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TAKS math vocabulary for 6th grade

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Acute angle   An angle measuring more than 0 degrees and less than 90 degrees  
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Additional information   Extra facts needed to solve the problem  
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Angles   The space between 2 rays with a common endpoint, measured in degrees  
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Appropriate   Suitable, would make sense in this situation  
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Approximate   Not exact, but close  
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Area   Surface space that is measured in square units.  
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Bar graph   Graph that uses bars to make comparisons  
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Best represents   Best shows or matches  
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Calculate   Find the value  
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Circular   In the shape of a circle  
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Circle graph   Graph that compares parts to a whole  
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Circumference   The distance around a circle; the perimeter of a circle  
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Combinations   Ways of grouping objects when order doesn’t matter  
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Common factor   A number that can evenly divide all the given numbers  
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Common multiple   A number that can be evenly divided by all the given numbers  
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Complete   Finish  
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Conclude   To decide based on information  
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Congruent   Having the same size and shape  
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Consecutive   Numbers that follow each other in order  
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Container   An object that can hold something  
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Coordinate grid   A 2-dimensional system of intersecting lines used to graph points  
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Coordinates of a point   A pair of numbers that show the location of a point on a graph  
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Cube   A 3-dimensional solid shaped like a box where all faces are squares  
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Cylinder   A 3-dimensional solid figure shaped like a can with 2 congruent and parallel circular bases  
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Cylindrical   Shaped like a cylinder  
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Data   A collection of numbers or measurements  
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Degrees   Common unit for measuring temperature or angles  
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Delete   Erase or get rid of  
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Determine   To find out  
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Diagram   A simplified drawing  
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Diameter   A line segment that passes through the center of a circle and has its endpoints on the circle  
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Dimensions   Measurements of a shape or solid (ex. length, width and height)  
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Distance   How far it is between 2 places  
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Double   To multiply by 2  
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Edge   Line that connects 2 faces  
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Entire   The whole thing  
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Equal   The same  
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Equation   Mathematical sentence that uses an equal sign  
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Equivalent   Having the same value  
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Exactly   Correct in every way  
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Examples   Something that can illustrate a given rule  
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Expression   A combination of numbers and variables connected by 1 or more operations  
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Fair   An equal chance of winning and losing  
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Figure   A numeral, a diagram, or a picture of a shape or solid  
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Fraction   Ratio of 2 numbers where the denominator is not 0  
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Greatest   Largest  
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Greatest common factor   The largest single number that can evenly divide all the given numbers  
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Grid   Regular lines that go across and up and down, often on a graph  
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Height   Measurement from top to bottom  
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Hexagon   A polygon with six sides.  
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Identify   To find or recognize  
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Integers   All whole numbers (both positive and negative) and zero.  
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Interior angle   Angle inside a shape  
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Intersect   Crosses  
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Isosceles triangle   A triangle with only 2 equal sides  
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Least   Smallest  
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Length   How long something is from end to end  
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Line Graph   Graph to show change over time  
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Line segment   A part of a line that has 2 endpoints  
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Line plot   Diagram showing frequency of data on a number line  
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Maximum   The largest  
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Mean   The sum of a group of numbers divided by the number of numbers. Also known as the average.  
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Measure of angle   How many degrees between the angle’s rays  
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Median   A value found by ordering a group of data from least to greatest and choosing the middle  
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Mode   In a group of values, the value that occurs most often.  
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Obtuse angle   An angle measuring more than 90º  
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Order   To place according to numerical value; least to greatest or greatest to least  
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Ordered pairs   2 numbers listed in a specific order, it describes the location of a point on the coordinate plane  
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Parallelogram   A quadrilateral with two pairs of congruent, parallel sides.  
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Percent   The ratio of a number to 100 (per one hundred). The symbol %  
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Perimeter   The distance around a figure.  
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Pi   It has an approximate value of 3.14; symbol is ¶  
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Place value   The value of each digit in a number based on its placement in the number  
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Polygon   Three or more line segments in a plane that forms a closed figure. Position  
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Position   The location of something  
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Predicted   To say what will happen in the future based on what is known now  
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Previous   Came before  
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Prime factor   A prime number that can evenly divide a given number  
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Prime factorization   When a number is written as a product of prime factors  
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Probability   The likelihood that an event will occur.  
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Procedure   An official way of doing something  
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Product   The result of a multiplication problem  
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Quadrilateral   A polygon that has four sides.  
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Quotient   The result of a division problem  
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Radius   A length that is half the diameter of a circle; the distance from the center of the circle to the edge  
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Random   To happen by chance  
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Range   The difference between the least and greatest values in a set of numbers.  
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Ratio   A comparison of the two values of two numbers  
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Reasonable   Makes sense  
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Record   To write down  
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Rectangle   A parallelogram with four right angles  
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Rectangular prism   A 3-dimensional solid where all 6 faces are rectangles  
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Regular polygon   A shape where all sides are equal  
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Relationship   The way in which 2 or more things are connected  
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Revolution   One complete turn  
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Rhombus   A parallelogram with all sides equal  
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Right angle   An angle that measures 90 degrees  
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Scale   The ratio of the actual measurements of something and those of a diagram or map of it  
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Section   A part of something  
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Sequence   A pattern following an order or rule  
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Set   Group of numbers or objects  
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Side   Line segment that is part of the perimeter of a figure  
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Similar   Same shape, different size  
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Square   To multiply a number by itself  
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Square unit   A unit for measuring area  
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Stem and leaf plot   An arrangement of numbers that separates digits into columns  
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Straight angle   An angle that measures 180º  
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Sum   The result of an addition problem  
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Support   To back up  
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Surface area   The area of the outside of a 3-dimensional solid  
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Survey   A gathering of data or opinions  
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Table   An arrangement of data in rows and columns  
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Temperature   How hot or cold something is  
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Trapezoid   A quadrilateral with only one pair of parallel sides  
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Tree diagram   A diagram with branches showing all the possible outcomes of a situation  
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Triangle   A 3 sided polygon  
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Twice   To multiply by 2  
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Vertex   Corner  
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Volume   Amount of space inside a container; how much something can hold  
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Weight   The pull of gravity on an object; measured in pounds and ounces or kilograms and grams  
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X-axis   The horizontal number line of a coordinate graph  
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X-coordinate   The value on the x-axis used to locate a point on the graph. It is the first value in an ordered pair.  
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Y-axis   The vertical number line of a coordinate graph  
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Y-coordinate   The value on the y-axis used to locate a point on the graph. It is the second value in an ordered pair  
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