Rational Numbers
Integer
The set of whole numbers and their opposites
OR any number you can see on a number line.
Like Terms
Terms in an algebraic expression that have the same variables raised to the same power. Constants are also like terms.
Ratio
The comparison of 2 quantities OR one part of a proportion OR a fraction.
Mean
The average of set of numbers or data. OR add up the numbers and divide by the amount of numbers you have.
Additive Inverse
Another name for "opposites" OR numbers that are equally distant from zero on the number line.
Isolate the variable.
Solve for the variable in an equation by getting it "by itself".
Ratio Table
A table used to find and ORGANIZE equivalent ratios. OR It helps us find out if ratio relationships are proportional.
Area
The space taken up inside of a 2 dimensional object. OR we find area by calculating the length x width.
The distance from the number and 0 on the number line.
Distributive Property
When you take the number outside the parenthesis and multiply it by each rational number inside the parenthesis.
Proportion
2 or more ratios that are equal to eachother are called a proportion. OR Equivalent fractions are a proportion.
Variable
The letter represented in an algebraic expression, equation, or inequality that represents an UNKNOWN value.
Multiplicative Inverse
Another name for a reciprocal OR when you multiply a fraction by its multiplicative inverse, the result is 1.
Solution Set
The possible answers to an inequality.
Unit Rate
A rate that compares one quantity to 1 UNIT of another quantity. OR How much for 1 of "x".
Cross Products
The products that result from cross multiplying 2 fractions.
Rational number
A number that can be written as a fraction OR a number that is predictable (can't be pi or an imperfect square).
Linear Equation
An equation, that when graphed, will form a straight line.
Constant of Proportionality (C.O.P.)
The "k" in the equation y = kx OR another name for the constant unit rate.
Repeating Decimals
Decimals that result in one or more decimal places repeating in a PATTERN. OR a rational number that has repeating digits that form a PATTERN.