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Absolute Value:

The distance a number is from zero

on a number line.
It is always a positive number.

Example:
|-3 x 6| = 18
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absolute value is asking how
far from zero the answer is
|18| = 18

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A polynomial with two terms
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Example:
5x3 + 4x or
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Constant

A term that is unchanging

Either has no variables or
variables that cancel out

Example:
15 or
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Coefficient

Number that is multiplied times a

variable or powers of a variable

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Example:
In the expression 5x - 4y + z
the coefficients are the numbers
next to variables, in this case
5, -4 and, 1

Data
Collected facts and Information
used to analyze a situation

Example:
Types of apple
brought for lunch
Gala: 7
Honeycrisp: 3
Granny Smith: 1
Red Delicious: 5

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Decimals
Numbers that show amounts
which include a portion of a whole
number.
Converts to fraction or percentage
Example:
.75 decimal = = 75%
1.25 decimal = 1 = 125%

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Decimal Point
The symbol that shows the separation between a
whole numbers and a portion
or part of a whole number

Example:
7.9 has decimal between 7 and 9
7 is the whole number and .9 is a 9/10
of a whole number

Degree!
The largest exponent in an expression
If no exponent is shown it is 1

Example:
x + 7x
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6x + 7
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The number on the bottom of the fraction

Example: In the fraction, 5/6, the denominator
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The answer to a subtraction problem.
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Example:
7-5=2
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Distribution
Data showing the frequency
of an occurrence

Example:
A graph can show
distribution of data

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Dividend
The amount that is being divided

Example:
In the problem 5 6
the dividend is 5 as that
is the number being divided

Divisor

A number that divides

into another number evenly
(without a remainder)

Example:
In the problem 12 6
the divisor is 6 as that number
divides into 12
without a remainder
Exponent

The number written above the

base, that tells how many times
the base is multiplied times itself

Example:
7
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which equals 7 x 7 x 7

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A statement with two expressions that

equal one another

Example: 6 + 1 = 5 + 2
both sides equal the same amount
Fraction

Portion of a whole number that has

a numerator and denominator
Can be converted to a decimal

Example:
The fraction 3/4
represents 3 of 4
parts of a whole
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A statement that
relates unequal terms

Example:
6>4
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Interest

Can be paid or earned and

is calculated over time

Example:
A bank pays you 5% interest on
your savings account balance
Inverse

Opposite or reverse of

Example:
The inverse of subtracting 4 (-4)
is to add 4 (+4)

Mean

the arithmetic average number in a set of

data

Example: For the data set 3, 4, 5, 6

add values 3 + 4 + 5 + 6 = 18
then divide by the number of
values given, in this case 4
18 4 = 4.5
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Middle number in a set of data

If there are two middle numbers,
find the mean of those two

Example:
For data set 3, 4, 5, 6, 7
5 is the median
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An amount with a whole

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Example:
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Number that occurs the most

often in a set of data

Example:
For the data set 3, 4, 4, 4, 5, 5, 6
the mode is 4
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Monomial

Polynomial with only one term

Example: 4xy

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Number Line
A way to picture the order of numbers
Goes from smallest number on the
left to biggest number on the right

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The top number of a fraction

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In the fraction
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Ordered Pair
A pair of numbers that
indicate a point on a grid
First coordinate given is on the
x-axis and the other on the y-axis

Example:
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A series whose order is

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Example:
5, 10, 15, 20, 25 .
The next numbers in this pattern are:
30, 35, 40

Percent

Expresses frequency per 100

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Pattern

Example:
27% of the profit is from selling
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Polynomial

Terms separated by subtraction

and/or addition signs
May include constants,
variables and exponents
Example:
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Original amount borrowed or

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Example:
Before 7% interest is charged,
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A relationship that
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Example:
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The difference between the highest and

lowest values in a set of data

Example:
In the data set 1, 3, 5, 7, 9
Subtract the lowest number
in the set from the highest
number to determine range
9-1=8

Ratio
Compares two numbers, by using
a fraction or colons

Example:
1 : 6 or
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Measurement of the
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Example:
y = mx + b
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Answer to an addition problem
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The words that are actualy written in the

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Allusion

An indirect reference to a historical event,

popular event, person, or literary
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The implied feeling or association that

accompanies a certain word.
This is NOT the definition of a word, but
rather it is the emotions that the text is
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To find meaning, or to make judgements

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To form an opinion or conclusion

based on only a few, basic facts.

Metaphor

A figure of speech in which a term or a

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An idea or motif that unifies

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How a character, or general feelings of

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The sequence of events that develop

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A literary technique in which an abstract

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Alliteration

The repitition of consonant sounds in

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Using figurative language to create visual

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President Jefferson purchased the

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The study of the economic decisions of

an individual or small company.

Propaganda

Information that is deiberately spread to

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Someone who has not established legal

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A person feeling their native country in

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Changes in a constitution,
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Proposed by a two-thirds vote of both
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two-thirds of the state legislatures.
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The constitution imposed upon the King

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The system of our governement in which

different braches of the governement
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Economics

The study of the process or system by

which goods and services are produced,
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The study of the large economic systems

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Evaporation

water rising, as vapor,

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Precipitation

falls from clouds as hail, sleet,

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Unstable atoms are drawn

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Scientific Method
an objective approach with
these steps to guide discovery:
1) ask a question
2) develop a hypothesis
3) test
4) analyze data
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educated guess about what an

outcome will be, or a relationship
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taking steps to use natural

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Work
when force is applied causing
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the formula is to multiply force

by the amount an object moves
W=FD
W = work
F = force
D = distance

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the factor you believe will impact

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energy within a body that is in motion

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the formula is to multiply

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pure chemical material

constructed of one kind of
atom, like Hydrogen (H),
Carbon (C), Oxygen (O)
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Letters that represent

unknown numbers

Example:
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living organisms that feed on plants

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living organisms that make their own food

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System includes the

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made up of peripheral and central

nervous systems that manage vital
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