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Math Vocab.
Term | Definition |
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Expression | a number sentence using unknown variables |
Order of Operations | the rules to follow when more than one operation is used in an expression |
Parenthesis | symbols used in math that tells you to solve that part of the equation first |
Proportion | an equation that shows two ratios are equal or equilateral |
Reasonable | an answer that seems sensible as the solution to the problem |
Simplifying an Expression | using math properties to combine things that are alike |
Constant | a value that does not change |
Equivalent Ratio | ratios that name the same comparison |
Rate | a rate that compares two quantities measures in different units |
Rate of Change | a ratio that compares the amount of change in a dependent variable to the amount of change in an independent variable |
Ratios | a comparison of two quantities by division |
Unit rates | a rate in which the second quantity is the comparison is one unit |
Constant of Proportionality | a constant of two variables related proportionally |
Constant of Variation | the constant k in direct and inverse variation equations |
Direct Variation | a linear relationship between two variables x and y that can be written in the form y=kx where k is a nonzero constant |
Proportional Relationship | a relationship between two quantites of the ratio of one quantity in which another quantity is constant |
Slope | a measure of the steepness of a line on a graph; the rise divided by the run |