Math Vocabulary Set #4- The Number System

The distance a number is from zero on a number line.

• origin

• opposites

• absolute value

• quadrant

A plane formed by a horizontal number line, called the x-axis, that intersects a vertical number line called the y-axis.

• ratio

• coordinate plane

• quadrant

• origin

The point where the x-axis and y-axis of a coordinate plane intersect (0,0)

• quadrant

• coordinate plane

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• origin

One of four sections of the coordinate plane created by the x-axis and y-axis.

• origin

• quadrant

• coordinate plane

• y-coordinate

A number that can be expressed as a ratio a/b, where a and b are integers and b doesn't = 0.

• irrational number

• integer

• rational number

• base

The horizontal number line of a coordinate plane.

• y-axis

• x-axis

• x-coordinate

• y-coordinate

The first number in an ordered pair, which tells how many units to move along the x-axis.

• x-coordinate

• x-axis

• y-coordinate

• y-axis

The vertical number line of a coordinate plane.

• y-coordinate

• x-axis

• x-coordinate

• y-axis

The second number in an ordered pair, which tells how many units to move along the y-axis.

• y-coordinate

• x-coordinate

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• quadrant

A pair of numbers describing the location of a point on the coordinate plane.

• quadrant

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• ordered pair

• absolute value