Pre-Algebra Final Exam Vocab
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- The distance of a number from zero on a number line
- Absolute Value
- A property stating that changing the grouping of numbers does not change the sum or product
- Associative Property
- The two perpendicular number lines in a coordinate plane that intersect at zero
- Axes
- The number of a variable.
- Coefficient
- When two lines intersect n more then one point
- Coincide
- Points that lie on the same line
- Collinear Points
- A property stating that changing the order of the numbers does not change the sum or product
- Commutative Property
- A number paired with a point
- Coordinate
- A pair of numbers paired with a point
- Coordinates
- A grid on a plane with two perpendicular number lines (axes)
- Coordinate Plane
- Lines or points in the same plane
- Coplanar
- A property stating that the product of a factor and a sum is equal to the sum of all the products
- Distibutive Property
- A number sentence that states that two numbers or quantities are equal
- Equation
- Equations that have the same solution
- Equivilent Equations
- To substitute a number for each variable in an expression and simplify the expression
- Evaluate
- A set of ordered pairs (x,y) where for each value of x there is only one value of y
- Function
- All the points in a coordinate plane whose coordinants satisfy the equation
- Graph of an Equation
- A point paired with a number on a number line
- Graph of an Integer
- Properties that state that the sum of 0 and any other number is htat number, and that the product of 1 and any number is that number
- Identity Properties
- A number sentence that states that two numbers or quantities are not equal
- Inequality
- Lines that cross each other
- Intersecting Lines
- The opposite opperation that "undoes" another
- Inverse Operation
- A number that is not rational: a nonterminating and nonrepeating decimal
- Irrational Number
- Terms that have the smae variable
- Like Terms
- A set of points that extends withoput end in opposite directions
- Line
- An equation whose graph is a straight line
- Linear Equation
- Numbers less than 0
- Negative Numbers
- A line in which points have been paired with numbers
- Number Line
- A sentence showing a relationship among numbers
- Number Sentence
- Number sentence that contains variables
- Open sentences
- Two numbers on a number line that are the same distance from 0 on opposite sides
- Opposites
- Properties that state that subtracting a number is the opposite operation of adding that number, and dividing by a number is the opposite operation of multiplying by that number
- Opposites Properties
- A pair of numbers in which the order shows the location of a point on a grid
- Ordered Pair
- The point where the x-axis and the y-axis intersect on a grid
- Origin
- An exact location
- Point
- Numbers greater than 0
- Positive Numbers
- an equation which states that two ratios are equal
- Proportion
- One of the four sections in a coordinate plane formed by the x and y axes
- Quadrant
- Hte symbol showing the positive square root
- Radical Sign
- Any number that can be written as the quotient of two integers where the denominator is not a 0. The number can be written as a fraction, decimal,repeating decimal, or terminating decimal
- Rational Number
- Any rattional or irrational number
- Real Number
- The transformation of a geometric figure where the figure changes position through the motion of a flip
- Reflection
- The transformation of a geometric figure where the figure changes position through the motion of a turn
- Rotation
- The number that replaces the variable in an equation to make the equation true
- Solution
- An ordered pair that is a solution of both equations in a system
- Solution of a System
- Two equations that have the same variables
- System of Equations
- The variables and numbers in a mathematical expression that are joined by signs for operations
- Terms
- The transformation of a geomatric figure where the figure changes position through the motion of a slide
- Translation
- A letter used to represent a number in a mathematical expression
- Variable
- Terms that do not have the same variable
- Ublike Terms
- The horizontal number line in a coordinate plane
- X-axis
- The vertical number line in a coordinate plane
- Y-axis
- The property stating that the product of 0 and any number is 0
- Zero Property of Multiplication