| Distributive Property | states that the product of a number and a sum equals the sum of the individual products of the number and the addends: for all real numbers a, b, and c, a(b + c) = ab + ac |
| grouping technique | a factoring technique involving finding common factors among groups of terms rather than among all of terms |
| monomial | a number, a variable, or a product of a number and one or more variables with whole number exponents, such as -5, x, and 8xy3 |
| polynomial | a monomial or sum of monomials, like 4x2 + 3x – 10 |
| trinomial | a three-term polynomial |