got it! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Three-address_code Three address code. This is it. I knew something like this existed just not what it was called.
From this:
# Calculate one solution to the [[Quadratic equation]].
x = (-b + sqrt(b^2 – 4*a*c)) / (2*a)
To this:
t1 := b * b
t2 := 4 * a
t3 := t2 * c
t4 := t1 – t3
t5 := sqrt(t4)
t6 := 0 – b
t7 := t5 + t6
t8 := 2 * a
t9 := t7 / t8
x := t9