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Basic Math Terms Short List
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Mathematics
Undergraduate 1
08/08/2009

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Term
Absolute Value of a Number
Definition

The distance between zero

and the number on the number line.

Term
Addition Property of Zero
Definition

Zero added to a number

does not change the number.

Term
Associative Property of Addition
Definition
Numbers to be added can be grouped (with parentheses, for example) in any order; the product will be the same.
Term
Associative Property of Multiplication
Definition
Numbers to be multiplied can be grouped (with parentheses, for example) in any order, the product will be the same.
Term
basic percent equation
Definition
Percent times base equals amount
Term
common factor
Definition
A number that is a factor of two or more numbers is a common factor of those numbers.
Term
common multiple
Definition
A number that is a multiple of two or more numbers is a common multiple of those numbers
Term
Commulative Property of Addition.
Definition

Two numbers can be added in either order;

the sum will be the same.

Term
Commulative Property of Multiplication
Definition
Two numbers can be multiplied in either order; the product will be the same.
Term
composite number
Definition

A number that has whole-number factors

besides 1 and itself.

Term
constant term
Definition
A term that has no variables.
Term
cube
Definition

A rectangular solid in which all six faces

are squares.

Term
denominator
Definition

The part of a fraction that appears below

the fraction bar.

Term
difference
Definition

In subtraction, the result of subtracting

two numbers.

Term
equation
Definition

A statement of a the equality

of two mathematical expressions.

Term
evaluating a variable expression
Definition
Replacing the variable or variables with numbers and then simplifying the resulting numerical expression.
Term
exponent
Definition
In exponentrial notation, the raised number that indicates how many times the number to which it is attached is taken as a factor.
Term
exponential notation
Definition
The expression of a number to some power, indicated by an exponent.
Term
factors
Definition
In multiplication, the numbers that are multiplied.
Term
factor of a number
Definition

The whole-number factors of a number

divide that number evenly.

Term
formula
Definition

An equation that expresses

a relationship among variables.

Term
graph
Definition

A display that provides

a pictorial representation of data.

Term
greatest common factor (GCF)
Definition
The largest common factor of two or more numbers.
Term
integers
Definition
The numbers {..., -3, -2, -1. 0, 1, 2, 3, ...}
Term
least common denominator (LCD)
Definition
The least common multiple of denominators.
Term
least common multiple (LCM)
Definition

The smallest common multiple

of two or more numbers.

Term
like terms
Definition

Terms of a variable expression

that have the same variable part.

Term
multiples of a number
Definition

The products of that number

and the numbers 1, 2, 3, ...

Term
Multiplication Property of One
Definition
The product of a number and one is the number.
Term
Multiplication Property of Zero
Definition
The product of a number and zero is zero.
Term
natural numbers
Definition

The numbers {1, 2, 3, 4, 5, ...}

Also called the positive integers.

Term
number coefficient
Definition
The number part of a variable term. When the numerical coefficient is 1 or -1, the 1 is usually not written.
Term
Order of Operations Agreement
Definition
A set of rules that tells us in what order to perform the operations that occur in a numerical expression.
Term
percent
Definition
Parts per hundred.
Term
percent decrease
Definition

A decrease of a quantity, expressed

as a percent of its original value.

Term
percent increase
Definition

An increase of a quantity, expressed

as a percent of its original value.

Term
place value
Definition
The position of each digit in a number written in standard form determines that digit's place value.
Term
prime factorization
Definition

The expression of a number as the product

of its prime factors.

Term
prime number
Definition
A number whose only whole-number factors are 1 and itself. For instance, 13 is a prime number.
Term
Pythagorean Theorem
Definition
The square of the hypotenuse of a right triangle is equal to the sum of the squares of the two legs.
Term
rate
Definition

A comparison of two quantites

that have different units.

Term
ratio
Definition

A comparison of two quantities

that have the same units.

Term
rational number
Definition
A number that can be written as the ratio of two integers, where the denominator is not zero.
Term
reciprocal of a fraction
Definition

The fraction with the numerator

and denominator interchanged.

Term
repeating decimal
Definition

A decimal in which a block of one or more digits

repeats orever.

Term
simplest form of a fraction
Definition
A fraction is in simplest form when there are no common factors in the numerator and denominator.
Term
simplifying a variable expression
Definition
Combining like terms by adding their numerial coefficients.
Term
solution of an equation
Definition
A number that, when substituted for the variable, results in a true equation.
Term
solving an equation
Definition
Finding a solution of the equation.
Term
variable
Definition
A letter used to stand for a quantity that is unknown or that can change.
Term
variable expression
Definition
An expression that contains one or more variable.
Term
variable part
Definition

In a variable term, the variable or variables

and their exponents.

Term
variable term
Definition

A term composed of a numerical coefficient

and a variable part.

Term
whole numbers
Definition
The whole numbers are {0, 1, 2, 3, ...}
Term
whole-number part
Definition
In decimal notation, that part of the number that appears to the left of the decimal point.
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