Remember: Terms are added. Factors are multiplied. A coefficient is the number factor that multiplies a letter.
Name the parts
1
A pizza costs p dollars. The bill for 3 pizzas and a drink is 3p + 2. What is the coefficient of p?
2
How many terms does 5 + 2k + 8 have?
1234
3
In 12m + 1, the number 12 is called the
coefficienttermsumvariable
4
In 3x + 9, the terms are 3 and x.
TrueFalse
5
Look at 9 + 5t. Join each name to the part it names.
1the coefficient
2the letter
3the term with a letter
4the term that is only a number
A9
B5t
Ct
D5
Factors
6
The picture shows 2 × (5 + 3). Which numbers are the factors of this product?
5 and 32, 5 and 38 only2 and (5 + 3)
7
Circle both factors of the product 4 × (3 + 7). (circle every one)
(3 + 7)347
8
In 40 − 5 × 3, the terms are 40 and 5 × 3. What is the value of the term 5 × 3?
9
In 8 × (7 + 6), the 8 is a factor.
TrueFalse
Stretch
10
Which expression has exactly two terms?
3(a + 5)a + 5 + 79a2a + 6
11
In 5 × (3 + 9 + 2), how many terms are inside the brackets?
12
Number the steps to name the parts of 7 + 3x.
Split 7 + 3x into the terms 7 and 3x
Look for plus signs: they separate the terms
In 3x, spot the number that multiplies the letter
Name that number the coefficient: 3
13
Write an expression with three terms, one of them with a coefficient of 4.
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