Coefficient

A number used to multiply a variable. Four is the coefficient in the term 4X.

Coefficients is used to multiply a variable 4x, here 4 is the coefficient of the x variable

The company thought it would be a lot more efficient (coefficient) if everybody was called a number. The numbers were the internal office number.

Example 1

4x-7=5, 4 is the coefficient in this example

4 is the coefficient in the above equation.

Example 2

Here we have three coefficients 4, 2 and -3.

Example 3