Help please! I will medal and fan:) I just need help figuring out the word "terms" in math!!

Amelia makes $8 per hour at her job and then earns an additional $15 for every tablet she sells. She uses the expression 8h + 15t to keep track of her earnings.
How many terms are in the expression, what are they, and how do you know?

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Help please! I will medal and fan:) I just need help figuring out the word "terms" in math!!

Amelia makes $8 per hour at her job and then earns an additional $15 for every tablet she sells. She uses the expression 8h + 15t to keep track of her earnings.
How many terms are in the expression, what are they, and how do you know?

anonymous · Answer

I think there are 2?!

mathstudent55 · Answer

There are 2 terms, 8h and 15t.

anonymous · Answer

ok.. thanks, I was just making sure!

mathstudent55 · Answer

The term 8h tells how much she earned for the hours she worked. h is the number of hours. If you multiply h by 8, that is the amount of money she earned from the number of hours she worked.

mathstudent55 · Answer

The term 15t tells you how much she earned from the number of tables she sold. If she sells t number of tables, you multiply 15 by t and you find out how much she earned from the number of tales she sold.