All Common Core: High School - Algebra Resources
Example Questions
Example Question #11 : Seeing Structure In Expressions
What is the order of the expression?
To find the order of the expression, first define what the order of an expression represents.
In a general example,
represents the coefficient of the
term and
represents the degree or order of the expression.
When there are more than one term in an expression such as,
the order of that expression is the highest degree on a given term.
In mathematical terms,
therefore the order of the expression is four.
Looking at the specific expression in question the following is seen.
Therefore, the order of the expression is five.
Example Question #12 : Seeing Structure In Expressions
What is the coefficient on the term?
To find the coefficient on the term, first define what the coefficient of an expression represents.
In a general example,
represents the coefficient of the
term and
represents the degree or order of the expression.
For the particular expression in this question,
the term is
.
Therefore the value or coefficient is,
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