Math Vocabulary Words

By:Ketasha Noble

Integer

• one of the positive or negative numbers 1, 2, 3, etc., or zero. Compare whole number.

Rational Number

• Mathematics . a number that can be expressed exactly by a ratio of two integers

Scientific Notation

• a method for expressing a given quantity as a number having significant digits necessary for a specified degree of accuracy, multiplied by 10 to the appropriate power, as 1385.62 written as 1.386 × 10 3 .

Perfect Square

• a rational number that is equal to the square of another rational number.

Irrational Number

• a number that cannot be exactly expressed as a ratio of two integers.

Real Numbers

• a rational number or the limit of a sequence of rational numbers, as opposed to a complex number.

Density Property

• Real number has an important property called density property that says that between any two real number there is a another real number

Adjacent Angles

• two angles having the same vertex and having a common side between them.

Coefficient

• a number or quantity placed (generally) before and multiplying another quantity, as 3 in the expression 3x.

Distance Formula

• is a numerical description of how far apart objects are. In physics or everyday discussion, distance may refer to a physical length, a period of time, or an estimation based on other criteria (e.g. "two counties over"). In mathematics, distance must meet more rigorous criteria.

Domain

• In mathematics, the domain of definition or simply the domain of a function is the set of "input" or argument values for which...

Hypotenuse

• the side of a right triangle opposite the right angle.

Legs Of Right Triangle

• Either of the sides in a right triangle opposite an acute angle. The legs are the two shorter sides of the triangle.

Range

• In mathematics, the range of a function refers to the output of a function, but there is not universal agreement on the subject of...

Slope

• the acute angle made by a meridional ray with the axis in a symmetrical optical system

Prism

• a polyhedron with two polygonal faces lying in parallel planes and with the other faces parallelograms

Scatter Plot

• A graph of plotted points that show the relationship between two sets of data. In this example, each dot represents one person's weight versus their height.

Slope Intercept Form

• A linear equation is an algebraic equation in which each term is either a constant or the product of a constant and (the first power of)...