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Ratio, Rate, Percent
Ratios, Rates, & Percents Unit Vocabulary
Term | Definition |
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coordinate plane | a plane formed by a horizontal number line, called the x-axis, that intersects a vertical number line, called the y-axis |
equivalent | describes expressions or quantities that have the same value |
ordered pair | a pair of numbers describing the location of a point on the coordinate plane |
percent | a part-to-whole ratio that compares an amount to 100 |
rate | a ratio of two quantities with different units |
ratio | a comparison of two numbers or quantities |
unit rate | a ratio of measurements in which the second measurement (or denominator) is 1 unit |
proportion | an equation showing that two ratios are equivalent; missing values can be found with cross multiplying and solving an equation |