VOCAB 1
What is an inequality?
a mathematical sentence that COMPARES expressions; greater than, less than, greater than or equal to, less than or equal to
What is a ratio?
a comparison between two quantities (amounts)
What is range?
The spread of a data set; calculated by the highest value - the lowest value
What is an equation?
a mathematical sentence using an equal sign; shows two expressions are balanced
What does this symbol mean? | |
What does percent mean?
out of 100
What is an integer?
a whole number and it's opposite
What is the volume of a figure?
the amount of space a 3D FIGURE TAKES UP, V=lwh
What is a term?
What does this symbol mean? <
less than
What does a skewed data set mean?
The data lies more heavily on higher or lower values
What is an ordered pair?
represents a point marked on a coordinate plane as (x,y);
What is an expression?
a mathematical statement composed of TERMS and OPERATIONS
What does equivalent mean?
to be balanced on both sides ( 7=7, 4+3=7)
What does this symbol mean? >
greater than
What is surface area?
the sum of all the area of the faces of a 3D shape
What is unit rate?
something : 1 , the ratio that expresses how many somethings occur when there is 1 of another thing
What is the mode of a data set?
the data value that occurs the most frequently
What is the distributive property?
a(b + c) = ab + ac. This distributes the a to the b and to the c by multiplying
What does this symbol mean? -
minus or negative
What is absolute value?
How far a number is from 0 on a number line
What is mean?
the sum of the data divided by the amount of values
What is the median of data?
the center of a data set when the data is in NUMERICAL order
What is a quadrilateral?
a four sided figure
What does this symbol mean? ≥
greater than or equal to