GEPA/HSPA Vocabulary Review 


Number Sense, Concepts, and Applications 

natural (counting) numbers


whole numbers


integers


real numbers


rational numbers


irrational numbers


number line


absolute value


opposite


reciprocal


operations


inverse operations


order of operations


grouping symbols (parenthesis, brackets, fraction bar, vinculum)


term


like terms


expression


equation


inequality


simplify 


evaluate


solve


unit of measure


terminating decimal


repeating decimal


estimate


approximate


round


currency


commutative property


associative property


distributive property


reflexive property


symmetric property


transitive property


additive identity


multiplicative identity


power


exponent


base


square root


radical sign 


perfect square


rate


ratio


percent of change


proportion


cross products (means/extremes)


prime number


composite number


prime factorization


tree diagram


factor


greatest common factor (GCF)


multiple


least common multiple (LCM)


scientific notation




Spatial Sense and Geometry 


point


line


intersecting lines 


perpendicular lines 


parallel lines


skew Lines


plane


polygon


side


vertices


face


regular polygon


congruence


similarity


pentagon (5), hexagon (6), heptagon (7), octagon (8), nonagon (9), decagon(10), n-gon (n)


polyhedron


quadrilateral


rhombus


trapezoid


parallelogram


rectangle


square


equilateral triangle 


isosceles triangle 


scalene triangle


right triangle


Pythagorean Theorem


prism


cylinder


pyramid


circle


sphere


area


surface area


volume


perimeter


diameter


radius


line segment


ray


angle


vertex


vertical angles


adjacent angles


complementary angles


supplementary angles


linear pair


transversal


interior angles 


exterior angles 


alternate interior angles


alternate exterior angles 


corresponding angles 


inductive reasoning


deductive reasoning




Data Analysis, Probability, Statistics, and Discrete Mathematics 



Linear equation


Slope


y-intercept


x-intercept


scatter plot


positive correlation negative correlation no correlation 





Line of best fit (trend line)



measures of central tendency


range


mean


median


mode


probability (written as ratios and percents)


notation (ex. P(A) is read “probability of A”) 


range of values (0 through 1)


theoretical probability


experimental probability (law of large numbers)


simple vs. compound events


independent events


dependent events


mutually exclusive events


inclusive events


fundamental counting principle


simulations


combination


permutation


factorial


percent of increase/decrease



Various Ways to display data:



Table



Scatter plot



line graph



bar graph



pictograph



circle graph



line plot



histogram





* always label the x and y axis and use appropriate scales






Patterns, Functions, and Algebra 


coordinate plane (Cartesian Coordinate System)


X axis


Y axis


coordinates (x, y)


intercepts


transformation


rotation


reflection


translation


dilation


congruent figures


similar figures


line of symmetry

union


intersection


patterns


sequences and series


limits


relationship


network











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