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Unit 3 Vocabulary
Proportional Relationships
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Rate of change | A ratio that compares the amount of change in a dependent variable to the amount of change in an independent variable. |
| Capacity | The amount a container can hold when filled (ounces, pints, quarts, and liters) |
| Customary | The measurement system often used in the United States |
| Length | inches, feet, yards, centimeters, and meters |
| Mass | the amount of matter that an object takes up (grams, milligrams, and kilograms) |
| Metric System | A decimal system of weights and measures that is used universally in science and commonly throughout the world |
| proportion | An equation that states that two ratios are equivalent. |
| Percent | A ratio comparing a number to 100. |
| Ratio | A comparison of two quantities by division. |
| Weight | The heaviness of a person or thing (Pounds and ounces) |
| Conversion Factor | a mathematical tool for converting between units of measurement. |
| Constant | A value that does not change |
| Equivalent Ratios | Ratios that name the same comparison |
| Rate | A ratio that compares two quantities measured in different units. |
| Percent Increase | A percent change describing an increase in a quantity. |
| Percent Decrease | A percent change describing a decrease in a quantity |
| Percent of Change | The amount stated as a percent that a number increases or decreases. |
| Unit Rate | A rate in which the second quantity in the comparison is one unit |
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