Lesson 21-30 Vocab.
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berryman5 on November 11, 2009
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math, math vocabulary, mathematics
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Celsius | a scale used on some thermometers to measure temperature; metric scale. |
| Fahrenheit | a scale used on some thermometers to measure temperature; U.S. Standard scale. |
| Scale | a type of number line used for measuring. Like a thermometer. |
| a.m. | the period of time from midnight to just before noon. |
| p.m. | a period of time from noon to just before midnight. |
| Common year | a year with 365 days; not a leap year. |
| Leap year | a year with 366 days; not a common year. |
| Decade | a period of ten years. |
| Century | a period of one hundred years. |
| Millennium | a period of one thousand years. |
| Multiple | a product of a counting number and another number. |
| Percent | fraction whose denominator of 100 is expressed as a percent sign (%). |
| Associative property of addition | the grouping of addends does not affect their sum. |
| Associative property of multiplication | The grouping of factors does not affect their product. |
| Denominator | the bottom number of a fraction; the number that tells how many parts are in a whole. |
| Fraction | a number that names part of a whole. |
| Numerator | the top number of a fraction; the number that tells how many parts of a whole are counted. |
| Remainder | the amount left after division. |
| Operations of Arithmetic | The four basic mathematical operations: addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division. |
| Parentheses | a pair of symbols used to set apart parts of an expression so that those parts may be evaluated first: ( ). |
| Factor | A whole number that divides another whole number with out a remainder. |
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