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7thGradeMathVocab
TAKS math vocabulary for 7th grade
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Allowance | Money paid regularly to a person |
| Approximate | Not exact, but close |
| Area | Surface space that is measured in square units |
| Bar graph | Graph that uses bars to make comparisons |
| Base | A side of a 2-dimensional shape or a face of a 3-dimensional solid |
| Best describes | Best explains |
| Best estimate | Closest to the exact amount |
| Best represents | Best shows or matches |
| Better buy | More for the money; is a better deal |
| Calculate | Find the value |
| Capacity | How much a container can hold; volume |
| Characteristic | Specific feature typical of a certain thing |
| Circle graph | Graph that compares parts to a whole |
| Circular | In the shape of a circle |
| Circumference | The distance around a circle (the perimeter of a circle) |
| Commission | An amount of money paid based on the work done (ex. the more sold, the more money earned) |
| Complement | The missing angle measure that will add up to 90º with another angle |
| Complementary angles | Two angles whose sum equals 90 degrees |
| Cone | 3-dimensional solid with a circular base and comes to a point on top |
| Convert | Change from one unit to another |
| Coordinate plane | A 2-dimensional system of intersecting lines used to graph points |
| Correct place value | The right value for a digit based on its placement in a number |
| Corresponding angles | Angles in the same or similar position in similar or congruent shapes |
| Counterexample | An example that doesn’t work |
| Cube | A 3-dimensional solid shaped like a box where all the faces are squares |
| Cylinder | A 3-dimensional solid figure, shaped like a can, with two congruent and parallel circular bases |
| Cylindrical | In the shape of a cylinder |
| Data | A collection of numbers or measurements |
| Degrees | Common unit for measuring temperature or angles |
| Destination | The place where one is going |
| Determine | To find out |
| Diagram | A simplified drawing |
| Diameter | A line segment that passes through the center of a circle and has its endpoints on the circle |
| Difference | The amount between 2 numbers; the result of a subtraction problem |
| Dimensions | Measurements of a shape or solid (ex. length, width and height |
| Discount | An amount of money taken off the full price |
| Dozen | 12 items |
| Earnings | Money received for work or as a reward |
| Edge | Line that connects 2 faces |
| Equation | A mathematical sentence that uses an equal sign |
| Equilateral triangle | A triangle that has three equal sides and three equal angles |
| Equivalent | The same |
| Equivalent fractions | 2 fractions that equal the same amount |
| Exponent | A symbol indicating what power the number is taken to |
| Expression | A combination of numbers and variables connected by one or more operations |
| Geometric solid | 3-dimensional figure |
| Graphic display | Drawing or diagram |
| Greatest common factor (GCF) | The largest number that will evenly divide all the given numbers |
| Hemisphere | Half of a sphere |
| Identical | The same in every way |
| Independent events | Events in which the outcome of the 1st event doesn’t affect the outcome of the 2nd event |
| Intersect | Crosses |
| Isosceles triangle | A triangle with two equal sides and two equal angles |
| Least common multiple | The smallest number that can be evenly divided by all the other given numbers |
| Line graph | Graph that shows change over time |
| Line plot | Diagram showing frequency of data on a number line |
| Mass | Amount of matter in an object |
| Maximum | Largest |
| Mean | The sum of a group of numbers divided by the number of numbers; also known as the average |
| Median | A value found by ordering a group of data from least to greatest and choosing the middle value of the group. |
| Method | A way of doing something |
| Mode | In a group of values, the value that occurs most often |
| Model | To come up with a way to represent a situation, figure, etc. |
| Negative number | Number less than 0 |
| Net | A flat pattern that can be cut out and folded up to make a 3-dimensional solid |
| Nth term | Any term in a sequence |
| Octagonal | Something shaped like an octagon - an eight-sided polygon |
| Ordered pair | Two numbers listed in a specific order; it describes a point on the coordinate graph |
| Parentheses | A pair of marks to set something apart; ( ) |
| Parallelogram | A quadrilateral with two pairs of congruent, parallel sides |
| Pentagon | A polygon with five sides |
| Percent | The ratio of a number to 100 (per one hundred); the symbol % |
| Perimeter | The distance around a figure |
| Perspective | A view of an object |
| Pi | It has an approximate value of 3.14; symbol is ¶ |
| Pictograph | Graph using pictures to represent real objects |
| Portion | Part of a whole |
| Position in sequence | Location in the list of numbers |
| Positive number | Number greater than 0 |
| Possible outcomes | All the different ways the situation could work out |
| Possible unique combinations | All the original ways of grouping objects where order doesn’t matter |
| Prime factorization | When a number is written as a product of only prime numbers |
| Prism | A solid figure that has two congruent, parallel polygons as its bases. Its sides are parallelograms |
| Problem situation | Set of circumstances that make up the question |
| Product | The solution of a multiplication problem |
| Proportion | An equation stating that two ratios are equal |
| Protractor | Instrument used to measure and draw angles |
| Pyramid | A solid figure that has triangles for its sides and a polygon as its base |
| Quotient | The solution to a division problem |
| Radius | A length that is half the diameter of a circle; the distance from the center of the circle to the outside of the circle |
| Random | To happen by chance |
| Range | The difference between the least and greatest values in a set of numbers |
| Rate | A ratio that compares two different types of quantities |
| Rational number | A number that can be expressed as a fraction |
| Record | To write down |
| Rectangle | A parallelogram with four right angles |
| Rectangular prism | A prism in which all 6 faces are rectangles |
| Regular polygon | A shape that has all sides equal |
| Region | An area |
| Relationship | The way in which 2 or more things are connected |
| Represent | To stand for |
| Rule | A way of determining terms in a pattern or sequence |
| Sample space | A segment of the larger population to examine |
| Scale | A ratio between 2 sets of measurements |
| Scale factor | How many times bigger or smaller one shape is than the original |
| Scaling | To increase or decrease the size of a figure by a certain factor |
| Scenario | Situation |
| Sequence | A pattern following an order or rule |
| Set | A group of numbers |
| Similar | Same shape, different size |
| Situation | A set of circumstances |
| Solid figure | 3-dimensional shape |
| Sphere | A 3-dimensional solid shaped like a ball |
| Square | To multiply a number by itself |
| Square root | A number that when multiplied by itself results in the original number |
| Stem and leaf plot | An arrangement of numbers that separates the digits into columns |
| Sum | The result of an addition problem |
| Supplementary angles | 2 angles whose sum is 180º |
| Table | An arrangement of data in rows and columns |
| Temperature | How hot or cold something is |
| Terms | Each of the numbers in a sequence |
| Thermometer | An instrument used for measuring temperature |
| Top, side, front view | Different perspectives of a 3-dimensional solid |
| Total | Result of an addition problem |
| Translation | To slide a figure along a straight line |
| Trapezoid | A quadrilateral with only one pair of parallel sides |
| Triangle | A 3 sided shape |
| Triple | To multiple by 3 |
| Twice | To multiply by 2 |
| Unit rate | A ratio that shows the cost per one unit of measure |
| Value | The amount something is worth |
| Venn diagram | A diagram used to represent sets and relationships between sets |
| Vertex | Corner |
| Volume | The amount of space inside a container; how much something could hold |
| Weight | The pull of gravity on an object, measured in pounds and ounces or kilograms and grams |
| X-axis | The horizontal number line of a coordinate graph |
| 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. |
| Y-axis | The vertical number line of a coordinate graph |
| Y-coordinate | The value on the y-axis used to locate a point |
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