| Term | Definition |
| composite number | Is any whole number that has more than two factors |
| standerd form | the whole number written out |
| prime | any whole number that only has two factors one and itself |
| expanded form | mean to expand a numbers digits |
| squared | means the exponent of two |
| cubed | means three is the exponent |
| exponent | is the amount of times a number is bieng used |
| prime factorization | composite numbers expressed as a product of prime numbers |
| factor | a number that divides into a whole number with a remainder of zero |
| equation | has to have an equal sign |
| variable | lower case letter that represents something unknown |
| algerbra | branch of mathematics that contains expressions with variables |
| algerbraic expression | contains at least one variable and at least one operation |
| coefficent | the factor that is found directly beside the variable |
| how to evaluate an expression | substitute a value for the variable then compute |