Math Vocabulary Flashcards
A whole number that only has 2 factors, 1 and the number itself.
Prime number
A number greater than 1 with more than two factors.
Composite numbers
A product of prime factors can be written by using exponents and a base. Numbers expressed using exponents are called -.
Powers
A symbol, usually a letter used to represent a number.
Variable
The numbers that are multiplied to get a product. A productive the answer to a multiplication problem.
Factors
Combinations of variable, numbers, at least one operation.
Algebraic expression
Is a sentence that contains an equal sign.
Equation
A value for a variable
Solution
Is a number in square units needed to cover a surface.
Area
Numbers that are multiplied to get a product.
Factors
Shows a number of items in a specific category.
Bar graph
Shows change over a period of time.
Line graph
Lists all individual numerical data in condensed form.
Stem and leaf plot
Shows how many times each number occurs in the data.
Line plot
The middle number of the data put in order, or the mean of the middle two numbers.
Median
The number or numbers that occur most often.
Mode
Most common number measure of central tendency.
Mean
The difference between the biggest number and the smallest number in a set of data.
Range
A number that is less than zero.
Negative numbers
A number that is greater than zero.
Positive numbers
Numbers that are the distance from zero in opposite numbers.
Opposites
The whole numbers and their opposites, -3,-2,-1,0,1,2,3
Integers
The usual way to write a decimal.
Standard form
The sum of the products of each digit and its place
Expanded form