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Vocab You Must Know Ch.7
All terms used in 5th grade math
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Mathematics
5th Grade
01/15/2008

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data

Definition

 

collected information

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line plot
Definition

 

a graph that uses columns of Xs

above a number line

Term

 

tally chart

Definition

 

a way to keep track of data using marks to record the number of responses or occurrences.

Term

 

frequency table

Definition

 

a way of organizing a set of data, showing the number of times each item or number appears

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organized data

Definition

 

collected information arranged in a display that is meaningful and assists in the interpretation

of the data

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labels (for a graph)

Definition

 

 

the titles given to a graph, to the axes of a graph, or to the scales on the axes of a graph

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axis
Definition

 

a horizontal or vertical number line on a graph

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interval

Definition

 

the distance between adjacent numbers

on an axis of a graph

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frequency

Definition

 

 

the number of times a response occurs or something happens

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scale

Definition

 

 a. the numeric values assigned to the axes of a

     graph

 

 b. the ratio of the lengths on a map or scale

     drawing with the actual lengths

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pictograph

Definition

 

 

a graph that compares data by

using picture symbols

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bar graph

Definition

 

 

a graph that compares data by using

 vertical or horizontal bars

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double-bar graph

Definition

 

a bar graph that compares 2 related groups of data

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line graph

Definition

 

 

a graph that uses 1 or more line segments

to show changes in data (usually over time)

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coordinate grid

or graph

Definition

 

a network of evenly spaced, parallel, horizontal and vertical lines especially designed for locating points, displaying data, or drawing maps

Term

 

ordered pair

Definition

 

 

a pair of numbers that gives the location of a point on a coordinate graph or grid

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coordinate

Definition

 

 

1 of 2 numbers in an ordered pair

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mean

Definition

 

 

the quantity that is found by adding the numbers in a set of numbers and dividing their sum by the number of addends; sometimes referred to as the average

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median

Definition

 

 

the middle number in a set of numbers arranged in order from least to greatest.

If the set contains an even number of numbers, the median is the mean of the 2 middle numbers

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mode

Definition

 

 

the number that occurs most often

 in a set of numbers

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range

Definition

 

 

the difference between the greatest and least numbers in a set of numbers

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