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| The distance of a number from zero; the positive value of a number. |
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| A positive angle measuring less than 90 degrees. |
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| A triangle each of whose angles measures less than 90 degrees. |
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The number zero is called the additive identity because the sum of zero and any number is that
number. |
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The additive inverse of any number x is the number that gives zero when added to x. The additive
inverse of 5 is -5. |
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| The union of two rays with a common endpoint, called the vertex. |
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| A portion of the circumference of a circle. |
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| The number of square units that covers a shape or figure |
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| associative property of addition |
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| (a + b) + c = a + (b + c) |
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| associative property of multiplication |
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| (a x b) x c = a x (b x c) |
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| A number that represents the characteristics of a data set. |
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A line that passes through a figure in such a way that the part of the figure on one side of the line
is a mirror reflection of the part on the other side of the line. |
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| The bottom of a plane figure or three-dimensional figure. |
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| To divide into two congruent parts. |
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| A type of data plot that displays the quartiles and range of a data set. |
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A system in which points on a plane are identified by an ordered pair of numbers, representing
the distances to two or three perpendicular axes. |
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| An angle that has its vertex at the center of a circle. |
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| A line segment that connects two points on a curve. |
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| The set of points in a plane that are a fixed distance from a given point, called the center |
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| The distance around a circle. |
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| A constant that multiplies a variable. |
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| Points are collinear if they lie on the same line |
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| A selection in which order is not important |
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| A factor of two or more numbers |
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| A multiple of two or more numbers. |
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| commutative property of addition |
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| commutative property of multiplication |
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| Two angles whose sum is 90 degrees. |
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| A natural number that is not prime |
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| A three-dimensional figure with one vertex and a circular base |
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| Figures or angles that have the same size and shape. |
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| A value that does not change |
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The plane determined by a horizontal number line, called the x-axis, and a vertical number line,
called the y-axis, intersecting at a point called the origin. Each point in the coordinate plane can
be specified by an ordered pair of numbers. |
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| Points that lie within the same plane |
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| The natural numbers, or the numbers used to count. |
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If a first event has n outcomes and a second event has m outcomes, then the first event followed
by the second event has n times m outcomes. |
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A product found by multiplying the numerator of one fraction by the denominator of another
fraction and the denominator of the first fraction by the numerator of the second |
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| A solid figure with six square faces. |
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| A three-dimensional figure having two parallel bases that are congruent circles |
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| Information that is gathered |
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The numbers in the base 10 number system, having one or more places to the right of a decimal
point. |
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| A unit of measure of an angle. |
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| The bottom part of a fraction |
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| Two events in which the outcome of the second is influenced by the outcome of the first |
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| The line segment connecting two nonadjacent vertices in a polygon |
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| The line segment joining two points on a circle and passing through the center of the circle |
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| The result of subtracting two numbers |
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| The ten symbols, 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, and 9. The number 215 has three digits: 2, 1, and 5 |
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| In a / b = c, a is the dividend. |
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| In a / b = c, b is the divisor. |
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| The set of all points in a plane such that the sum of the distances to two fixed points is a constant. |
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A mathematical statement that says that two expressions have the same value; any number
sentence with an = |
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| A triangle that has three equal sides. |
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| Two equations whose solutions are the same. |
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| Fractions that reduce to the same number. |
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| The difference between an approximate measurement and the actual measure taken |
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| To substitute number values into an expression |
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| A natural number that is divisible by 2 |
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| In probability, a set of outcomes |
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| A number that indicates the operation of repeated multiplication |
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| Fractions that reduce to the same number |
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| One of two or more expressions that are multiplied together to get a product. |
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| To break a number into its factors. |
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| A flat surface of a three-dimensional figure. |
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| A equation that states a rule or a fact. |
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A number used to name a part of a group or a whole. The number below the bar is the
denominator, and the number above the bar is the numerator |
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| The number of times a particular item appears in a data set. |
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| A data listing which also lists the frequencies of the data |
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| A type of drawing used to represent data |
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| greatest common factor (GCF) |
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| The largest number that divides two or more numbers evenly |
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| The side opposite the right angle in a right triangle |
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| identity property of addition |
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| The sum of any number and 0 is that number |
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| identity property of multiplication |
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| The product of 1 and any number is that number |
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| A fraction with a numerator that is greater than the denominator. |
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| Two events in which the outcome of the second is not affected by the outcome of the first |
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| A mathematical expression which shows that two quantities are not equal |
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An angle placed inside a circle with its vertex on the circle and whose sides contain chords of the
circle |
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| A polygon placed inside a circle so that each vertex of the polygon touches the circle. |
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The set of numbers containing zero, the natural numbers, and all the negatives of the natural
numbers |
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The x-intercept of a line or curve is the point where it crosses the x-axis, and the y- intercept of a
line or curve is the point where it crosses the y-axis |
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| The arc of a circle within an inscribed angle |
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| A method for estimating values that lie between two known values |
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| Lines that have one and only one point in common. |
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Opposite. -5 is the additive inverse of 5, because their sum is zero. 1/3 is the multiplicative
inverse of 3, because their product is 1. |
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| Two operations that have the opposite effect, such as addition and subtraction |
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| A number that cannot be expressed as the ratio of two integers |
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| A triangle with at least two equal sides |
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| The smallest multiple of the denominators of two or more fractions |
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| The smallest nonzero number that is a multiple of two or more numbers |
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| Fractions that have the same denominator |
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| A straight set of points that extends into infinity in both directions. |
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| Line that divides a geometric figure into two congruent portions. |
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| Two points on a line, and all the points between those two points |
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| The study of sound reasoning |
