Math State Test Vocabulary
Across
- 2. A measure of how spread out a data set is. The distance between the smallest and largest values in a data set.
- 3. - The value that appears most frequently in a data set.
- 5. A measure of center. To find the median, list all the numbers in a data set from least to greatest. Then, find the middle number.
- 7. The answer to a division problem. (/ or รท or written as a fraction)
- 8. The answer to a multiplication problem. (x)
- 13. A term used to compare two or more numbers. For every 2 bananas, there are 3 apples.
- 14. The cost for one item or one unit of measure.
- 16. The total amount of space that covers the outside of a 3-D shape. Formula: Find the area of each 2-D shape (face) and add all the areas together.
- 18. A number that tells how many times the base number is to be multiplied by itself. Example 104 = 10,000
- 19. The amount of space inside a 2-D (flat) shape. Formula: length x width or L x W
- 20. The amount of space inside a 3-D shape. Formula: length x width x height or L x W x H
- 21. A 3-D solid made up of flat polygon faces. Examples: cube, rectangular prism, triangular pyramid
- 22. A polyhedron with two parallel, polygon bases. Examples: cube, rectangular prism, triangular prism
- 23. The answer to an addition problem. (+)
- 24. The answer to a subtraction problem. (-)
- 25. Distance of a number from zero on a number line. Written as |-3|. Always positive.
Down
- 1. A polyhedron with one polygon base and triangular faces that meet at a point. Examples: triangular pyramid, rectangular pyramid
- 4. A number sentence WITHOUT an equals sign.
- 6. (IQR) A measure of how spread out a data set is. To find the IQR, subtract the first quartile from the third quartile.
- 9. A number that is multiplied by a variable.
- 10. A letter that represents a number.
- 11. The greatest common factor of two numbers is the largest number that divides evenly into both numbers.
- 12. A measure of center. To find the mean, add up all the numbers in a data set. Then, divide by how many numbers there are.
- 15. A number sentence WITH an equals sign.
- 17. The least common multiple of two numbers is the smallest product you can get by multiplying each of the two numbers by a whole number.