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SAT Math Vocab
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Term | Definition |
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Sum | The answer to an addition problem. |
Quotient | The answer to a division problem. |
Difference | The answer to a subtraction problem. |
Product | The answer to a multiplication problem. |
Variable | An unknown represented by a letter (X, N) |
Coeffecient | The number that is next to the variable (4X; it's the 4) |
Odd number | Ends in 1,3,5,7,9 |
Even number | ends in 2,4,6,8,0 |
Prime number | Only divisible by 1 and itself (7, 23, 37) |
Integer | A number without a decimal (3, -27, 11, 13) |
Twice a number | 2P |
4 less than a number | P-4 |
Composite number | A number divided by MORE than just 1 and itself |
Numerator | Top number of a fraction |
Denominator | Bottom number a fraction |
Reciprocal | A fraction that flipped upside down (3/7.......7/3) (1/4.......4) |
Consecutive integer | sequential number 7,8 |
Odd consecutive integers | sequential odds (5,7,9,11) |
Even consecutive integers | sequential even (6,8,10,12) |
Ordered Pair | (X,Y) grouped together (5, -8) |
Factor | A number that multiplies into a number (20....2,10, 1,20, 4,5) |
Multiple | A number that when you multiply the original number it will go into (7....7, 14, 21, 28) |
Pi | 3.14 |
Area of a circle formula | pi x r (squared) |
Circumference of a circle formula | 2 x pi x r |
Area of a rectangle | length x width |
Area of a squre | side (squared) |
Area of a triangle | 1/2 base x height |
Pythagorean Theorem | a^2 + b^2 = c^2 |
Mean | The average of a group of numbers |
Median | The middle of a group of numbers (3,4, 5, 5, 5, 7, 8) Median =5 |
Equation of the line formula | Y=mx+b |
Slope of the line | m |
y-intercept | b |
Positive slope | goes slanting up |
Negative slope | goes slanting down (right) |
0 slope | Horizontal line |
Undefined slope | Vertical line |
Two point slope formula | (Y2-Y1/X2-X1) |
Plot slope | rise over run |
Ratio | A comparison of two numbers; notations include the use of fractions or colons |