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Math Vocabulary Flashcards

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What are Integers?

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0, ±1, ±2, ±3, ±4, …

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What are Whole Numbers?

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0,1,2,3,4,….

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What does “±3” mean?

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Both +3 and -3

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What are Positive Integers?

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Integers that are greater than 0

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What are Negative Integers?

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Integers that are less than 0

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What are Even Integers?

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0, ±2, ±4, ±6, …

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What are Odd Integers?

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±1, ±3, ±5, ±7, …

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C > D

What does this mean?

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C is greater than D

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C < D

What does this mean?

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C is less than D

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A ≤ B

What does this mean?

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A is less than or equal to B

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A ≥ B

What does this mean?

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A is greater than or equal to B

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Graph all integers between -4 and 5

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-3, -2, -1, 0, 1, 2, 3, 4

Between does not include the endpoints of -4 and 5

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Graph all the multiples of 5 between 20 and 40 inclusively

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20, 25, 30, 35, 40

“Inclusively” means to include the endpoints

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The sum of two even integers is…

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…even

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The sum of two odd integers is…

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…even

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The sum of an even integer and an odd integer is…

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…odd

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The product of two even integers is…

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…even

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The product of two odd integers is…

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…odd

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The product of an even integer and an odd integer is…

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…even

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If n is even, n² is…

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…even

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If n is odd, then n² is…

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…odd

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If n² is even and n is an integer then n is…

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…even

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If n² is odd and n is an integer, then n is…

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…odd

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23
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What is a Product?

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Refers to the answer in multiplication

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Quotent

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Refers to the answer in division

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Sum

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Refers to the answer in addition

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Difference

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Refers to the answer in subtraction

27
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Multiple

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The product of any two whole numbers

28
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Factors

Divisors

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A number that evenly divides into another number.

29
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Prime

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A positive integer with exactly two distinct factors: the number and 1

30
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First 8 Prime Numbers

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2, 3, 5, 7, 11, 13, 17, 19

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Composite

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Numbers with more than 2 factors

32
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Write 28 as the product of prime factors

33
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If a number is divisible by 2 if…

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…it ends in an even number

34
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A number is divisible by 3 if…

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…the sum of its digits is divisible by 3

35
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A number is divisible by 9 if…

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..the sum of its digits is divisible by 9

36
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A number is divisible by 4 if…

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…its last two digits are divisible by 4

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A number is divisible by 5 if..

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…its last digit is 0 or 5

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A number is divisible by 6 if…

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…it ends in an even number

…the sum of its digits is divisible by 3 or 9

39
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A number is divisible by 7 if…

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There is no rule for this

40
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A number is divisible by 10 if…

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…it ends in 0

41
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A number is divisible by 11 if…

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…the difference between the sum of its even-place digits and the sum of its odd place digits is a multiple of 11.

 Example:   928,193,926

 9 + 8 + 9 + 9 + 6 = 41
 2 + 1 + 3 + 2 = 8

 41 - 8 = 33
45
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What are all the factors of 28?

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1, 2, 4, 7, 14, 28

46
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When multiplying numbers, if there are an odd number of negative numbers then…

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…the answer will be negative

47
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When multiplying numbers, if there are an even number of negative numbers then…

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…the answer will be positive

48
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Mean

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The average

Add all number then divide by how many numbers you just added

49
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Median

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The middle number

Line up all the numbers in order and pick the middle one

50
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Mode

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Most common

The number that occurred with the highest frequency

51
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Bimodal

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A number set with two equally occurring numbers

52
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Range

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The highest number minus the lowest number

53
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When adding and subtracting with decimals, always…

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…line up the decimal points.

54
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When multiplying with decimals…

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…count the number of decimal places and add them. This will be the number of decimal places for the product.

55
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When dividing by decimals…

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…move the decimal point in the divisor and the dividend (the number being divided into) by the same number of points so that the divisor loses its decimals

56
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When reading a number with a decimal…

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Read the whole number, say the word “and”, then the decimal portion as an ordinal number

57
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Numerator

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The top part of the fraction

58
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Denominator

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The bottom part of the fraction

59
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If the bottom number of two fractions are the same but the top number differs then…

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…the fraction with the bigger top number is the largest

60
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If both the top and bottom numbers of two fractions differ, then…

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… find the lowest common denominator (LCD)

61
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Rational Number

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Any integer divided by an integers where the solution does not equal zero

An repeating of terminating decimal

62
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A fraction is less that 1/2 if…

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…the bottom number is more than twice the top

63
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To double a fraction…

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Double the top or halve the bottom

64
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Adding the same number to the top and bottom of a fraction…

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…brings it closer to 1

65
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Adding/Subtracting Fractions

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Find the lowest common denominator and add the top numbers

66
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Multiplying Fractions

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Multiply the numerators with each other and the denominators with each other

You can reduce diagonally or vertically as you go to make the numbers smaller

50/15 x 27/8 =
    = 10/3 x 27/8 
    = 5/3 x 27/4
    = 5/1 x 9/4
    = 45/4
    = 11 1/4
67
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Reciprocal

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Inverting a fraction (turning it upside down)

2/3 => 3/2

5 => 1/5

68
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Dividing Fractions

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Invert the second fraction and multiply

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