6th Grade Honors Math Final Exam 2011 MPCDS Country Day
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 prime | a number that has no factor but itself and 1 |
| composite | a number that has two or more factors |
| GCF | The greatest whole number that is a factor of two or more nonzero whole numbers |
| LCM | the smallest multiple that is exactly divisible by every member of a set of numbers |
| Prime Factorization | A way of expressing a whole number as a product of its prime factors. |
| Terminating Decimal | A decimal whose digits end. |
| Repeating Decimal | A decimal whose decimal digits eventually repeat in the same pattern. |
| Ratio | A comparison of two numbers by division |
| Rate | A ratio of two quantities measured in different units. |
| Unit Rate | a rate that has a denominator of 1 |
| Percent | A ratio whose denominator is 100 |
| Interest | The amount earned or paid for the use of money. |
| Balance | The sum of the interest and the principal. |
| Principal | An amount of money that is deposited or borrowed. |
| Square Root | a number that when multiplied by itself equals a given number |
| Perfect Square | A number that is a square of an integer |
| Radical Sign | a symbol to indicate the square root of a number |
| Area of a Square | A=s^2 |
| Area of a Parallelogram | A=bh |
| Area of a Rectangle | A=lw |
| Area of a Triangle | A= 1/2 bh |
| Area of a Trapezoid | 1/2 h (b1 + b2) |
| Area of a Circle | pi r^2 |
| Polygon | a closed shape |
| Triangle | a three-sided polygon |
| Equilateral Triangle | a triangle with three equal sides |
| Isosceles Triangle | a triangle with two equal sides |
| Scalene Triangle | a triangle having three sides of different lengths |
| Acute Triangle | a triangle whose interior angles are all acute |
| Obtuse Triangle | a triangle with one obtuse angle |
| Square | a shape with four equal sides and four equal angles |
| Rectangle | a parallelogram with four right angles |
| Rhombus | a parallelogram with four equal sides |
| Parallelogram | a quadrilateral whose opposite sides are both parallel and equal in length |
| Trapezoid | a quadrilateral with two parallel sides |
| Quadrilateral | a four-sided polygon |
| Pentagon | a five-sided polygon |
| Hexagon | a six-sided polygon |
| Octagon | an eight-sided polygon |
| Slope | rise over run |
| Coordinate Plane | A two-dimensional region determined by a pair of axes and that uses numerical values to represent the location of an object. |
| Y-Intercept | where the line crosses the y axis |
| Horizontal | Left to right; west to east |
| Vertical | Top to bottom; north to south |
| Positive Slope | rises from left to right, mountain |
| Negative Slope | A line that goes up to the left, slide |
| Y=mx+b | slope intercept form |
| Circumference | ∏d or 2∏r |
| Fibonacci Sequence | the infinite sequence of numbers(1,1,2,3,5,8,13,...);starting with the third terms, each number is the sum of the two previous numbers |
| Golden Ratio | 1.618 : 1 |
| Transformations | movements of geometric figures |
| Rotation | a single complete turn |
| Reflection | A transformation that flips a figure over a reflection line |
| Translation | A transformation that slides each point of a figure the same distance in the same direction. |
| Convex | curving or bulging outward, not making a cave |
| Concave | curving inward, making a cave |
| Regular Polygon | A polygon with all sides equal in length and all angles equal in measure |
| Similar Polygons | Polygons that have the same shape, but not necessarily the same size |
| Congruent | Same shape, same size |
| Line of symmetry | a line that divides a figure into two halves that are mirror images of each other |
| Rotational Symmetry | The ability of a figure to be rotated less than a full circle and exactly match its original image |
| Area | the number of square units needed to cover a flat surface |
| Perimeter | the size of something as given by the distance around it |
| Pythagorean Theorem | a²+b²=c² |
| Hypotenuse | the longest side of a right triangle |
| Function | every input has exactly one unique output |
| Domain | the set of all inputs |
| Range | The set of all outputs. |
| Origin | coordinates 0,0 or where the x and y axes meet |
| Linear Function | a function whose graph is a straight line |
| Quadrants | four regions into which a coordinate plane is divided by the x-axis and the y-axis |
| X and Y axes | x:the horizontal axis in a coordinate plane y:the vertical axis in a coordinate plane |
| Pi | the ratio of the circumference to the diameter of a circle, 3.14, 22/7 |
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