Math Terms

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1. integers

   All real numbers other than decimals or fractions

2. Positive number

   Any number greater than 0

3. Negative number

   Any number less than 0

4. Whole number

   All positive integers and 0

5. Absolute value

   The number of spaces a number is from 0 on the number line. The absolute value of a number is always positive.

6. Approximation

   The process of guessing the rough size or amount of t something rather than calculating it exactly.

7. Digits

   Integers 0 through 9

8. Sum

   The result of addition

9. Product

   The result of multiplication

10. Distributive law

    Multiplying a x (b+c) is equal to multiplying a x b and adding it to a x c

11. Factors

    The Factors of some particular number are the numbers that, multiplied together, form the product in question.

12. Prime

    A prime number has only two factors, itself and 1. Don’t forget, 1 is not a prime number.

13. Dividend

    The number being divided into in a division problem

14. Divisor

    The number that you’re dividing by in a division problem

15. Quotient

    The result of division

16. Divisible

    The quality of being able to be divided with no remainder

17. Remainder

    The number left over when a number is not evenly divisible.

18. Even

    Divisible by 2

19. Odd

    Not divisible by 2

20. Exponent

    A small raised number that indicates how many times to multiply the big number times itself

21. Power

    The numerical amount of an exponent

22. Squared

    A number raised to the second power is being “squared”

23. Cubed

    A number raised to the third power is being “cubed”

24. Powers of ten

    The results of 10 being raised to any exponential power

25. Fraction

    A way of expressing the division of numbers by stacking one over the other

26. numerator

    The top number of a fraction

27. Denominator

    The bottom number of a fraction

28. Improper fraction

    A fraction in which the numerator is bigger than the denominator

29. Proper fraction

    A fraction in which the denominator is bigger than the numerator

30. Common denominator

    The same denominator of separate fractions

31. Lowest common denominator

    The smallest possible common denominator of separate fractions

32. Mixed number

    A number made up of both an integer and a fraction

33. Cancellation

    Reducing the numerators or denominators of fractions that are being multiplied, by dividing by a common factor.

34. Reciprocal

    the inverse of a number

35. Decimal

    A fraction expressed as a number to the right of the decimal point

36. Repeating decimal

    A decimal that repeats a patter of numbers to infinity

37. Non repeating decimal

    A decimal that goes to infinity but does not repeat a pattern

38. Percent

    Amount per 100

39. Ratio

    A relationship between two quantities

40. Proportion

    A relationship between two ratios

41. Directly proportional

    A proportion in which the quantities in the ratios increase or decrease at the same time

42. Inversely proportional

    A proportion in which, within a ratio, one quantity increasing causes the other quantity to decrease.

43. Extremes

    The outer terms in a proportion

44. Means

    The inner terms in a proportion

45. Base

    A number being raised to an exponential power

46. Scientific notation

    A method of expressing very large or very small numbers by multiplying by powers of 10

47. square root

    A factor of a number that, when squared, equals the number

48. Perfect square

    A number that is the square of an integer

49. Radical sign

    A sign indicating a root of some kind it looks like this (*insert square root sign)

50. Cube root

    A factor of a numbrer that , when cubed, equals the number in question

51. Algebra

    Math that uses letters to represent numbers

52. Variable

    A letter used to represent a number

53. Equation

    Two expressions set equal to each other

54. Formula

    An expression representing a set relationship among the terms

55. Coefficient

    The number multiplied by a variable in a term

56. Unknown

    A variable

57. Expression

    Terms combined by addition or subtraction

58. Term

    A number or variable or both combined by multiplication or division

59. Like terms

    Terms containing the same variables

60. Monomial

    An expression containing one term

61. Polynomial

    An expression containing more than one term

62. Binomial

    An expression containing exactly 2 terms

63. Trinomial

    An expression containing exactly 3 terms

64. Root

    NOT the square root. A possible solution for a factored expression

65. Simultaneous equations

    Separate binomial equations in which each term has only one variable. Both equations contain the same distinct (different) variables.

66. Inequality

    An expression where one side is set greater than or both greater than or equal to another

67. Probability

    The mathematical likelihood that a specific event will happen

68. Statistics

    A mathematical way of analyzing information

69. Combinations

    possible combinations of things or events without regard to order

70. Factorial

    The product of a number multiplied by every positive integer less than itself

71. Permutations

    Possible combinations of things or events with regard to order

72. Average

    Also known as mean or arithmetic mean, the number that represents the norm of a group of numbers, by dividing the sum of the numbers in a sample by the quantity of numbers in the sample

73. Sample

    A pool of numbers being analyzed

74. Mean

    The average

75. Median

    The number that occurs directly in the middle of a sample, numerically

76. Mode

    The number that occurs most frequently in a sample

77. Bimodal sample

    A sample in which there are two modes