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Vocabulary Week 4 & 5
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Prime Number | A whole number greater than 1 with exactly two factors: 1 and itself. |
| Prime Factorization | Writing a number as a product of only prime numbers. |
| Perfect Square | A number that is the product of a whole number multiplied by itself. |
| Square Root | A number that, when multiplied by itself, gives the original number. |
| Radical | An expression containing a root symbol. |
| Radicand | The number or expression inside the radical symbol. |
| Pythagorean Theorem | In a right triangle, the squares of the lengths of the legs add up to the square of the length of the hypotenuse. |
| Hypotenuse | The side opposite the right angle; it is the longest side of a right triangle. |
| Coordinate Plane | A plane formed by a horizontal x-axis and vertical y-axis used to locate points with ordered pairs. |
| Midpoint Formula | A formula used to find the point exactly halfway between two endpoints. |
| Distance Formula | A formula used to find the distance between two points in the coordinate plane. |
| Weighted Average | An average in which some values have more influence, or weight, than others. |
| Polygon | A closed plane figure formed by three or more line segments. |
| Convex Polygon | A polygon with no part that caves inward. |
| Concave Polygon | A polygon with at least one part that caves inward. |
| Perimeter and Area | Perimeter is the distance around a figure and is measured in linear units. Area is the amount of space inside a figure and is measured in square units. |