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| Simplest form; when the GCF of the numerator and the denominator of a fraction is 1. |
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| In a data set, the sum of all the data points, divided by the number of data points; average |
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| The middle number in a data set when the data are put in order; a type of average |
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| A point on a line segment that divides the segment into two congruent segments. |
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| A number written as a whole number and a fraction. |
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| A type of average; the number (or numbers) that occurs most frequently in a set of data. |
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A multiple of a number is the product of that number and any other whole number. Zero is a
multiple of every number |
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The number 1 is the multiplicative identity because multiplying 1 times any number gives that
number |
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| The reciprocal of a number |
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| mutually exclusive events |
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| Two or more events that cannot occur at the same time |
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| A real number that is less than zero |
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| A line on which every point represents a real number. |
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| The top part of a fraction |
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| An angle whose measure is greater than 90 degrees. |
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| A triangle with an obtuse angle. |
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| A whole number that is not divisible by 2 |
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| Addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division are the basic arithmetic operations. |
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| Two numbers that lie the same distance from 0 on the number line but in opposite directions. |
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Set of two numbers in which the order has an agreed-upon meaning, such as the Cartesian
coordinates (x, y), where the first coordinate represents the horizontal position, and the second
coordinate represents the vertical position. |
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| The point (0, 0) on a coordinate plane, where the x-axis and the y-axis intersect |
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| n probability, a possible result of an experiment |
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| Two lines are parallel if they are in the same plane and never intersect. |
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| A quadrilateral with opposite sides parallel. |
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A fraction, or ratio, in which the denominator is assumed to be 100. The symbol % is used for
percent. |
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| The sum of the lengths of the sides of a polygon. |
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| A way to arrange things in which order is important. |
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| Two lines are perpendicular if the angle between them is 90 degrees |
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| The ratio of the circumference of a circle to its diameter. |
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| A flat surface that stretches into infinity. |
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| A location in a plane or in space, having no dimensions. |
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| A closed plane figure made up of several line segments that are joined together. |
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| A three-dimensional solid that is bounded by plane polygons |
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| A real number greater than zero. |
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| A number that indicates the operation of repeated multiplication |
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| A number whose only factors are itself and 1 |
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For an experiment, the total number of successful events divided by the total number of possible
events |
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| The result of two numbers being multiplied together |
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| A fraction whose numerator is less than its denominator |
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An equation of fractions in the form:
a/b = c/d |
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| A device for measuring angles |
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A three-dimensional figure that has a polygon for its base and whose faces are triangles having a
common vertex. |
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| The theorem that relates the three sides of a right triangle: a^2+b^2=3^2 |
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| One of the quarters of the plane of the Cartesian coordinate system |
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| The answer to a division problem |
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The distance from the center to a point on a circle; the line segment from the center to a point on
a circle |
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| In statistics, the difference between the largest and the smallest numbers in a data set |
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| A ratio that compares different kinds of units |
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| A pair of numbers that compares different types of units |
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| A number that can be expressed as the ratio of two integers |
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| part of a line, with one endpoint, and extending to infinity in one direction |
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| The combined set of rational numbers and irrational numbers |
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| The number which, when multiplied times a particular fraction, gives a result of 1 |
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| A quadrilateral with four 90-degree angles |
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| A transformation resulting from a flip |
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| A polygon in which all the angles are equal and all of the sides are equal. |
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| A decimal in which the digits endlessly repeat a pattern. |
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| A parallelogram with four equal sides |
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| An angle whose measure is 90 degrees |
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| A triangle that contains a right angle. |
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| The root of an equation is the same as the solution to the equation |
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| A transformation in which a figure is rotated through a given angle, about a point |
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| For an experiment, the sample space includes all the possible outcomes |
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| A drawing that is a reduction or enlargement of the original. |
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| A triangle with three unequal sides |
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| A graph with points plotted on a coordinate plane |
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A method for writing extremely large or small numbers compactly in which the number is shown
as the product of two factors |
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| A well-defined group of objects |
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| Two polygons are similar if their corresponding sides are proportional |
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| Lines that are not in the same plane and that do not intersect |
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| The steepness of a line expressed as a ratio, using any two points on the line |
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| The value of a variable that makes an equation true |
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A three-dimensional figure with all points in space a fixed distance from a given point, called the
center. |
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| A quadrilateral with four equal sides and four 90-degree angles |
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| The square root of x is the number that, when multiplied by itself, gives the number, x. |
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| The science of collecting, organizing, and analyzing data |
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| A technique for organizing data for comparison. |
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| An angle that measures 180 degrees |
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| Two angles are supplementary if their sum is 180 degrees. |
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| For a three-dimensional figure, the sum of the areas of all the faces. |
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| A fraction whose decimal representation contains a finite number of digits. |
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| A transformation, or change in position, resulting from a slide with no turn. |
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| A change in the position, shape, or size of a geometric figure. |
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| A line that intersects two other lines. |
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| A quadrilateral that has exactly two sides parallel |
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| A diagram that shows outcomes of an experiment. |
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| Price per unit of measure |
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| A letter used to represent a number value in an expression or an equation |
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| The point on an angle where the two sides intersect |
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| A pair of opposite angles that is formed by intersecting lines. |
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| A measurement of space, or capacity. |
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| The set of numbers that includes zero and all of the natural numbers |
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| The horizontal axis in a Cartesian coordinate plane |
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| The value of x at the point where a line or curve crosses the x-axis. |
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| The vertical axis in a Cartesian coordinate system. |
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| The value of y at the point where a curve crosses the y-axis |
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| The additive identity: the number that, when added to another number n, gives n. |
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| zero property of multiplication |
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| The product of zero and any number is zero |
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