Math Vocabulary Flashcard

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What are Equivalent Ratios?

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Ratios that express the same comparison.

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What does the term 'Compare' mean in mathematics?

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To describe the relationship between the value or size of two numbers or quantities.

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What is a Ratio?

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A way of comparing quantities. Can compare part to part or part to whole. Uses language like 'for every' or 'for each'.

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What is a Numerator?

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The number above the line in a fraction that tells the number of equal parts that are being described.

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What is a Unit Rate?

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The numerical part of a rate. For the ratio a:b, the unit rate is the quotient of a/b.

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What is a Fraction?

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A number that names equal parts of a whole. A fraction names a point on the number line and can also represent the division of two numbers.

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What does 'Rate' mean in mathematics?

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A ratio that compares two different kinds of quantities.

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What is a Proportion?

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An equation that states that two ratios are equal.

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What is a Denominator?

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The number below the line in a fraction that tells the number of equal parts in the whole.

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What does 'Simplifying a Fraction' mean?

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Reducing a fraction to its simplest form by dividing the numerator and denominator by their greatest common factor.