Vocabulary 1
pieces of collected information
What is data?
lines that remain equal distances apart no matter how far they are extended
EX:
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What is parallel?
the result of adding two or more numbers
What is the sum?
the measure of how much a container can hold
What is capacity?
a metric unit of length equal to 1,000 meters
What is a kilometer?
the numbers that are multiplied in a multiplication problem
What are factors?
lines or line segments that meet or cross each other
Ex: +
What is intersecting?
the distance around a closed plan figure or region
What is the perimeter?
an event that cannot occur
What is an impossible event?
a unit of capacity equal to 4 quarts
What is a gallon?
figures that have the same size and shape
What are congruent figures?
the result or answer when subtracting two numbers
What is the difference?
the number left over in a division problem
What is the remainder?
the nubmer below the fraction bar in a fraction; the total number of equal parts in all
What is the denominator?
an event that probably will happen
a straight path that extends indefinitely in opposite directions
What is a line?
a number that is written using both a whole number and a fraction
What is a mixed number?
the number about the line in a fraction
What is the numerator?
a customary unit of length equal to three feet or 36 inches
What is a yard?
a space figure in the shape of a ball
What is a sphere?
the result of multiplying numbers
What is a product?
just as likely to happen as not to happen
What is equally-likely event?
the number of square unites it takes to cover the surface of a plane figure
What is the area?
a measure of time equal to 365 days or 52 weeks or 12 months
What is a year?
a line that divides a figure into two halves that are congruent (the same on both sides)
What is a line of symmetry?