Math Vocab 6

Question 1

rates that have the same unit rate

Answer 1

equivalent rates

Question 2

decimal system of measurement, based on powers of 10, that contains units for length, capacity, and mass

Answer 2

metric system

Question 3

a table used to find and organize equivalent ratios

Answer 3

ratio table

Question 4

a ratio of two quantities using different units

Answer 4

rate

Question 5

a comparison of two quantities using division, written as a to b, a:b, or a/b

Answer 5

ratio

Question 6

a rate that equals 1; used to convert units

Answer 6

conversion factor

Question 7

system of measurement that contains units for length, capacity, and weight such as inches, feet, quarts, gallons, ounces, pounds

Answer 7

U.S. Customary System

Question 8

a process used to decide which conversion factor will produce the appropriate units

Answer 8

unit analysis

Question 9

a rate with a denominator of 1

Answer 9

unit rate

Question 10

two ratios that describe the same relationship

Answer 10

equivalent ratios

Question 11

a part-to-whole relationship where the whole is 100

Answer 11

percent

Question 12

numbers that are greater than zero

Answer 12

Positive numbers

Question 13

numbers that are less than zero

Answer 13

Negative numbers

Question 14

two numbers that are the same distance from zero on the number line, but on opposite sides of zero

Answer 14

Opposites

Question 15

the set of whole numbers and their opposites

Answer 15

Integers

Question 16

the distance between a number and zero on a number line; written as a

Answer 16

absolute value

Question 17

formed by the intersection of a horizontal number line and a vertical number line

Answer 17

Coordinate plane

Question 18

the point, represented by the ordered pair (0, 0), where the horizontal and vertical number lines intersect in a coordinate plane

Answer 18

Origin

Question 19

the four regions created by the intersection of the horizontal and vertical number lines in a coordinate plane

Answer 19

Quadrants

Question 20

a mathematical sentence that uses an equal sign to show that two expressions are equal

Answer 20

equation

Question 21

a value that makes an equation true

Answer 21

solution

Question 22

an ordered pair that makes an equation in two variables true

Answer 22

solution of an equation in two variables

Question 22

an equation that represents two quantities that change in relationship to one another

Answer 22

equation in two variables

Question 22

operations that “undo” each other, such as addition and subtraction or multiplication and division

Answer 22

inverse operations

Question 22

the variable whose value depends on the independent variable in an equation in two variables

Answer 22

dependent variable

Question 22

the variable representing the quantity that can change freely in an equation in two variables

Answer 22

independent variable

Question 22

a mathematical sentence that compares expressions; it contains the symbols <, >, , or

Answer 22

inequality

Question 23

a value that makes an inequality true

Answer 23

solution of an inequality

Question 23

the set of all solutions of an inequality

Answer 23

solution set

Question 24

a graph that shows all the solutions of an inequality on the number line

Answer 24

graph of an inequality

Question 25

A line segment where two faces intersect

Answer 25

Edge

Question 26

A flat surface of a polyhedron

Answer 26

Face

Question 27

A two-dimensional representation of a solid

Answer 27

Net

Question 28

A solid whose faces are all polygons

Answer 28

Polyhedron

Question 29

A polyhedron that has two parallel, identical bases; The lateral faces are parallelograms

Answer 29

Prism

Question 30

A polyhedron that has one base; The lateral faces are triangles.

Answer 30

Pyramid

Question 31

A three-dimensional figure that encloses a space

Answer 31

Solid

Question 32

The sum of the areas of all the faces of a solid

Answer 32

Surface area

Question 33

A point where three or more edges intersect

Answer 33

Vertex

Question 34

A measure of the amount of space that a three-dimensional figure occupies

Answer 34

Volume

Question 35

the science of collecting, organizing, analyzing and interpreting data

Answer 35

Statistics

Question 36

a question for which you do not expect to get a single answer

Answer 36

Statistical question

Question 37

the sum of the data divided by the number of data values

Answer 37

Mean

Question 37

a data value that is much greater than or much less than the other values

Answer 37

Outlier

Question 38

a measure that describes the typical value of the data set; mean, median, mode

Answer 38

measures of center

Question 39

when data are ordered from least to greatest, the number in the middle (for data sets with an even number of values, it is the mean of the two middle values)

Answer 39

Median

Question 40

the data value or values that occur most often in a data set

Answer 40

Mode

Question 41

a measure that describes the distribution of a data set; range, interquartile range, mean absolute deviation

Answer 41

measures of variation

Question 42

the difference between the greatest value and the least value of a data set

Answer 42

Range

Question 43

divides the data into four equal parts

Answer 43

Quartiles

Question 44

the median of the lower half of a data set

Answer 44

First quartile (q1)

Question 45

the median of the upper half of a data set

Answer 45

Third quartile (q3)

Question 46

the difference between the third quartile and the first quartile of a data set

Answer 46

Interquartile range (IQR)