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8th Grade Mathematics - Important Vocabulary Wor ...

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    Important Vocabulary Words
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  • A number’s distance from zero.
    Absolute Value
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  • An angle whose measure is greater than 0 and less than 90 degrees.
    Acute Angle
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  • A circular movement opposite to the direction of the movement of the hands of a clock.
    Counterclockwise
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  • The variable in a function representing the elements of the range; the output values.
    Dependent Variable
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  • For real variables x and y, y varies directly with x if y = Kx for a constant K, K ≠ 0. K is called the constant of proportionality.
    Direct Variation
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  • The set of input values in a function.
    Domain
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  • A math sentence using the equal sign to state that two expressions represent the same number.
    Equation
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  • In a triangle it is the segment from a vertex perpendicular to the selected base.
    Height
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  • The side opposite the right angle in a right triangle.
    Hypotenuse
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  • The variable in a function representing the elements of the domain; the input values.
    Independent Variable
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  • The values of the domain of a function.
    Input Values
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  • For real variables x and y, y varies inversely with x if yx = K and K is a non-zero constant.
    Inverse Variation
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  • A decimal number that neither repeats nor terminates. A number that can not be expressed as an integer divided by an integer.
    Irrational Number
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  • Algebraic terms that contain the same variables and for each variable the power is the same.
    Like Terms
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  • An angle whose measure is greater than 90 and less than 180 degrees.
    Obtuse Angle
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  • A triangle that has one obtuse angle.
    Obtuse Triangle
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