Math Exam Vocabulary Flashcards
(25 cards)
What is a number made up of a whole number and a fraction?
Mixed Number
1/5 is the _____ of 5/1 or 5
Reciprocal
What is a symbol, such as a letter, representing an unknown number in an algebraic expression?
Variable
a and 2a are both multiples of a. What are a and 2a?
Like Terms
What is an expression that contains only numbers and symbols?
Numeric Expression
What is to substitute the value given for the variables of the expression and then find the value of the expression?
Evaluate
What is an expression that contains at least one variable?
Algebraic Expression
What is combining like terms and applying number properties to an expression?
Simplify
What is the point at which two line segments, or rays meet to form an angle?
Vertex
What is the face or side on which an object lies?
Base
What is one of the line segments that form the polygon?
Side
What is formed by two rays with the same endpoint?
Angle
What are lines that form right angles?
Perpendicular Lines
What is the perpendicular distance from the base to the opposite vertex?
Height
What is the amount of surface covered; commonly measured in square units, such as square centimeters or square inches?
Area
What is a triangle with exactly one right angle?
Right Triangle
What is a triangle with all angles measuring less than 90°?
Acute Triangle
What is a triangle with exactly one angle measuring greater than 90°?
Obtuse Triangle
What is a comparison of two numbers or quantities by division?
Ratio
What is the number that is being divided?
Dividend
What is the number that is being divided by?
Divisor
What is one part out of one thousand?
Thousandth
What is having the same value?
Equivalent
What is for each unit?
Per unit
