Semester 1 vocab Flashcards
Addend
Numbers added together
Algebraic expression
A math problem with a variable and no equal sign
Algebraic equation
A math problem with a variable and an equal sign
Area
The space inside a shape
Associative property
The grouping and regrouping of addition or multiplication problems
Base
The number that is multiplied in an exponent
Coefficient
The number right next to a variable
Communicative property
The rearrangement of an addition or multiplication problem
Composite number
A number with more than one and itself as a factor
Constant
Something that doesn’t change
Difference
The answer to a subtraction problem
Dividend
The number to be divided
Divisor
The number doing the dividing
Exponent
Indicates how many times the base number should be multiplied by itself
Factor
Numbers multiplied together
Greatest common factor
The biggest number that is a factor of both products
Minuend
The number being subtracted from
Numeric expression
A math problem with no variable and no equal sign
Numeric equation
A math problem with no variable and an equal sign
Perimeter
The length around the outside of a shape
Prime number
A number itself and one as it’s only factor
Product
The answer to a multiplication queston
Quotient
The answer to a division problem
Subtrahend
The number doing the subtraction
Surface area
The amount of area on the outside of a 3-D object
Sum
The answer to an addition problem
Variable
Something that changes
Volume
The amount of space inside of a 3-D object
Whole number
A number without of fractions or decimals
Independent variable
A change that you control and graphed on the x-axis
Dependent variable
A change you cannot control and you measure and graphed on the y-axis
