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Math vocabulary 2.0
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| An equation staring that two ratios or rates are equivalent. | porportion |
| The point intersection of the x-axis and y-axis in a coordinate system. | origian |
| A mathematical language that uses symbols, usually letters, along with numbers. The letters stand for unknown symbols. | algebra |
| The number of square units needed to cover the enclosed (inside) surface. | area |
| A mathematical sentence that contains an equal (=) sign. | equation |
| The sum of the numbers in a set of data divided by the number of a piece of data. | mean |
| the distance from the center of the circle. | radius |
| a customary unit of length equal to 3 feet. | yard |
| the rules that tell which operations to perform first when more than one operation is used | order of operations |
| the distance across a circle through the center | diameter |
| a parallelogram with all sides congruent | rhombus |
| one of the four regions in a coordinate plate separated by an x-axis and y-axis | quadrant |
| the numbers or items that appear most often in a set of data | mode |
| the distance around any closed geometric figure | perimeter |
| in a power the number of times the base is used as a factor | exponent |
| a symbol usually a letter used to represent a number | variable |
| a ratio that compares a number to 100 | precent |
| the distance around a circle | circumference |
| a customary unit of length equal to 12 inches | foot |
| the middle number in a set of data when the data are arranged in numerical order | median |
| having the same value | equivant |
| the sum of a whole number and a fraction | mixed number |
| any two numbers that have a product of one | recipicals |
| a segment with endpoints that are on a circle | chord |
| an angle bigger than 90 degrees | obtuse angle |
| a comparison of two quantities by divion | ratio |
| numbers that have digest in the tenths hundredths and thousandths | desimals |
| a value that is much higher or lower than numbers in a data set | out lier |
| a fraction that the numerator is bigger than the denominator | improper fracton |
| a pair of numbers used to locate a point in the coordinate system | ordered pair |