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Unit 5 Vocabulary
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| the process or results of looking for similarities and or differences among sets of objects or numbers | Comparison |
| a model that uses physical objects to represent numbers or ideas | Concrete Model |
| a system of measurement used in the United States that includes units for measuring length, capacity, weight, and temperature | Customary System |
| a number that uses a decimal point followed by digits that show a value smaller than one, in powers of ten that decrease; a number with one or more digits to the right of the decimal point | Decimal |
| a number that shows a part of a whole or part of a set | Fraction |
| a visual representation of data | Graph |
| one of two main systems of measurement- the metric system and the standard or customary system, each of which uses different units to measure distance, mass, and volume | Measurement System |
| a measurement system used worldwide and in the field of Science, based on powers of ten | Metric System |
| a relationship between one part of a whole and the total part of a whole | Part-to-Part Ratio (comparison) |
| a relationship between one part of a whole and the total number of parts in a whole | Part-to-Part Whole Ratio (comparison) |
| a special ratio that compares a number to 100 using the percent symbol, %; a rate per 100 | Percent |
| two fractions or ratios that are equal in value; a type of equation that shows that two ratios are equal | Proportion |
| a number or amount; an amount that tells how much | Quantity |
| the solution when dividing two numbers; the answer to a division problem; the result of the division of one quantity by another | Quotient |
| a type of ratio where the quantities have two different units | Rate |
| a comparison of two quantities that shows their sizes in relation to one another | Ratio |
| a contextual based problem that can be interpreted, represented, and analyzed through the application of mathematics | Real-World Problem |
| ratio of corresponding side lengths in a scale drawing to those of the original figure | Scale Factor- |
| chart that uses rows and columns to organize information | Table |
| - a standard amount that is used to measure | Unit of Measurement |
| a rate with a denominator of 1 that shows how many units of the first type corresponds to one unit of the second type | Unit Rate |