math vocabulary a-z
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Middle School vocabulary words in a PowerPoint presentation. One word for each letter of the alphabet.TRANSCRIPT
MATHPre-Algebra
A IS FOR ARC An unbroken part of a circle.
B IS FOR BAR GRAPH A graph that uses vertical or horizontal bars
to displace data.
C IS FOR CHORD A segment with its endpoint on a circle.
D IS FOR DECAGON A polygon with ten sides.
E IS FOR EVENT An outcome or set of outcomes of an
experiment or situation.
F IS FOR FACTOR A number that is multiplied by another
number to get a product.
G IS FOR G.C.F The largest common factor of two or more
given numbers.
H IS FOR HEXAGON A bar graph that shows the frequency of data
within equal intervals.
I IS FOR IMAGE A figure resulting from a transformation.
J IS FOR JUMP POINT A starting number in a mathematical starting
sequence.
K IS FOR KILOGRAM
A metric unit for weight && it means 1,000 grams.
L IS FOR LATERAL FACE In a prism or a pyramid, a face that is not
base.
M IS FOR MAJOR ARC An arc that is more than half of a circle.
N IS FOR NET An arrangement of two-dimensional figures
that can be folded to form a polyhedron.
O IS FOR ODD NUMBER A whole number that is not divisible by two.
P IS FOR PENTAGON A five-sided polygon.
Q IS FOR QUARTERLY Four times a year.
R IS FOR RATE A ratio that compares two quantities
measured in different units.
S IS FOR SCALE The ratio between two sets of
measurements.
T IS FOR TERM (IN A SEQUENCE) An element or number in a sequence.
U IS FOR UNIT RATE The process of changing one unit of measure
to another.
V IS FOR VERTEX On an angle or polygon, the point where two
sides intersect; on a polyhedron, the intersection of three or more faces; on a cone or pyramid, the top point.
W IS FOR WHOLE NUMBERS The set of numbers that includes zero and all
of the natural numbers.
X IS FOR X-AXIS The horizontal axis on a coordinate plane.
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Y IS FOR Y-AXIS The vertical axis on a coordinate plane.
Z IS FOR ZERO PAIR A number and its opposite, which add to 0.