5th Six Weeks

Question 1

Moving a shape so that it is in a different position, but still has the same size, area, angles and line lengths.

Answer 1

Transformation

Question 2

Moving a shape, without rotating or flipping it “Sliding”

Answer 2

Translation

Question 3

An image or shape as it would be seen in a mirror. “Flip”

Answer 3

Reflection

Question 4

When there is a central point that stays fixed and everything else moves around that point in a circle. “Turn”

Answer 4

Rotation

Question 5

To resize something or to make it larger or smaller.

Answer 5

Dilation

Question 6

The likelihood of the occurrence of a particular event.

Answer 6

Chance

Question 6

All other outcomes that are NOT the event.

Answer 6

Complement of an Event

Question 8

When there are x ways to do one thing, and y ways to do another, then there are x times y ways of doing both.

Answer 8

Counting Principle

Question 9

All outcomes are equally likely.

Answer 9

Fairness

Question 10

The chance that something will happen; how likely it is that some event will happen.

Answer 10

Probability

Question 11

All the possible outcomes of an experiment.

Answer 11

Sample Space

Question 11

The ratio of the number of times an event occurs to the total number of trials or times the activity is performed.

Answer 11

Experimental Probability

Question 13

Probability based on reasoning written as a ratio of the number of favorable outcomes to the number of possible outcomes.

Answer 13

Theoretical Probability

Question 14

A plane spanned by the x-axis and y-axis in which the coordinates of a point are its distances from two intersecting perpendicular axes.

Answer 14

Coordinate Plane

Question 15

The line on a graph that runs horizontally (left-right) through zero.

Answer 15

X axis

Question 16

Y-axis

Answer 16

The line on a graph that runs vertically (up-down) through zero.

Question 16

Origin

Answer 16

The starting point which is (0,0) on a coordinate plane.

Question 16

Ordered Pair

Answer 16

Two numbers written in a certain order that are usually written in parentheses.

Question 16

Quadrant

Answer 16

Any of the 4 equal areas made by dividing a plane by an x- axis and y-axis. They are usually numbered I, II, III and IV.

Question 17

Volume

Answer 17

The amount of 3-dimensional space an object occupies.

Question 18

Dimensions

Answer 18

A measurement of length in one direction.

Question 19

Prism

Answer 19

A solid object that has two identical ends and all flat sides.

Question 20

Cylinder

Answer 20

A solid object with two identical flat ends that are circular or elliptical and one curved side.

Question 21

Central tendency

Answer 21

Measure that tells us where the middle of a group of data lies.

Question 22

Mean

Answer 22

The average of the numbers.

Question 23

Median

Answer 23

The middle number in a sorted list of the numbers.

Question 24

Mode

Answer 24

The number that appears most often in a set of numbers.

Question 25

Range

Answer 25

The difference between the lowest and highest values.

Question 26

Graphs

Answer 26

A diagram of values, usually shown as lines or bars.

Question 27

Data

Answer 27

A collection of facts, such as values or measurements.

Question 28

Circle graph

Answer 28

A graph that is made by dividing a circle into sections or categories. It allows for comparison of the part to the whole.

Question 29

Line graph

Answer 29

A graph made of points connected by lines. This type of graph is used to show change over time.

Question 30

Bar graph

Answer 30

A graph made of rectangles that represent the quantities or numbers of the different categories.

Question 32

Line Plot

Answer 32

Shows data on a number line with x or other marks to show frequency.

Question 33

Steam-Leaf Plot

Answer 33

A plot where each data value is split into a "leaf" (usually the last digit) and a "stem" (the other digits).
Ex:
STEM    LEAF
    1         3  4    = 13 & 14
   12       1 3 6   = 121, 123, & 126