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Absolute Value
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Absolute Value:
Example:
|-3 x 6| = 18
even though -3 x 6 = 18
absolute value is asking how
far from zero the answer is
|18| = 18
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A polynomial with two terms
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Example:
5x3 + 4x or
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Constant
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Constant
Example:
15 or
2x + 7 - 2x
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Coefficient
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Example:
In the expression 5x - 4y + z
the coefficients are the numbers
next to variables, in this case
5, -4 and, 1
Data
Collected facts and Information
used to analyze a situation
Example:
Types of apple
brought for lunch
Gala: 7
Honeycrisp: 3
Granny Smith: 1
Red Delicious: 5
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Decimals
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Decimals
Numbers that show amounts
which include a portion of a whole
number.
Converts to fraction or percentage
Example:
.75 decimal = = 75%
1.25 decimal = 1 = 125%
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Decimal Points
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Decimal Point
The symbol that shows the separation between a
whole numbers and a portion
or part of a whole number
Example:
7.9 has decimal between 7 and 9
7 is the whole number and .9 is a 9/10
of a whole number
Degree!
The largest exponent in an expression
If no exponent is shown it is 1
Example:
x + 7x
the degree is 5
6x + 7
the degree is 1
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Denominator
Difference
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The answer to a subtraction problem.
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7-5=2
the difference is 2
Distribution
Data showing the frequency
of an occurrence
Example:
A graph can show
distribution of data
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Dividend
The amount that is being divided
Example:
In the problem 5 6
the dividend is 5 as that
is the number being divided
Divisor
Example:
In the problem 12 6
the divisor is 6 as that number
divides into 12
without a remainder
Exponent
Example:
7
the exponent is 3
which equals 7 x 7 x 7
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Equality
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Fraction
Equation
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Example: 6 + 1 = 5 + 2
both sides equal the same amount
Fraction
Example:
The fraction 3/4
represents 3 of 4
parts of a whole
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Inequality
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Inequality
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A statement that
relates unequal terms
Example:
6>4
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Inverse
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Mean
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Interest
Example:
A bank pays you 5% interest on
your savings account balance
Inverse
Opposite or reverse of
Example:
The inverse of subtracting 4 (-4)
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Mean
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Median
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Example:
For data set 3, 4, 5, 6, 7
5 is the median
Mixed Number
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Mixed number
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Mode
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Mode
Example:
For the data set 3, 4, 4, 4, 5, 5, 6
the mode is 4
For the data set 3, 4, 5, 6, 7
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Number Line
A way to picture the order of numbers
Goes from smallest number on the
left to biggest number on the right
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Numerator
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Numerator
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Example:
In the fraction
the numerator is 1
Ordered Pair
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Ordered Pair
A pair of numbers that
indicate a point on a grid
First coordinate given is on the
x-axis and the other on the y-axis
Example:
(1, 3)
Pattern
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Percent
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Example:
5, 10, 15, 20, 25 .
The next numbers in this pattern are:
30, 35, 40
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Pattern
Example:
27% of the profit is from selling
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Polynomials
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Product
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Polynomial
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Example:
Before 7% interest is charged,
the principal amount
of a car loan is $10,000
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The answer to a multiplication problem
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Example:
6 x 2 = 12
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Proportion
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A relationship that
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Example:
= 2/6
3:9 = 1:3
Range
Range
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Proportion
Example:
In the data set 1, 3, 5, 7, 9
Subtract the lowest number
in the set from the highest
number to determine range
9-1=8
Ratio
Compares two numbers, by using
a fraction or colons
Example:
1 : 6 or
For every 1 sunny day
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Slope
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Measurement of the
steepness of a line
Example:
y = mx + b
m is the slope of the
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Sum
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Sum
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Answer to an addition problem
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Example:
8+1=9
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Setting
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Westward Expansion
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Louisiana
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Amendment
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Changes in a constitution,
or additions to the constitution.
Proposed by a two-thirds vote of both
houses of Congress or at the request of
two-thirds of the state legislatures.
Ratified by approval of three-fourths of
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Magna Carta
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Ecosystem
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Surrounding community of
plants, animals and all living
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Erosion
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Evaporation
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Scientific Method
an objective approach with
these steps to guide discovery:
1) ask a question
2) develop a hypothesis
3) test
4) analyze data
5) conclude
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Kinetic Energy
energy within a body that is in motion
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KE = kinetic energy
M = mass of object
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Variables
Example:
7 x z = 14
z is the variable
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Nervous System
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Nonrenewable
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