High School Math Vocabulary

High School Math Vocabulary

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Hypotenuse

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Cards (66)

Section 1

(50 cards)

Hypotenuse

Front

The side opposite to the right angle in a right angle.

Back

Factor

Front

Any number multiplied by another to produce a product

Back

Variable

Front

A symbol used to represent a number

Back

Perimeter

Front

The distance around a polygon.

Back

Percentile

Front

A measure of rank in a group

Back

Null set

Front

A set containing no elements

Back

X-axis

Front

The Horizontal number line.

Back

Infinite Set

Front

A set whose elements cannot be counted

Back

Coefficient

Front

The numerical part of a monomial

Back

Integers

Front

The set of whole numbers and their opposites.

Back

Mean

Front

The average.

Back

Y-Axis

Front

The vertical number line

Back

Histogram

Front

A graph used to show frequencies

Back

Permises

Front

A set of statements accepted as true from which a conclusion is drawn

Back

Complementary Angles

Front

Two angles whose measure is 90 degrees.

Back

Rotation

Front

A transformation in which a figure is turned about a fixed point

Back

Slope

Front

The ratio of the change in Y to the change in X

Back

Ratio

Front

A comparison of two numbers

Back

Diameter

Front

The distance across a circle.

Back

Polygon

Front

A plane figure with 3 or more sides

Back

Line

Front

A set of points that extends infinitely in opposite direction

Back

Parallel Lines

Front

Coplanar lines that do not intersect.

Back

Concentric Circles

Front

Two or more circles having a common center point

Back

Formula

Front

An equation stating a relationship between two quantities

Back

Decade

Front

Ten years

Back

Prime Number

Front

A number only divisible by itself and one

Back

Radius

Front

Half the distance across a circle.

Back

Range

Front

The difference between the highest and lowest number in a set of data.

Back

Legs

Front

The 2 sides that are not the hypotenuse

Back

Digit

Front

One of the ten number symbols

Back

Tessellation

Front

A pattern in which one or more shapes are repeated

Back

Mode

Front

The number that occurs most often in a set of data.

Back

Translation

Front

A change in the position of a figure such that all points slide the same distance

Back

Transformation

Front

A way of moving or changing the size of a geometric figure on the coordinate plane.

Back

Congruent

Front

The same size and same shape.

Back

Subsets

Front

When every element of A is also an element of B

Back

Equation

Front

A mathematical statement that two quantities are equal.

Back

Term

Front

An expression that is a number or a variable

Back

Median

Front

The middle number in a set of data.

Back

Degree

Front

The unit used to measure the size of an angle.

Back

Exponent

Front

A number showing how many times the base is used as a factor.

Back

Area

Front

The measure of the amount of surface on a flat surface.

Back

Trend line

Front

A line that can be drawn near most points on a scatter plot

Back

Quotient

Front

The answer to a division problem

Back

Reciprocals

Front

Two numbers whose product is 1

Back

Supplementary Angles

Front

Two angles whose measure is 180 degrees

Back

Score

Front

Twenty years

Back

Equivalent Sets

Front

Two sets that contain the same number of elements

Back

Sample Space

Front

Set of all possible outcomes of an event

Back

Volume

Front

The measure of the number of cubic units needed to fill a space.

Back

Section 2

(16 cards)

Monomial

Front

A polynomial with just one term.

Back

Inscribed angle

Front

An angle whose vertex lies on the circle

Back

Ray

Front

Part of a line that start at one endpoint and extends infinitely in one direction

Back

Transversal

Front

A line that intersects each of two other coplanar lines in different points

Back

Permutation

Front

An "arrangement number" or "order," is a rearrangement of the elements of an ordered list into a one-to-one correspondence with itself.

Back

Measure Of Central Tendency

Front

is a measure that tells us where the middle of a bunch of data lies.

Back

Expression

Front

Parts of a variable expression that are separated + and - signs

Back

Data

Front

Information

Back

Origin

Front

Point of intersection of the x and y axes

Back

Perpendicular Lines

Front

Two lines that intersect to form right angles

Back

Line Segment

Front

Part of a line having two endpoints

Back

Circumference

Front

The distance around a circle

Back

Adjacent Angles

Front

Angles that share a side and a vertex

Back

Unsound Argument

Front

An Argument whose form is valid but contains at least one false premise

Back

Skew Lines

Front

Noncoplanar lines that do not intersect and are not parallel

Back

Lateral Faces

Front

Faces of prisms and pyramids that are not bases

Back