Week 2 Flashcards
To ____ is to make bigger
Increase
A comparison of quantities of different kinds or different units of measure is called a ____
Rate
An ____ is a power to which a number or variable is raised
Index
The plural of index is ___
Indices
To ___ is to make smaller
Decrease
A comparison of quantities of the same kind, or units of measure of the same kind, in a particular order is called a ____
Ratio
_____ price is the amount it costs to buy an item
Cost
____ price is the amount an item is sold for
Selling
The ____ is the amount paid to the salesperson by the company employing him
Commission
If numbers are very large or very small they are more conveniently written in _____. Which is expressed as a number between 1 and up to but less than 19 multiplied by a power of 10
Scientific notation
__ is from the word ‘unit’ meaning one. The ____ method solves a problem by finding the cost of one unit first
Unitary
To convert a fraction or a decimal to percentage, ____ by 100 and insert% symbol
Multiply
______ are a convenient way of writing fractions which have a denominator of 100
Percentages
_____ is an amount paid to the government
Tax
The level of accuracy of a measurement is indicated by the number of
Significant figures
