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No. Vocabulary
Definition
1.
Absolute Value
The number of units a value is
from zero on a number line
2.
Algebraic Expression
3.
Binomial
An expression that contains
variables, numbers, and at
least one operation
polynomial with two unlike
terms
4.
Coefficient
A number that is multiplied by
a variable
5.
Composite Number
6.
Compound
Inequalities
A whole number greater than
one that has two or more
factors
Two or more inequalities
joined by “and” or “or”
7.
Constant
A number that stands alone (
not multiplied by a variable)
8.
Coordinate Plane
9.
Distance Formula
A system in which a horizontal
number line and a vertical
number line intersect at their
zero points.
Formula used to determine
the length of a line segment.
10.
Domain
11.
Equation
12.
Evaluate
To find the value of an
expression
13.
Event
A specific outcome or type of
outcome
14.
Factor
a term which is multiplied to
make a product
The set of all first coordinates
of the ordered pairs of a
relation.
A mathematical sentence that
contains an equal sign
Example
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FOIL Method
A method used to multiply
two binomials
16.
Formula
An equation that is used for a
specific situation
17.
Function
18.
Hypotenuse
19.
Identity
A relation in which exactly one
element of the range is paired
with each element of the
domain
In a right triangle, it is the side
opposite the right angle and
the longest side in that right
triangle.
An equation that is true for
every value of the variable .
20.
Inequality
An mathematical sentence
that contains <, >,
, , or 
21.
Integer
The set of numbers {…, -3, -2, 1, 0, 1, 2, 3,…}
22.
Irrational Number
23.
Linear Equation
Numbers that cannot be
expressed as fractions,
terminating decimals, or
repeating decimals
An equation for which the
graph is a straight line
24.
Matrix
A rectangular array of values
in rows and columns
25.
Mean
the average of a set of data
26.
Median
27.
Midpoint
28.
Mode
the middle number in a set of
data when the data are
arranged in numerical order
Formula used to determine
the exact middle point of a
line segment.
the data member that appears
most often in a set data.
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Monomial
an expression that is either a
number, a variable, or the
product of numbers and
variables.
The set of number {1, 2, 3,…}
30.
Natural Number
31.
No Solution
32.
Ordered Pair
33.
Origin
34.
Outcome
35.
Parallel Lines
Lines that never intersect and
have the same slope
36.
Percent
A ratio that compares a
number to 100.
37.
Perpendicular Lines
38.
Point of Intersection
Lines that meet to form right
angles and have slopes that
are opposite signs and
reciprocals
Ordered pair at which two
lines intersect
39.
Polynomial
A monomial or the sum of two
or more monomials
40.
Prime Number
41.
Probability
A whole number greater than
one that has exactly two
factors, one and itself
The chance that a specific
event will occur
42.
Proportion
An equation for which no
value is true; when the
variables cancel and the
constants are different.
Used to locate a point on a
coordinate plane.
The point of intersection of
the x-axis and y-axis on a
coordinate plane.
the possible result of an event
An equation stating that two
ratios are equal.
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43.
Pythagorean
Theorem
A true relationship among the
lengths of the three sides of a
right triangle.
The four regions of the
coordinate plane.
44.
Quadrant
45.
Range
46.
Range of Data
47.
Rate
48.
Ratio
49.
Rational Number
50.
Real Number
51.
Scatter-Plot
52.
Scientific Notation
53.
Similar Figures
54.
Simplest Form
55.
Slope
The steepness of a line
56.
Slope-Intercept Form
An equation that is written a
y = mx + b, where m is the
slope of the line and b is the yintercept
The set of all second
coordinates in the ordered
pairs of a relation.
difference in the largest and
smallest values of a set of data
The ratio of two
measurements having
different units of measure.
The comparison of two
numbers by division.
A number that can be written
as a fraction and is terminating
or repeating
The set of all rational and
irrational numbers
A graph that shoes the general
relationship between two sets
of data
A number written in the form
a x 10n, where a is at least 1
and less than 10 and n is an
integer
Figures with the same shape,
corresponding proportional
length of sides, and
corresponding congruent
angles.
An expression that contains no
parentheses and no like terms
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57.
Solution
A number that can replace the
variable in an equation that
makes the statement true
When two or more equations
are solved simultaneously
58.
System of Equations
59.
Trend Line
60.
Trinomial
61.
Variable
62.
Whole Number
63.
X-intercept
The point at which a graph
intersects the x-axis
64.
Y-intercept
The point at which a graph
intersects the y-axis
Line that represents the
predicted path of a set of
ordered pairs
polynomial with three unlike
terms
Placeholders in mathematical
expressions that represent
unknown values
The set of numbers {0, 1, 2,…}