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Unit 3
Proportional Reasoning with Rates
Term | Definition |
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terminating decimal | A decimal number that ends rather than repeats |
repeating decimal | A decimal that continues in a pattern rather than terminating |
rate | A ratio that compares two terms measured in different units. |
unit rate | A rate in which the second term's quantity is ONE unit. |
proportion | an equation that states two ratios are equivalent. |
distance | The amount of space between two things |
time | The ongoing sequence of events taking place. Measured in seconds, minutes, hours, day, months, and years. |
average | An estimation of or approximation to an arithmetic mean. |
speed | The rate at which someone or something is able to move or operate. |
liquid | Having a consistency like that of water or oil, flowing freely but of constant volume, no definite shape. |
solid | Firm and stable in shape and volume. |
increase | Growing larger or greater. |
decrease | To maker smaller. |
length | The measurement of something from end to end. |
scale | The ratio of the length in a drawing or model to the length of the real object. |
scale model | A representation or copy of an object that is larger or smaller than the actual size of an object but maintains proportions of that object. |
actual size | The true dimensions of an object. |
scale factor | The ratio used to enlarge or reduce an object creating similar figures. |