| Term | Definition |
|---|
| product | result of multiplying two or more numbers |
| factors | numbers multiplied to find product |
| quotient | answer in division |
| multiples | many products |
| LCM | smallest same multiple |
| GCF | largest same factor - limited numbers |
| exponent | shows how many times the base number occurs as a factor |
| prime number | 1 and self as factors |
| composite number | has 3 or more factors |
| order of operation | PEMDAS |
| denominator | bottom number of fraction |
| numerator | top number of a fraction |
| reciprocal | inverse of a fraction |
| percent | for each hundred hundredths |
| ratio | compares numbers 2:3 2 to 3 2/3 |
| proportion | two ratios are equal |
| variable | letter used to represent missing value |
| commutative property | order does not change sum or product |
| associative property | grouping of numbers does not change sum or product |
| distributive property | a(b+c) = ab +ac |
| expression | mathematical phrase made up of variables no = sign |
| equation | mathmatical sentence with = sign |
| inequality | two expressions using < > |
| ordered pairs | (x,y) (Hoover, Vikings) (H,V) |
| test point | any ordered pair that is not on the boundary line |
| function | mathematial relationship between two numbers |
| point | single location or position |
| line | never-ending straight path that extends |
| ray | line that extends in one direction |
| segment | line that can be measured begin and end |
| congurent | exactly the same |
| intersecting lines | lines that meet at a point |
| parallel lines | lines that never meet |
| perpendicular lines | lines that form 90 degree or right angles |
| plane | set of points on a flat surface |
| angle | formed by two rays |
| vertex | end point shared by two rays or lines |
| acute angle | less than 90 degree |
| obtuse angle | greater than 90 degree |
| right angle | 90 degree |
| straight angle | 180 degree straight lines |
| coplementary angles | two angles that add up to 90 degree |
| supplementary angles | two angles that add up to 180 degree |
| scalene triangle | no congruent sides or angles |
| isosceles triangle | at least 2 congruent sides and angles |
| equilateral triangle | congruent sides and anges (60 degrees each) |
| trapezoid | exactly one pair of parallel sides |
| radius | center point of circle to the circumference |
| diameter | segment that passes through the center point of circle and touches the circumference |
| translation | slide or change position |
| reflection | flipped as in a mirror image |
| rotation | turned around a fixed point |
| metric system | base 10 KHDMDCM |
| customary system | inches, feet, yards, miles, pints, quarts,ounces, tons, pounds |
| P perimeter | add all sides |
| Circumference C | pi times diameter |
| A area | length times width |
| Area of triangle | base times height divided by 2 |
| A of circle | pi times radius squared |
| A of parallelogram | A=bh |
| surface area | area of the outside of a figure |
| surface area of cylinder | 2 times pi times r times h + 2pi radius squared |
| Volume | l x w x h |
| volume of cylinder | pi times radius squared times height |
| volume of a pryramid | 1/3 Bh |
| mean | average |
| measures of central tendency | mean, median, mode |
| outliers | values widely separated from main cluster |
| median | middle number |
| mode | number that appears most often |
| range | difference between minimum and maximum numbers |
| histogram | shows continuous data with bars that touch |
| line graph | period of time |
| bar graph | compares exact numbers |
| circle graph | compares fractions and percents |
| probability | chance that an event will occur |
| theoretical probability | mathematical reasoning |
| experimental probability | based on actual experiments |
| product | a chemical substance formed as a result of a chemical reaction |
| multiples | the products of whole numbers |
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