AASA Math Test Vocabulary

Question 1

2D

Answer 1

Having the dimensions of height and width, height and depth, or width and depth only

Question 2

3D

Answer 2

having height, width, and depth

Question 3

Volume for rectangular prism and cubes

Answer 3

length X width X height

Question 4

Perimeter of a square/rectangle

Answer 4

2l + 2 w

Question 5

Circumference of a circle

Answer 5

c=2 x pi x r

Question 6

Perimeter of a triangle

Answer 6

add all three sides P= a+b+c

Question 7

Area of a square/rectangle

Answer 7

L x W

Question 8

Area of a triangle

Answer 8

A=1/2bh or A= (bh)/2

Question 9

Area of a circle

Answer 9

A=πr²

Question 10

increase

Answer 10

gets higher

Question 11

decrease

Answer 11

gets lower

Question 12

product

Answer 12

the answer to the problem

Question 13

dividend

Answer 13

A number that is divided by another number.

Question 14

quotient

Answer 14

the answer to a division problem

Question 15

coordinate grids

Answer 15

A two-dimensional network of horizontal and vertical lines that are parallel and evenly-spaced

Question 16

x-axis

Answer 16

the horizontal line on a graph (left and right)

Question 17

y-axis

Answer 17

the vertical line on a graph (up and down)

Question 18

slope

Answer 18

rise over run

Question 19

plot

Answer 19

point on a graph

Question 20

fraction

Answer 20

part of a whole

Question 21

decimal

Answer 21

A number with one or more digits to the right of a decimal point. If you are finding this and are given a fraction, you divide the numerator by the denominator.

Question 22

ratio

Answer 22

The quantitative relation between two amounts showing the number of times one value contains or is contained within the other. Basically the same thing as a fraction.

Question 23

percentage

Answer 23

Multiplies the cell value by 100 and displays the result with a percent (%) symbol. To get a percentage from a fraction, you must first convert the fraction to a decimal and then multiple it by 100.

Question 24

integer

Answer 24

All whole numbers (both positive and negative) and zero.

Question 25

mean

Answer 25

A measure of center in a set of numerical data, computed by adding the values in a list and then dividing by the number of values in the list. (aka the average)

Question 26

median

Answer 26

Middle number

Question 27

mode

Answer 27

The value that occurs most frequently in a given data set.

Question 28

range

Answer 28

Distance between highest and lowest scores in a set of data.

Question 29

proportion

Answer 29

1. The relationship of one thing to another in size, amount, etc. 2. Size or weight relationships among structures or among elements in a single structure.

Question 30

Area of a cone

Answer 30

pi r squared + pi(r)(l), where l is lateral height

Question 31

Area of a cylinder

Answer 31

S=2πr²+2πrh

Question 32

positive

Answer 32

+

Question 33

Negative

Answer 33

-

Question 34

correlation

Answer 34

A measure of the relationship between two variables

Question 35

exponent

Answer 35

(n.) one who advocates, speaks for, explains, or interprets; (math) the power to which a number, symbol, or expression is to be raised

Question 36

angle

Answer 36

A figure formed by two rays with a common endpoint. Think about corners like in a room.

Question 37

acute angle

Answer 37

an angle that measures less than 90 degrees

Question 38

obtuse angle

Answer 38

An angle that measures more than 90 degrees but less than 180 degrees

Question 39

right angle

Answer 39

an angle that measures 90 degrees

Question 40

square root

Answer 40

a number that when multiplied by itself equals a given number

Question 41

rational number

Answer 41

A number that can be written as a fraction

Question 42

irrational numbers

Answer 42

An ____________ cannot be represented as the quotient of two integers. In decimal form, irrational numbers do not terminate or repeat

Question 43

variable

Answer 43

A symbol used to represent a quantity that can change

Question 44

algebraic expression

Answer 44

A mathematical phrase involving at least one variable and sometimes numbers and operation symbols.

Question 45

inverse operations

Answer 45

Operations that do the exact opposite of each other; they undo each other (addition and subtraction, for example)

Question 46

distributive property

Answer 46

a property indicating a special way in which multiplication is applied to addition of two or more numbers in which each term inside a set of parentheses can be multiplied by a factor outside the parentheses, such as a(b + c) = ab + ac

Question 47

probability

Answer 47

A number that describes how likely it is that an event will occur

Question 48

prime number

Answer 48

A whole number that has exactly two factors, 1 and itself.

Question 49

pi

Answer 49

The ratio of the circumference of a circle to its diameter

Question 50

scale

Answer 50

Specify a percentage of original size to enlarge or reduce the size of an object.