what is a symbol
a thing that stands for something else e.g. + symbol for add
what is variable
a letter of the alphabet that we use to represent an unknown value
what is a constant
a number in an expression or equation that is independent of any variable and doesn’t change
what is coefficient
a number in front of a variable together with its negtive or postive sign
what is a monomical
an expression containing only one term
what is binomial
an expression containing only two term
what is trinomial
an expression containing only three term
what are like terms
term that have identical variables
what are unlike terms
term that have different variables