Term | Definition |
sum | The answer to a addition problem |
difference | the answer too a subtraction problem |
product | the answer to a multiplication probelm |
quotient | the answer to a division problem |
whole number | a full number 0,1,2,3... |
rational number | a number that can be written as a factor |
integer | the set of whole numbers and their opposites |
absolute value | the distance of number from zero on a number line |
commutative property | two or more number can be added in a different order |
associative property | the property that states hat all real numbers a.b,c the sum is always true |
distributive | when u spread one number too all parts of an expresssion |
identity property | the property that states that the sum/product is zero |
opposite | two numbers that are an equal distance from zero on a number line |
additive inverse | the opposite of a number |
numeric expression | a expression that contains only numbers and operations |
algebraic expression | an expression that contatins at least one variable |
order of operations | Pemdas |
variable | a symbol used to represent a quanity that can change |
constant | a value that does not change |
coefficient | the number that is multiplied by a variable in an algebraic expression |
evaluate | to solve |
simplify | to break down |
solution | an answer to a problem |
term | a number or word to define |
like term | terms used with the same variables raised to the same exponents |
perimeter | the distance around a polygon |
expression | a mathematical phrase that contains operations numbers/variables |
equation | a number sentence with a = sign ` |
x-axis | horizontal line on a graph |
y-axis | the vertical line on a graph |
bar graph | a graph the uses vertical/horizontal bars |
line graph | a graph over how data changes |
stem and leaf plot | a graph used to organize and display data |
box and whisker plot | a graph of medians in a data set |
circle graph | a graph of percents that add up to 100 |
measure of central tendency | mean median mode` |
measures of variability | range` |
mean | the average number in a data set |
median | the middle number in a data set |
mode | a number that occurs most often in a data set |
range | the difference between the greatest and least |
outlier | the number far from others in a data set |
lower extreme | the least number in a data set |
upper extreme | the greatest number in a data set |
first Q | the middle number in the upper half of the data set |
second Q | the median in a data set |
Third Q` | the median of the upper half of data |
inter Q range | the difference between the third and 1st Q |
percent | part of something |
ratio | a comparision of two quantities by division |
rate | a ratio that compares two quantities of different unti |
unit rate | a rate in which the second quantity in the comparision |
multiplicative inverse | the product of a non zero number and its reciprical |
reciprocal | when you flip the second fraction in a multiplication |
equivalent | when the fractions are the same |
compare | tell between to things |
repeating decimal | a decimal that keeps repeating |
terminating decimal | a decimal that ends |
numerator | the top number of a fraction |
denominator | the bottom number of a fraction |
leats common multiple | the least number that is a multiple of two |
gcf | the largest common factor |
line plot | a graph that uses line segements |
population | everyone in a group |