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1108 ERR math vocab
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| digit | Any of the symbols 0,1,2,3,4,5.6,7,8,9 in the base 10 numeration system |
| estimate (ballpark estimate) | An answer close to, or approximating, an exact answer. |
| range | The difference between the maximum and minimum in a set of data. Used as a measure of the speed of data. |
| mode | The value or values that occur most often in a set of data. |
| unit | an agreed upon unit of measure, for example foot, pound, gallon, meter, kilogram, liter. |
| length | The distance between two points. |
| perimeter | A distance around a polygon. |
| area | The measurement of the size of the inside surface of a polygon. |
| circumference | The perimeter (distance around) of a circle. |
| diameter | A line segment that passes through the center of a circle or sphere. |
| polygon | a 2 dimensional figure formed by 3 or more line segments (sides) that meet only at their endpoints (vertices) to make a closed shape. The line segments of a polygon may not cross. |
| vertices | Two line segments that meet to make an angle. |
| tiling (tessellation) | The covering of a surface with shapes so that there are no gaps or overlaps. |
| square unit | A unit used to measure area. The length must be the same on all sides of the unit. |
| factor | each of the two or more numbers in a product. |
| product | The answer to a multiplying two or more numbers. |
| dividend | The number in division that is being divided (the big number). |
| divisor | In division, the number that divides another number (dividend). This number is smaller than the dividend. |
| quotient | The answer to a division problem. |
| remainder | An amount left over when one number is divided into another number. |
| square number | The product of a number multiplied by itself. It will make a square array. |