Middle School Math Vocabulary Word Wall Cards

1 Middle School mathematics Vocabulary Word Wall Cards Table of Contents (Grades 6-8). Number and Number Sense Percent of Decrease Ratio Square Root Absolute Value Square Root Fraction Multiplication Fraction Division Measurement Fraction Division Ballpark Comparisons Length Percent Ballpark Comparisons Weight/Mass Equivalent Relationships Ballpark Comparisons Volume Exponential Form Ballpark Comparisons Temperature Perfect Squares Perimeter Powers of Ten Area Scientific Notation Pi Natural Numbers Circumference Whole Numbers Area of a Circle Integers Volume of a Prism Rational Numbers Surface Area Irrational Numbers Vertex Real Numbers Face and Base Comparing Integers Pyramid Prism Computation and

2 Cone Estimation Cylinder Order of Operations Volume Changing One Attribute Integer Operations Complementary Angles Integer Operations Supplementary Angles Integer Operations Vertical Angles Proportion Adjacent Angles Scale Factor Similar Figures Unit Rate Similar Figures and Proportions Percent of Increase Virginia Department of Education 2012 Middle School mathematics Vocabulary Cards Geometry Positive Correlation Congruent Figures Negative Correlation Triangles No Correlation Quadrilaterals Quadrilateral Relationships Patterns, Functions and Parallelogram Algebra Rhombus Arithmetic Sequence Rectangle Geometric Sequence Square Additive Identity Property Trapezoid Additive Inverse Property Kite Associative Property Composite Figures Commutative Property Right Triangle Multiplicative Identity Property Pythagorean Theorem Multiplicative Inverse Property Three Dimensional Models Multiplicative Property of Zero Coordinate Plane Distributive Property Rotation Equation Reflection Expression Translation Variable Dilation Coefficient Term Probability and Statistics Constant Probability Inequality Probability of Independent Events Like Terms

3 Probability of Dependent Events Relations Fundamental Counting Principle Functions Tree Diagram Table of Values Mean Domain Median Range Mode Dependent/independent Variable Range Independent Variable Bar Graph Dependent Variable Line Graph Connecting Representations Stem-and-Leaf Plot Multistep Equations Circle Graph Multistep Equations Histogram Unit Rate as Slope Scatterplot Virginia Department of Education 2012 Middle School mathematics Vocabulary Cards Ratio a comparison of any two quantities SET A SET B. to 4 to 3. to all of set A. to 3:5. set B to set A 9 to 7 or 9:7. Virginia Department of Education 2012 Middle School mathematics Vocabulary Cards Page 1.

4 Absolute Value |5| = 5 |-5| = 5. 5 units 5 units -6 -5 -4 -3 -2 -1 0 1 2 3 4 5 6. distance a number is from zero Virginia Department of Education 2012 Middle School mathematics Vocabulary Cards Page 2. Fraction Multiplication How much is of ? 3 x 2 =. 6. 8 3 24. Virginia Department of Education 2012 Middle School mathematics Vocabulary Cards Page 3. Fraction Division How many halves are in three-fourths? one whole half half There are 1 halves in three-fourths. Virginia Department of Education 2012 Middle School mathematics Vocabulary Cards Page 4. Fraction Division How many halves are in three-fourths? three-fourths one-half 1 whole one-half one-half There are 1 halves in three-fourths.

5 Virginia Department of Education 2012 Middle School mathematics Vocabulary Cards Page 5. Percent Per hundred 56% = = = Virginia Department of Education 2012 Middle School mathematics Vocabulary Cards Page 6. Equivalent Relationships Fraction: Decimal: Percent: 40%. Virginia Department of Education 2012 Middle School mathematics Vocabulary Cards Page 7. Exponential Form exponent 3. 2 =2 2 2. base 4. n =n n n n factors Virginia Department of Education 2012 Middle School mathematics Vocabulary Cards Page 8. Perfect Squares 0 =0 2. 0=0. 2. 1 =1 1=1. 2. 2 =2 2=4. 2. 3 =3 3=9. 2. 4 =4 4 = 16. 2. 5 =5 5 = 25. 16 4 4 4. perfect square Virginia Department of Education 2012 Middle School mathematics Vocabulary Cards Page 9.

