A Year of Vocab

Below is a list of mathematical terms we will cover this year. 

Understanding the vocabulary will help you understand the math. 

 

 

 

 

Real Numbers, Irrational numbers, Rational numbers, Integers, Whole numbers, Natural numbers, radical, radicand, square roots, perfect squares, cube roots, terminating decimals, repeating decimals, truncate

 

Laws of exponents, powers, perfect squares, perfect cubes, root, square root, cube root, scientific notation, standard form of a number

 

Functions, y-value, x-value, vertical line test, input, output, rate of change, linear function, non-linear function

 

Unit rate, proportional relationships, slope, vertical, horizontal, similar triangles, y-intercept

 

Intersecting lines, parallel lines, coefficient, distributive property, like terms, substitution, system of linear equations

 

Exterior angles, interior angles, alternate interior angles, angle-angle criterion, deductive reasoning, vertical angles, adjacent, supplementary, complementary, corresponding, transversal, parallel

 

Right triangle, hypotenuse, legs, Pythagorean Theorem, Pythagorean triple

 

Transformations, Translations, rotations, reflections, line of reflection, center of rotation, clockwise, counterclockwise, parallel lines, betweenness, congruence, reading A’ as “A prime”, similarity, dilations, scale factor, pre-image, image, rigid

 

Cones, cylinders, spheres, radius, volume, height, Pi

 

Bivariate data, scatter plot, linear model, lines of best fit, clustering, linear association, non-linear association, outliers, positive association, negative association, categorical data, two-way table, relative frequency, data displays