Module 4;Vocabulary

Question 0

X-coordinate

Answer 0

The first number in an ordered pair; tells the distance to move right or left from the origin (0,0)

Question 1

Ordered pair

Answer 1

A pair of numbers that can be used to locate a point on a coordinate plane.

Question 2

Y-coordinate

Answer 2

The second number in an ordered pair; it tells the distance to move up or down from the origin.

Question 3

Linear equation

Answer 3

An equation whose solutions form a straight line on a coordinate plane.

Question 4

Slope-intercept form of an equation

Answer 4

A linear equation written in the form y=mx+b where m represents the slope and b represents the y-intercept

Question 5

Solution of a system of equations

Answer 5

A set of values thatake all equations in a system true.

Question 6

System of equations

Answer 6

A set of two or more equations that contain 2 or more variables

Question 7

Slope

Answer 7

A measure of the steepness of a line on a graph; the rise divided by the run.

Question 8

Rate of change

Answer 8

A ratio that compares the amount of change in a dependent variable to the amount of change in an independent variable

Question 9

Proportional relationship

Answer 9

A relationship between two quantities in which the ratio of one quantity to the other quantity is constant