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1
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A number whose only factors are itself and 1

A

Prime Number

2
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The distance of a number from zero; the positive value of a number

A

Absolute Value

3
Q

A positive angle measuring less than 90 degrees.

A

Acute Angle

4
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A triangle each of whose angles measures less than 90 degrees.

A

Acute Triangle

5
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The number zero is called _________ because the sum of zero and any number is that number.

A

Additive identity

6
Q

Two angles that share both a side and a vertex.

A

Adjacent angles

7
Q

The union of two rays with a common endpoint, called the vertex.

A

Angle

8
Q

A portion of the circumference of a circle

A

Arc

9
Q

The number of square units that covers a shape or figure

A

Area

10
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(a + b) + c = a + (b + c)

A

associative property of addition

11
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(a x b) x c = a x (b x c)

A

associative property of multiplication

12
Q

A number that represents the characteristics of a data set

A

average

13
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A line that passes through a figure in such a way that the part of the figure on one side of the line is a mirror reflection of the part on the other side of the line

A

Axis of symmetry

14
Q

The bottom of a plane figure or three-dimensional figure

A

Base

15
Q

To divide into two congruent parts

A

Bisect

16
Q

A type of data plot that displays the quartiles and range of a data set

A

Box and whisker plot

17
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A system in which points on a plane are identified by an ordered pair of numbers, representing the distances to two or three perpendicular axes

A

Cartesian coordinates

18
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An angle that has its vertex at the center of a circle

A

Central angle

19
Q

A line segment that connects two points on a curve

A

Chord

20
Q

The set of points in a plane that are a fixed distance from a given point, called the center

A

Circle

21
Q

The distance around a circle

A

Circumference

22
Q

A constant that multiplies a variable

A

coefficient

23
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Points are _________ if they lie on the same line

A

collinear