Mots Croisés Algebra Math TermsVersion en ligne A variety of algebra terms needed to know. par Sydney Lee 1 A method for distributing powers of binomials 2 The use of algebraic and/or numeric methods as the main technique for solving a math problem. The instructions "solve using analytic methods" and "solve analytically" usually mean that no calculator is allowed. 3 An interval that contains its endpoints. 4 An interval that does not contain its endpoints. 5 The rate of change of velocity over time. 6 Absolute value makes a negative number positive. Positive numbers and 0 are left unchanged. 7 A line or curve that the graph of a relation approaches more and more closely the further the graph is followed. 8 How close an approximation is to an actual value. 6 3 2 1 8 7