Discuss these questions with your partner

-» What is algebra?

-» Can you think of any ways that we use it in our everyday lives?

A Vocabulary

A. Match these words and phrases with their definitions.

1 linear algebra A money gained or lost

2 reunion B rewriting

3 matrices C linear equations

4 profit and loss D coming back together

5 transposing E arrangement of mathematical elements

6 operators F what goes into something and what comes out

7 input and output G signs used in maths