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- Perfect Square: product of a rational number multiplied by itself.
- Straight Angle: 180°.
- Pythagorean Theorem: Fundamental relationship of 3 right triangles.
- Transversal: A line intersecting another similar straight line.
- Remote Interior Triangle: Interior triangles that aren't given an adjacent to the angle.
- Verticle Angle: each of the pairs of opposite angles made by two intersecting lines.
- Square Of. A Number: Product of the same integer with itself.
- Vertex: Common end: Omit of two or more line segments.
- Angle Angle Similarity: A similarity between angles.
- Supplementary: Angles with a sum of 180°.
- Acute Angle: An angle less then 90°.
- Parallel: Angle of same distance, never touch.
- Adjacent Angles: Common side and common vertex but does not overlap.
- Alternate Interior: When two lines are crossed by another line.
- Perpendicular: Relationship of two lines that form a right angle.
- Complementary Angle: Two angles that equal 90°.
- Corresponding Angle: When a tranversal happens, the matching corners are Corresponding Angles.
- Radical Sign: The sign which indicates square root.
- Exterior Angle: angle between any side shape, and line extended from different side.
- Hypotenuse: Longest side of right triangle.
- Right Angle: An angle of 90°.
- Legs Of A Right Triangle: Sides in the right triangle.
- Obtuse Angle: More then 90° but less then 180°.
- Square Root: A number multiplied by itself.
- Base (of a prism): formula used to find the surface area will depend on the shape of the base of the prism.
- Circumference: Area of a circle.
- Cube (of a number): the cube of a number n is its third power the result of the number multiplied by itself.
- Cube root: produces a given number when cubed..
- Diameter: diameter of a circle is any straight line segment that passes through the center of the circle and whose endpoints lie on the circle.
- Height: Height is a measure of a polygon or solid figure,.
- Lateral face: face or surface of a solid on its sides.
- Perfect Cube: Result of a number being multiplied 3 times by itself.
- Radius: straight line from the center to the circumference of a circle.
- Absolute Value: Distance of a number from 0.
- Decreasing: When a number lowers, such as percentages.
- Domain: Set of values for independent variables.
- Exponent: represent multiplying from the big number.
- Function: A relationship involving one or more variables.
- Base of an exponent: A small number at the top right corner of the base number.
- Dependent Variable: A variable that depends on the independent variable.
- Equation: Where it's a way of solving to find an answer,.
- Exponential Function: A type of function where f (x) = a, where x is the variable, a is the constant (base of function).
- Function Notation: A way to show all types of functions in mathematics.
- Giant One: Where a fraction equals a whole number, that is 1.
- Graph: A diagram to represent a database.
- Increasing: Where a number is going up, becomes higher, such as percentages,.
- Independent Variable: Represents a number that affects the dependent variable (y).
- Input: The independent variable, (x), where x usually represents the input.
- Laws of Exponents: A set of rules in algebra, such as around variables and exponents.
- Linear function: A function that graphs a straight line.
- Output: The Independent Variable, (y), where y usually represents the output.
- Proportional: When two variables Jane th same kind of size in relation to each other.
- Range: All possible resulting values of y.
- Scientific Notation: A expression use to represent a number, possibly with a decimal, multiplied by 10 with an exponent number.
- X intercept: When the graph crosses the x axis.
- Y Intercept: When the graph crosses the y axis.
- X - - > Y table: A table use to represent data, and a graph.
- How many degrees is a straight angle: 180 degrees.
- The greatest football team ever: Dallas Cowboys.
- Decimal: A number with one or more digits to the right of the decimal point.
- Decimal point: The symbol used to separate the whole number part from the fractional part of a number.
- Difference: the answer to a subtraction problem.
- Sum: the answer to an addition problem.
- Quotient: the answer to a division problem.
- Product: The answer to a multiplication problem.
- Tenths: The first place value after a decimal point. Is the largest decimal value. It takes 10 tenths to make a whole..
- Hundredths: The second place to the right of the decimal point. It takes 100 thousandths to make a whole..
- Thousandths: The third place value after a decimal point. Is the third largest decimal value. It takes 1,000 thousandths to make a whole.
- Dividend: A number that is divided by another number..
