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7th Grade Math Vocab
Vocabulary and know-how for 7th grade math.
Term | Definition |
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Sum | The answer to an addition problem. |
Difference | The answer to a subtraction problem. |
Product | The answer to a multiplication problem. |
Quotient | The answer to a division problem. |
Natural Numbers | The counting numbers. 1,2,3... |
Whole Numbers | The counting numbers, and 0. 0,1,2,3... |
Integers | Whole numbers and their opposites. ...-3,-2,-1,0,1,2,3... |
Rational Numbers | Any number that can be written as a fraction, where the denominator does not equal 0. 3/4, 0.45, 0.33333... |
Irrational Numbers | Any number that cannot be written as a fraction. The decimal does not repeat or terminate. pi, 0.734564827... , the square root of an imperfect square. |
Exponent | The number that tells the base how many times to multiply by itself. |
Diameter | The distance from one outer part of a circle to another, while passing through the center. |
Radius | The distance from the outside to the middle of a circle. |
Circumference | The distance around a circle. |
Area | How many square units are inside of a polygon. |
Perimeter | The distance around a polygon. |
Percentage | A ratio of a number to 100. |
Ratio | A comparison of two quantities by division. |
Proportion | A statement that shows a ratio equals another ratio. |
Rate | The ratio of one unit to a different unit. |
Order of Operations | The way of simplifying expressions correctly. PEMDAS |
Bar Graph | This graph compares different categories to another. |
Line Graph | This graph shows change over a certain period of time. |
Circle Graph | A graph that shows what percent is taken by a certain category. |
Histogram | This graph shows the frequency of something using intervals. The bars are connected to one another. |
Origin | The point (0,0) is referred to as this. |
Quadrant I | Both x and y are positive values in this quadrant. |
Quadrant II | x is negative and y is positive in this quadrant. |
Quadrant III | Both x and y are negative in this quadrant. |
Quadrant IV | x is positive and y is negative in this quadrant. |
x-axis | The horizontal axis. |
y-axis | The vertical axis. |
Translation | A slide from one point to another on a graph. |
Reflection | A flip from one point on a graph to another, over an axis. |
Complementary Angles | Two angles that add up to 90 degrees. |
Supplementary Angles | Two angles that add up to 180 degrees. |
Right Angle | A 90 degree angle. |
Obtuse Angle | An angle that is greater than 90 degrees, but less than 180 degrees. |
Acute Angle | An angle that is less than 90 degrees, but greater than 0 degrees. |
Scalene Triangle | A triangle with no equal sides. |
Isosceles Triangle | A triangle with two equal sides. |
Right Triangle | A triangle with a 90 degree angle.q |
Less Than | < |
Greater Than | > |
Less Than or Equal to | Closed circle, shading to the left represents this inequality. |
Greater Than or Equal to | Closed circle, shading to the right represents this inequality. |
Cross Products | Multiplying diagonally to see if two ratios are proportional. |
Nearest Tenth | When 0.878 is rounded to 0.9; it is rounded to this place value. |
Nearest Hundredth | When 0.7684 is rounded to 0.77; it is rounded to this place value. |
Nearest Thousandth | When 0.7684 is rounded to 0.768; it is rounded to this place value. |
Nearest Whole | When 4.67 is rounded to 5; it is rounded to this place value. |
Nearest Ten | When 18 is rounded to 20; it is rounded to this place value. |
Nearest Hundred | When 564 is rounded to 600; it is rounded to this place value. |
Prime Number | A number greater than 1 with only two factors, itself and 1. |
Composite Number | A number greater than 1 with more than two whole number factors. |
Triangle | A polygon with 3 sides. |
Quadrilateral | A polygon with 4 sides. |
Pentagon | A polygon with 5 sides. |
Hexagon | A polygon with 6 sides. |
Heptagon | A polygon with 7 sides. |
Octagon | A polygon with 8 sides. |
Nonagon | A polygon with 9 sides. |
Decagon | A polygon with 10 sides. |