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🧩 Naming the Parts of an Expression

What we're learning

I can identify parts of an expression using the words sum, term, product, factor, quotient, and coefficient.

🏠 Try this at home

Have your child point to the terms and name the coefficient in an expression like 4x + 7.

Words to know

Term: A part of an expression separated by + or −. In 3x + 7, the terms are 3x and 7.
Coefficient: The number multiplied by a variable. In 3x, the coefficient is 3.
Factor: Numbers or expressions multiplied together. In 4(x+2), the factors are 4 and (x+2).
Sum / Product / Quotient: The result of adding / multiplying / dividing.