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EOG Math Vocabulary

Ordered pair = A pair of numbers used to locate a point on a coordinateplane.

Factors = A number that is multiplied by another to find the product.

Volume = The number of cubic units that can fill a container.

Formula = In a spreadsheet, a set of instructions that tells the computer todo a calculation or to perform a task.

Composite number = A whole number greater than one with more than two whole-

number factors.Equivalent = Equals/same.

Meter = A metric unit for measuring length.

Chord = A line segment whose endpoints lie on a circleExponents = A number that indicates the operation of repeated multiplication.

Area = The number of square units that covers a shape or figure.

Angle = A figure formed by two rays that meet at a common endpoint called a

vertex.

Circumference = The distance around the circleCenter = The point inside a circle that is the same distance from each point

on the circle.Divisible = A number is divisible by another if the quotient is a whole

number and the remainder is zero.

Degrees = A unit for measuring angles.Digit = The 10 symbols, 0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,and 9.

Denominator = The number below the fractions bar in a fraction.

Diameter = A chord that passes through the center of a circle.

Estimate = An answer that is close to the exact answer and is found byrounding.

Fraction = A number used to name a part of a group or a whole.

Line Segment = Two points on a line and all the points between those two

points.Mean = The average of a group of numbers.

Median = The middle number or the mean of the two middle numbers of a group

of numbers arranged in numerical order.Mode = The numbers that occur most often in a collection of data.

Multiple = The product of a given number and a whole number.

Numerator = The number above the fraction bar in a fraction.Number lines = A line on which every point represents a real number.

Decimal = A number with one or more places to the right of a decimal point.

Rounding = Expressing a number to the nearest ten, hundred, thousand, and so

on.Solve = To find all the solutions of an equation.

Average = The quotient found by dividing the sum of a group of numbers by

the number of addends.Sum = The answer in addition.

Exponential Notation = Using an exponent to express a number.

Reduce = To make smaller.

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Patterns = Sequence of elements that have an underlying rule or order.

Population = A collection of objects or group of people about whominformation is gathered.

Whole number = the whole numbers are 0,1,2,3....

Sequence = A sequence is a set of numbers that follow a pattern.

Common = SameRounding = Expressing a number to the nearest ten, hundred, thousand, and so

on.

Solve = To find all the solutions of an equation.Average = The quotient found by dividing the sum of a group of numbers by

the number of addends.

Sum = The answer in addition.Exponential Notation = Using an exponent to express a number.

Product = The answer in a multiplication problem.

Probability (P) = The chance that an event will occur expressed as the

ration of the number of favorable outcomes to the total number of possible

outcomes.Prime factorization= A number written as the product of all its prime

factors.Prime number = A whole number greater than one whose only factors are itself

and one.

Perimeter = The distance around a polygon.Ray = A part of a line that has one endpoint and goes on forever in only one

directions.

Rotations = A turn of a figure about a fixed point without reflection.

Radius = A line segment with one endpoint at the center of a circle and theother endpoint on the circle.

Solution = The value of a variable that makes an equation true.

Standard Form = The form in which numerals are usually written, with digits

0 through 9, separated into periods by commas.Simplify = Reducing to lowest terms.

Vertex = The point where two rays meet.

Diagram = A graphic design that explains rather than represents.Distance = An extent of area or an advance along a route measured linearly.

Grid = A network of uniformly spaced horizontal and perpendicular lines.

Exterior = Being on an outside surface.Interior = Lying, occurring or functioning within limiting boundaries.

Connect = To join or fasten together usually by something intervening.

Represents = To serve as a sign or symbol.

Series = A number of things or events of the same class coming one afteranother.

Length = The longer or longest dimension of an object.

Quantities = An indefinite amount or number.Shaded = To darken.

Values = Relative worth, utility, or importance.

Experiment = Test, trial.

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