A term is any value or variable separated by a + or - sign in a expression.

Too restrictive definition?

Clarify Definition

Might be nice to bold "Terms are numbers separated by the operational signs of addition and subtraction in an expression." Then it would be clear at first glance what the term term means. ;) — Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.61.130.11 (talk) 00:35, 22 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Clarification for parentheses?

Compare the expression: $x+y+z$ to $x+(y+z)$ . Is there some hierarchy to terms? (less stupid examples would be for stuff like $w+{\frac {x+y}{z}}$ )

60.242.149.188 02:48, 4 December 2007 (UTC) (Andy)[reply]

Quotients?

Does the term "term" cover quotients and the like? Because my math teacher told our class once that the term ${\frac {2}{z}}$ and ${\sqrt {x}}$ weren't terms. I'm just wondering if it is one or not, since my tutor says that a quotient is basically the product of a reciprocal.

ZtObOr 00:48, 18 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Questions=

1. What is the 24th term in 1,1,2,3,5,8... ? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 203.87.208.142 (talk) 11:08, 4 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Join with "Term_(logic)"?

I suggest to join this article with Term_(logic), as there is no difference between both notions. Jochen Burghardt (talk) 11:23, 18 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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Jochen Burghardt (talk) 19:21, 12 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]