased by 7.

2. Four times a number plus 10 minus two

times the same number is 6.
 WORKSHEET

Writing an Expression Practice Worksheet