8th grade math vocabulary(amoss)

If the scale factor is 1/2 what happens to an image?

• Nothing

• It gets larger

• It flips

• It decreases in size.

The hypotenuse of a right triangle is always

• larger than the legs

• the same as the legs

• smaller than the legs

• has no relationship with the legs

Which variable represents the "flat fee" of a linear situation?

• m

• x

• b

• y

Which variable in y=mx+b, represents the "rate"?

• m

• b

• x

• y

In y=mx+b, what is the y-intercept?

• m

• b

• x

• y

For any y-intercept, x is always...

• negative

• 2

• 1

• 0

In the translation, x-3, the image....

• moves up

• moves down

• moves right

• moves left

What is a linear function?

• x = 1

• y =1x

• y = x^2

• y = 1/x

What is an example of an x-intercept?

• (0,3)

• (3,0)

• y = x

• y = 0

If the scale factor is less than one, the new figure will be

• an enlargement
• a reduction
• a scale factor
• bigger

Tags

CCSS.8.G.A.3