Freshman Center Vocab Quiz

What is the Order of Operations?

• The process for evaluating expressions.

• A comparison of two quantities using division.

• The answer to a multiplication problem.

• A way to write a number that shows the value of each digit.

What is Capacity?

• The number above the bar in a fraction that tells how many equal parts of the whole are being considered.

• The measure of the amount of space a solid figure occupies.

• The amount a container can hold.

• An expression that contains at least one variable.

What is a Base?

• The measure of the number of unit squares needed to cover a surface without any gaps or overlaps.

• A letter or symbol that stands for an unknown number or numbers.

• The measure of the amount of space a solid figure occupies.

• A number used as a repeated factor.

What does Area mean?

• A number that tells how many times a base is used as a factor.

• The measure of the number of unit squares needed to cover a surface without any gaps or overlaps.

• A value of a variable that makes an equation true.

• The measure of the amount of space a solid figure occupies.

What is an Equation?

• An algebraic or numerical sentence that shows that two quantities are equal.

• A letter or symbol that stands for an unknown number or numbers.

• A number that tells how many times a base is used as a factor.

• An expression that contains at least one variable.

What are Integers?

• A number that tells how many times a base is used as a factor.

• A number that has exactly two factors, one and itself.

• The set of whole numbers and their opposites.

• A mathematical phrase that has numbers and operation signs but no equal sign.

What is a Coefficient?

• A number represented by a whole number and a fraction.

• A number that is placed before and is multiplied by the variable.

• A fraction in which 1 is the only number that can divide evenly into the numerator and the denominator.

• A letter or symbol that stands for an unknown number or numbers.

What is a Unit Rate?

• A value of a variable that makes an equation true.

• An algebraic or numerical sentence that shows that two quantities are equal.

• A number that is a factor of two or more numbers.

• A rate in which the second quantity in the comparison is one unit.

What is an Inequality?

• A way to write a number that shows the value of each digit.

• A fraction in which 1 is the only number that can divide evenly into the numerator and the denominator.

• A mathematical sentence that compares two expressions using the symbol <, >, ≤, ≥, or ≠

• A rate in which the second quantity in the comparison is one unit.

What is a Solution of an Equation?

• A number used as a repeated factor.

• A value of a variable that makes an equation true.

• An algebraic or numerical sentence that shows that two quantities are equal.

• A letter or symbol that stands for an unknown number or numbers.