| Term | Definition |
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| perimeter | distance around a shape |
| area | amount of space a shape occupies |
| base | number being multiplied in an exponential expression |
| exponent | number of times a number is multiplied by itself |
| exponential expression | a base number with an exponent |
| square root | one of two equal factors of a number |
| arcs | part of a circle |
| center | point inside the circle that all other points on the circle are equally distant |
| central angle | an angle whose vertex is the center of the circle |
| chord | a segment whose endpoints lie on a circle |
| circle | a closed, curved shape where all points on the shape are the same distance form the center |
| circumference | distance around a circle |
| compass | used to draw circles and arcs |
| concentric circles | two or more circles with a common center |
| diameter | distance for one side of a circle to another through the center |
| inscribed | a shape inside another shape where all vertices lie on the other shape |
| inscribed angle | angle that opens to the inside of a circle whose vertex is on the circle |
| radius | half the distance across the circle |
| sector | a region that is boarded by an arc and two radii of a circle |
| semicircle | half circle |
| composite numbers | numbers with more than two factors |
| factor tree | a method of finding the prime factorization of a number |
| prime factor | factors of a number that are prime numbers |
| prime factorization | a number shown as the product of its prime factors |
| prime number | numbers that have exactly 2 factors |
| least common multiple | the smallest whole number that is a multiple of two or more numbers |
| multiple | product of a counting number and another number |
| average | sum of numbers divided by the number of addends, mean |
| estimate | to determine an approximate value |
| mean | average of a set of numbers |
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