Math Exam Vocabulary Flashcards
What is a number made up of a whole number and a fraction?
Mixed Number
1/5 is the _____ of 5/1 or 5
Reciprocal
What is a symbol, such as a letter, representing an unknown number in an algebraic expression?
Variable
a and 2a are both multiples of a. What are a and 2a?
Like Terms
What is an expression that contains only numbers and symbols?
Numeric Expression
What is to substitute the value given for the variables of the expression and then find the value of the expression?
Evaluate
What is an expression that contains at least one variable?
Algebraic Expression
What is combining like terms and applying number properties to an expression?
Simplify
What is the point at which two line segments, or rays meet to form an angle?
Vertex
What is the face or side on which an object lies?
Base
What is one of the line segments that form the polygon?
Side
What is formed by two rays with the same endpoint?
Angle
What are lines that form right angles?
Perpendicular Lines
What is the perpendicular distance from the base to the opposite vertex?
Height
What is the amount of surface covered; commonly measured in square units, such as square centimeters or square inches?
Area
