Fractions
The bottom number of a fraction
What is the denominator?
A symbol used to represent an unspecified member of a set.
What is a variable?
Having the same size and same shape.
What is congruent?
The quotient
What is the answer to a division problem?
A whole number, other than 0 or 1, that is not divisible without a remainder by any other whole numbers except 1 and itself.
What is a prime number?
The top number of a fraction.
What is a numerator?
A variable, product, or quotient in an expression of sums and/or differences
What is a term?
This is created by two perpendicular lines intersecting.
What is a right angle?
The product
What is the answer to a multiplication problem?
A whole number that can be divided exactly by numbers other than 1 or itself.
What is a composite number?
The multiplicative inverse of a number.
What is reciprocal?
A mathematical sentence stating that two expressions are equal.
What is an equation?
The point where two or more line segments meet.
What is a vertex?
The number that is multiplied by an exponent.
What is the base?
The distance of a number from zero on the number line regardless of direction.
What is the absolute value?
The opposite of a math operation. (multiplication/division)
What is inverse?
It contains a variable or a combination of variables, numbers, and/or operation symbols and represents a mathematical relationship.
What is an expression?
A rectangle with four congruent sides.
What is a square?
First, complete all operations within grouping symbols. If there are grouping symbols within other grouping symbols, do the innermost operation first.
Second, evaluate all exponential expressions.
Third, multiply and/or divide in order from left to right.
Fourth, add and/or subtract in order from left to right
What is the order of operations?
The areas of squares the length of whose sides are whole numbers
What is a perfect square?
A comparison of any two quantities.
What is a ratio?
The numerical factor in a term.
What is the coefficient?
How a given point on a coordinate plane is represented.
What is an ordered pair?
This refers to moving stuff around.
The rule is "a + b = b + a"; in numbers, this means 2 + 3 = 3 + 2.
For multiplication, the rule is "ab = ba"; in numbers, this means 2×3 = 3×2.
What is the commutative property?
Three different ways to express the same number. (part of a whole)
What are fractions, decimals and percents?