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FCAT
Math
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Mathematics
Not Applicable
01/13/2009

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Algebraic rule

Definition
 – a mathematical expression that contains variables and describes a pattern or relationship.
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Base (for exponents)

Definition
– the number that is raised to some power
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Circumference

Definition
– the perimeter of a circle
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Composite number

Definition
– a whole number that has more than two factors
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Coordinate grid

Definition
– a device for locating points in a plane using ordered number pairs, or coordinates
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Divisible

Definition
A number is divisible by another number if it goes into the number evenly with no remainder
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Equation

Definition
– number sentence that contains the = symbol
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Expression

Definition
– a group of mathematical symbols that represents a number
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Frequency

Definition
– the number of occurrences within a given time period
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Function

Definition
– a relation, such that each element of a set (the domain) is associated with a unique element of another (possibly the same) set
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Inequality

Definition
– number sentence that does not contain the = symbol
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Interval
Definition

a set that contains every real number between two indicated numbers and possibly the two numbers themselves.

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Labels

Definition
– the titles given to a graph, the axes of a graph, or to the scales on the axes of a graph.
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Likelihood

Definition
the probability of a specified outcome
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Line segment

Definition
– a straight path joining two points
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Mass

Definition
– the property of a body that causes it to have weight in a gravitational field
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Pie chart

Definition
– a graph in which a circle and its interior are divided into parts to show the parts of a set of data
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Prime factorization

Definition
– when a composite number can be renamed as a product of prime numbers
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Prime number

Definition
– a counting number greater than 1 that has exactly two factors
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Radius

Definition
– any line segment that connects the center of a circle with any point on the circle
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Ray
Definition
– a straight path that goes on forever in one direction from an endpoint
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Scale

Definition
– the size-change factor for maps and scale drawings
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scale model

Definition
– a model that is a careful copy of an actual object
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Similar figures

Definition
– figures that have the same shape but not necessarily the same size
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Square root

Definition
–a number that when multiplied by itself equals a given number
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Stem and leaf plot

Definition
– data chart where the digits in the left column are the stems and the digits in the right column are the leaves
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Tessellation

Definition
– a pattern of closed shapes that completely covers a surface
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Tree diagram

Definition
– a graph used to represent hierarchical or classifying systems
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Variable

Definition
– letters used in number expressions
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Vertex

Definition
– the corner of a geometric solid
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