| A | B |
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| Absolute Value | The distance between a # and zero on a number line |
| Addend | Any number being added |
| Additive Identity Property | The sum of zero and a number is that # |
| Area | The measure, in square units, of the interior region of a 2-D figure, or the surface of a 3D figure |
| Associative Property | Grouping does not change the sum or product |
| Base | The # or expression used as a factor in a repeated multiplication or exponential term |
| Coeffieient | The number part of a term with a variable part |
| Commutative Property | The order in which you add or multiply numbers does not change the sum or product |
| Cross Products | These are equal in a proportion |
| Data | Information, especially numerical. Usually organized for analysis |
| Dependent Variable | The output value of a function |
| Difference | The answer to a subtraction problem |
| Dimensions | The number of rows and columns in a matrix, or the linear measurements of a 2D or 3D object |
| Distributive Property | a(b+c)=ab+ac, or a(b-c)=ab-ac |
| Domain | The set of all inputs of a function |
| Element | Each number in a matrix, or each object or member of a set |
| Equation | A statement that 2 mathematical expressions are equal |
| Equivalent Equations | Equations that have the same solution(s) |
| Equivalent Expression | 2 expressions that have the same value for all values of the variable |
| Evaluate | To find the value of a mathematical expression |
| Exponent | The # or variable that represents how many times the base of a power is used as a factor |
| Expression | A variable or combination of variables, #'s, and symbols repesenting a mathematical relationship |
| Factor | An integer that divides into another with no remainder |
| Function | A pairing of inputs and outputs such that each input has exactly one output |
| Graph | A picture of the relationship between variables or sets of data |
| Identity | An equation that is true for all values of the variable |
| Independent Variable | The input value of a function |
| Inequality | Math sentence formed by placing 1 of the symbols >, <, etc. between 2 expressions |
| Inverse Operations | Operations that undo each other |
| Irrational Number | Any number that cannot be represented as the quotient of two integers |
| Like terms | Terms that have the same variable parts with corresponding variables to the same power |
| Matrix | A rectangular arrangement of numbers in rows and columns |
| Mean | The avg. of a set of data calculated by summing the elements and dividing by the # of elements |
| Median | The middle element of a set of data that is ordered least to greatest |
| Mode | The element that occurs the most often in a set of data |
| Multiplicative Identity Property | The product of one and a number is the number |
| Multiplicative Inverse | Reciprocal |
| Multiplicative Inverse Property | The product of a nonzero number and its multiplicative inverse is 1 |
| Multiplicative Property of Zero | The product of zero and a number is zero |
| No Solution Equation | When no value of the variable will make the equation true |
| Open Sentence | An equation or inequalitiy that contains an algebraic expression |
| Order of Operations | Rules for evaluating expressions involving more than one operation |
| Ordered Pair | The coordinates of a point on a grid (x,y) |
| Origin | Where the axes intersect on a coordinate grid, named by the ordered pair (0,0) |
| Perimeter | The distance around a figure |
| Power | An expression that represents repeated multiplication of the same factor |
| Product | The answer to a multiplication problem |
| Proportion | An equation that states that two ratios are equivalent |
| Quotient | The answer to a division problem |
| Range | The set of all outputs of a function |
| Ratio | A comparison of two quantities using division |
| Rational Number | Any number that can be expressed as a quotient of two integers |
| Real Numbers | The set of all rational and irrational numbers |
| Reciprocal | The multiplicative inverse |
| Reflexive Property | a=a, anything equals itself |
| Scalar | A real number by which you multiply a matrix |
| Scalar multiplication | Multiplication of each element in a matrix by a real number |
| Scale | A ratio that relates the dimensions of a drawing or model and the actual dimesions |
| Scale Drawing | A 2D proportional model of an object |
| Sequence | An ordered list of numbers |
| Set | A collection of distinct objects |
| Simplest Form | A rational expression whose numerator and denominator have no common factors other than 1 |
| Solution | Any value for a variable that makes an equation or inequality true |
| Square Root | If b^2=a, then a = this |
| Substitution Property | If a=b then b can be put in place of a in any expression without changing the value |
| Sum | The answer to an addition problem |
| Symmetric Property | If a=b, then b=a |
| Term | A #, variable, product, or quotient in an expression |
| Transitive Property | If a=b, and b=c, then a=c |
| Variable | Any symbol that represents an unknown, a placeholder |
| X-Axis | The horizontal number line on a coordinate grid |
| Y-Axis | The vertical number line on a coordinate grid |
