Vocabulary Lists - Algebra 2A
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- Algebraic Expression - A mathematical phrase that contains numbers, variables, and operators but no equal sign
- Literal Equation - An equation with two or more different variables
- Quotient—The number obtained by dividing one quantity by another / the answer to a division problem
- Evaluate—To calculate the numerical value of an expression or function
- Circumference—The distance around (or perimeter of) a circle
Quiz 2:
- Supplementary Angles - A pair of angles whose sum is 180°.
- Complementary Angles - A pair of angles whose sum is 90°.
- Congruent - Exactly equal in size and shape.
- Area -The number of square units contained in the interior of a figure.
- Product - The result when two values or expressions are multiplied.
Quiz 3:
- Adjacent -- next to
- Parallelogram—A quadrilateral that has two pairs of parallel sides.
- Probability—The ratio that tells how likely it is that an event will occur.
- Rotation— A transformation that turns a figure about a point or an axis.
- Bisect—To cut or divide into two equal parts
Quiz 4:
- Sum - answer to an addition problem
- Difference - answer to a subtraction problem
- Perimeter - the distance around the outside of a geometric figure
- Simplify - replace the expression with an equivalent expression that is less complicated
- Solve - find a value of the variable that makes an equation true
Quiz 5:
- Volume - The amount of 3-dimensional space an object occupies
- Diameter - A line segment that passes through the center of a circle and has its endpoints on the circle
- Radius - A line segment that joins the center of the circle with any point on its circumference
- Parallel - Lines that never intersect
- Perpendicular - Lines that intersect to form a right angle
Quiz 6:
- Coefficient - The number that is being multiplied by a variable in an equation or expression.
- Variable -A letter or symbol representing a quantity that can change or have different values.
- Constant - A regular number, without a variable.
- Exponent - A number placed above and to the right of another number to show that it has been raised to a power.
- Term - Either a single number, a variable, or numbers and variables multiplied together. Terms are separated by + or − signs.