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What is separated by an addition or subtraction sign?
terms
What are terms with equations?
It is important to understand a few words to answer this. One must know what terms, expressions, equations and sentences are in math. The first is terms. A term is usually a number, a variable or some product of numbers and variables. For example x is a term as is 2x and 2x2 . An expression is a collection of terms separated by a + or - sign and it does NOT contain an equal sign. Expression can also be made of terms separated by division or terms raised to powers. It can also include functions. So it is a string of terms, but it must obey rules of syntax. An equation is two sets of terms separated by an = sign. It is one type of math sentence. An equation asserts that the two things on either side are equal. Another type of sentence which uses terms is 2<3. A sentence is like a formula and it can be true of false, but it is composed of terms.
How do you do the multiplication sign?
The sign of multiplication is x or *
What are parts of a multiplication sentence called?
Multiplication statement consists of two or more multiplicands each separated by a multiplication sign (usually "x" or "*") followed by the equals sign ("=") and the answer. In the following line, the numbers two, three and seven each are multiplicands, forty-two is the answer 2 x 3 x 7 = 42
What does x mean in a math problem?
X could be a sign for multiplication, or it could also be a variable. A variable is a letter representing a number.
