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Math Vocab 6 Flashcards

1
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rates that have the same unit rate

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equivalent rates

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2
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decimal system of measurement, based on powers of 10, that contains units for length, capacity, and mass

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metric system

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3
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a table used to find and organize equivalent ratios

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ratio table

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4
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a ratio of two quantities using different units

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rate

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5
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a comparison of two quantities using division, written as a to b, a:b, or a/b

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ratio

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6
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a rate that equals 1; used to convert units

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conversion factor

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7
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system of measurement that contains units for length, capacity, and weight such as inches, feet, quarts, gallons, ounces, pounds

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U.S. Customary System

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8
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a process used to decide which conversion factor will produce the appropriate units

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unit analysis

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9
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a rate with a denominator of 1

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unit rate

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10
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two ratios that describe the same relationship

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equivalent ratios

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11
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a part-to-whole relationship where the whole is 100

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percent

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12
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numbers that are greater than zero

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Positive numbers

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13
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numbers that are less than zero

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Negative numbers

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14
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two numbers that are the same distance from zero on the number line, but on opposite sides of zero

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Opposites

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15
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the set of whole numbers and their opposites

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Integers

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16
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the distance between a number and zero on a number line; written as a

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absolute value

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17
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formed by the intersection of a horizontal number line and a vertical number line

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Coordinate plane

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18
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the point, represented by the ordered pair (0, 0), where the horizontal and vertical number lines intersect in a coordinate plane

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Origin

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19
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the four regions created by the intersection of the horizontal and vertical number lines in a coordinate plane

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Quadrants

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20
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a mathematical sentence that uses an equal sign to show that two expressions are equal

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equation

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21
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a value that makes an equation true

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solution

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22
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an ordered pair that makes an equation in two variables true

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solution of an equation in two variables

22
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an equation that represents two quantities that change in relationship to one another

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equation in two variables

22
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operations that “undo” each other, such as addition and subtraction or multiplication and division

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inverse operations

22
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the variable whose value depends on the independent variable in an equation in two variables

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dependent variable

22
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the variable representing the quantity that can change freely in an equation in two variables

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independent variable

22
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a mathematical sentence that compares expressions; it contains the symbols <, >, , or

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inequality

23
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a value that makes an inequality true

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solution of an inequality

23
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the set of all solutions of an inequality

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solution set

24
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a graph that shows all the solutions of an inequality on the number line

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graph of an inequality

25
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A line segment where two faces intersect

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Edge

26
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A flat surface of a polyhedron

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Face

27
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A two-dimensional representation of a solid

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Net

28
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A solid whose faces are all polygons

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Polyhedron

29
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A polyhedron that has two parallel, identical bases; The lateral faces are parallelograms

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Prism

30
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A polyhedron that has one base; The lateral faces are triangles.

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Pyramid

31
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A three-dimensional figure that encloses a space

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Solid

32
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The sum of the areas of all the faces of a solid

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Surface area

33
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A point where three or more edges intersect

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Vertex

34
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A measure of the amount of space that a three-dimensional figure occupies

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Volume

35
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the science of collecting, organizing, analyzing and interpreting data

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Statistics

36
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a question for which you do not expect to get a single answer

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Statistical question

37
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the sum of the data divided by the number of data values

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Mean

37
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a data value that is much greater than or much less than the other values

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Outlier

38
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a measure that describes the typical value of the data set; mean, median, mode

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measures of center

39
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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)

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Median

40
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the data value or values that occur most often in a data set

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Mode

41
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a measure that describes the distribution of a data set; range, interquartile range, mean absolute deviation

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measures of variation

42
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the difference between the greatest value and the least value of a data set

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Range

43
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divides the data into four equal parts

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Quartiles

44
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the median of the lower half of a data set

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First quartile (q1)

45
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the median of the upper half of a data set

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Third quartile (q3)

46
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the difference between the third quartile and the first quartile of a data set

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Interquartile range (IQR)

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