6 Powers of Ten Meaning Value 104 . 10 10 10 10 10,000. 103 10 10 10 1000. 10 2. 10 10 100. 101 10 10. 0. 10 1 1. 10-1 10 -2. = 10-3 = 10-4 = Virginia Department of Education 2012 Middle School mathematics Vocabulary Cards Page 10. Scientific Notation n a x 10. a = number greater than or equal to 1 and less than 10. n = integer 7. 17,500,000 = x 10. -6. = x 10. Virginia Department of Education 2012 Middle School mathematics Vocabulary Cards Page 11. Natural Numbers The set of numbers 1, 2, 3, 4 . Real Numbers Rational Numbers Rational Numbers Irrational Irrational Numbers Numbers Integers Integers Whole Numbers Whole Numbers Natural Numbers Virginia Department of Education 2012 Middle School mathematics Vocabulary Cards Page 12.

7 Whole Numbers The set of numbers 0, 1, 2, 3, 4 . Real Numbers Rational Numbers Rational Numbers Irrational Irrational Numbers Numbers Integers Integers Whole Numbers Whole Numbers Natural Numbers Virginia Department of Education 2012 Middle School mathematics Vocabulary Cards Page 13. Integers The set of numbers -3, -2, -1, 0, 1, 2, 3 . Real Numbers Rational Numbers Rational Numbers Irrational Irrational Numbers Numbers Integers Integers Whole Numbers Whole Numbers Natural Numbers Virginia Department of Education 2012 Middle School mathematics Vocabulary Cards Page 14. Rational Numbers Real Numbers Rational Numbers Rational Numbers Irrational Irrational Numbers Numbers Integers Integers Whole Numbers Whole Numbers Natural Numbers The set of all numbers that can be written as the ratio of two integers with a non-zero denominator 2 , -5 , , , Virginia Department of Education 2012 Middle School mathematics Vocabulary Cards Page 15.

8 Irrational Numbers Real Numbers Rational Numbers Rational Numbers Irrational Irrational Numbers Numbers Integers Integers Whole Numbers Whole Numbers Natural Numbers The set of all numbers that cannot be expressed as the ratio of integers , , . Virginia Department of Education 2012 Middle School mathematics Vocabulary Cards Page 16. Real Numbers Rational Numbers Rational Numbers Irrational Irrational Numbers Numbers Integers Integers Whole Numbers Whole Numbers Natural Numbers The set of all rational and irrational numbers Virginia Department of Education 2012 Middle School mathematics Vocabulary Cards Page 17. Comparing Integers -6 -5 -4 -3 -2 -1 0 1 2 3 4 5 6.

9 -5 < 1 or 1> -5. -4 > -5 or -5 < -4. Virginia Department of Education 2012 Middle School mathematics Vocabulary Cards Page 18. Order of Operations (). {}. Grouping Symbols []. |abs|. Fraction bar Exponents Multiplication Left to right Division Addition Left to right Subtraction Virginia Department of Education 2012 Middle School mathematics Vocabulary Cards Page 19. Integer Operations Addition -5 + 6 = 1. -6 -5 -4 -3 -2 -1 0 1 2. Subtraction 1 6 = -5. -6 -5 -4 -3 -2 -1 0 1 2. Virginia Department of Education 2012 Middle School mathematics Vocabulary Cards Page 20. Integer Operations Addition -5 + 6 = 1. Subtraction 1 6 = -5.

10 Virginia Department of Education 2012 Middle School mathematics Vocabulary Cards Page 21. Integer Operations Multiplication 3 (-4) = -12. How many tiles are in 3 groups of -4 tiles? Division -12 -4 = 3 How many groups of -4 tiles are in -12 tiles? Virginia Department of Education 2012 Middle School mathematics Vocabulary Cards Page 22. Proportion a c . b d a:b = c:d a is to b as c is to d Virginia Department of Education 2012 Middle School mathematics Vocabulary Cards Page 23. Scale Factor Figures A and B are similar. 2 4. A. B. 1. 2. What is the scale factor from A to B? Scale factor = 2. What is the scale factor from B to A?