- Divisor: The number by which another number is divided..
- Factor: Numbers that are combined in a multiplication problem to give a number called the product..
- Exponent: A mathematical notation indicating the number of times a quantity is multiplied by itself..
- Number line: A line for representing and graphing numbers. Each point on the line corresponds to a number..
- Tenths: the first decimal place value position:
- behind the decimal.
- Hundredths: the second place value position behind the decimal; it takes 100 pennies to equal one whole.
- Thousandths: the third place value position behind the decimal; ex. It is the same as cutting up 1 penny into 10 equal parts.
- Decimal point: it separates the whole numbers from the parts of the whole; also known as "AND" when reading the number.
- Fraction: part of a whole; has a numerator and a denominator; less than 1 whole.
- Equivalent fraction: fractions that have the same value but look differently.
- Factors: Factors are the numbers you multiply together. To get another number There can be many factors of a number..
- Quotient: the answer to a division problem.
- Dividend: the number that we are dividing up.
- Divisor: the number of equal groups needed.
- Addition: Adding 2 numbers together.
- Subtraction: Subtract two numbers.
- Multiplication: Multiply two up to four numbers together.
- Divide: Bigger numbers divided by smaller numbers.
- Decimal: Numbers with a decimal point.
- Order of Operations: P:Parentheses, E: Exponents, M: Multiply, D: Divide, A: Addition, S: Subtract.
- Opposite: Two integers that are opposites the same distance away from zero, but on opposite sides of the number line..
- Less than: used to compare two numbers when the first number is smaller than the second number..
- Equal: the same as in number or amount.
- Greater than: used to compare two numbers when the first number is larger than the second number..
- Place value: where the digit is tells you what it's worth.
- Digit: An individual number.
- Product: The answer to a multiplication problem.
- Quotient: answer of a division problem.
- Divisor: divisor the number you are dividing by.
- He number that is going to be raised to a power: the number that is going to be divided.
- Base number: the number that is going to be raised by a power ( the number you multiply by itself).
- Fraction: A part of a whole..
- Decimal: A number with one or more digits to the right of a decimal point.
- Decimal Point: A dot (.) Separating the whole number from the fraction..
- Whole Number: Counting numbers and zero; 0, 1, 2, 3...
- Greatest: The largest factor that two or more numbers have in common..
- PEMDAS: We use this to remember the orders of operations..
- Variable: A letter that stands for an unknown number.
- Constant: A number that does not have a variable with it.
- Coefficient: A number WITH a variable in an algebraic expression that will be multiplied by the variable..
- Substitution: When evaluating an algebraic expression, the first step is --------- which means putting the given values for each variable in the expression.
- Algebraic Expression: A group of numbers that may contain variables, constants, coefficients, and operational symbols.
- Term: A grouping of numbers and/or variables within an expression.
- Distributive Property: a property of multiplication where something outside a parenthesis is distributed into the parenthesis. Example a(b + c) = ab + ac.
- Commutative Property: a property of addition and multiplication where the numbers and variables can Change Order in the expression. For example (3 + 5) + 2 = 2 + (3 + 5).
- Associative Property: a property of addition and multiplication where the order of the numbers DOES NOT change, but the grouping of the numbers (the parenthesis) does. For example (7 + 4) + 8 = 7 + (4 + 8)
- Zero Property: property that says that any number multiplied by zero is equal to zero.
- Identity Property of Multiplication: property that states when any number is multiplied by 1, the product is the original number. For example 25 x 1 = 25
- Identity Property of Addition: property that states the sum of any number and zero is the original number. For example a + 0 = a.
- Absolute value: The distance a number is from zero on a number line.
- Rational number: numbers that can be expressed in the form a/b, where a and b are integers and b is not zero.
- Decimal: a number that uses place value and decimal points to show values less than one, such as tenths, hundreths, etc.:
- A number less than a whole number: A way of expressing a fraction in which numbers are divided by ten, hundred, thousand, and other powers of ten.
- Obtuse: greater than 90 degrees.
- Acute: less than 90 degrees.
- Right angle: exactly 90 degrees.
- How many degrees is a straight angle: 180 degrees.
- The greatest football team ever: Dallas Cowboys.
