6th grade (Unit 5-Pre-AP Math Vocabulary)

Question 1

Coordinate plane

Answer 1

a plane formed by the intersection of a horizontal number line called the x-axis and a vertical number line called the y-axis

Question 2

x-axis

Answer 2

the horizontal axis on a coordinate plane

Question 3

y-axis

Answer 3

the vertical axis on a coordinate plane

Question 4

origin

Answer 4

the point where the x-axis and y-axis intersect on the coordinate plane; (0,0)

Question 5

quadrant

Answer 5

the x- and y-axes divide the coordinate plane into four regions. Each region is called a quadrant

Question 6

Ordered pair

Answer 6

a pair of numbers that can be used to locate a point on a coordinate plane

Question 7

negative slope

Answer 7

a line that falls from left to right

Question 8

positive slope

Answer 8

a line that falls from right to left

Question 9

constant rate of change

Answer 9

describes changes of the same amount during equal intervals

Question 10

variable rate of change

Answer 10

describes changes of a different amount during equal intervals

Question 11

rise

Answer 11

vertical change of a line

Question 12

run

Answer 12

horizontal change of a line