Math Vocabulary
By: Tytionna Williams
Integer
• The set of numbers containing zero, the natural numbers, and all the negatives of the natural numbers.
Rational Number
• A number that can be expressed as the ratio of two integers
Scientific Notation
• A method for writing extremely large or small numbers compactly in which the number is shown as the product of two factors
Perfect Squares
• Any number times its self
Irrational Number
• A number that cannot be expressed as the ratio of two integers.
Real Numbers
• The combined set of rational numbers and irrational numbers.
Density Property
• The quality or state of being dense
Adjacent Angles
• Two angles that share both a side and a vertex.
Coefficient
• A constant that multiplies a variable
Distance Formula
• distance=(change in x)to the 2 power +(change in y)to the 2 power
Domain
• The set of values of the independent variable for which a function is defined
Hypotenuse
• The side opposite the right angle in a right triangle.
Legs of right Triangle
• In a right triangle, the sides opposite to the acute angles are called the Legs of a Triangle.
Range
• The difference between the largest and the smallest numbers in a data set.
Slope
• The steepness of a line expressed as a ratio, using any two points on the line.
Prism
• A solid figure whose bases or ends have the same size and shape and are parallel to one another, and each of whose sides is a parallelogram.
Scatter Plot
• A graphical diagram with points plotted to show a relationship between two variables
Slop Intercept Form
• The equation of a straight line in the form y = (m)(x) + b where m is the slope of the line and b is its y-intercept