Math Vocabulary A-Z

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Middle School vocabulary words in a PowerPoint presentation. One word for each letter of the alphabet.

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MATHPre-Algebra

A IS FOR ARC An unbroken part of a circle.

B IS FOR BAR GRAPH A graph that uses vertical or horizontal bars

to displace data.

C IS FOR CHORD A segment with its endpoint on a circle.

D IS FOR DECAGON A polygon with ten sides.

E IS FOR EVENT An outcome or set of outcomes of an

experiment or situation.

F IS FOR FACTOR A number that is multiplied by another

number to get a product.

G IS FOR G.C.F The largest common factor of two or more

given numbers.

H IS FOR HEXAGON A bar graph that shows the frequency of data

within equal intervals.

I IS FOR IMAGE A figure resulting from a transformation.

J IS FOR JUMP POINT A starting number in a mathematical starting

sequence.

K IS FOR KILOGRAM

A metric unit for weight && it means 1,000 grams.

L IS FOR LATERAL FACE In a prism or a pyramid, a face that is not

base.

M IS FOR MAJOR ARC An arc that is more than half of a circle.

N IS FOR NET An arrangement of two-dimensional figures

that can be folded to form a polyhedron.

O IS FOR ODD NUMBER A whole number that is not divisible by two.

P IS FOR PENTAGON A five-sided polygon.

Q IS FOR QUARTERLY Four times a year.

R IS FOR RATE A ratio that compares two quantities

measured in different units.

S IS FOR SCALE The ratio between two sets of

measurements.

T IS FOR TERM (IN A SEQUENCE) An element or number in a sequence.

U IS FOR UNIT RATE The process of changing one unit of measure

to another.

V IS FOR VERTEX On an angle or polygon, the point where two

sides intersect; on a polyhedron, the intersection of three or more faces; on a cone or pyramid, the top point.

W IS FOR WHOLE NUMBERS The set of numbers that includes zero and all

of the natural numbers.

X IS FOR X-AXIS The horizontal axis on a coordinate plane.

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Y IS FOR Y-AXIS The vertical axis on a coordinate plane.

Z IS FOR ZERO PAIR A number and its opposite, which add to 0.