Math Vocabulary Review

The numerical average of a data set

• Mode

• Mean

• Range

• Median

The data value that occurs most frequently

• mode

• median

• range

• mean

The middle value of a data set ranked in order

• mean

• mode

• range

• median

the measure of the distance around a figure

• range

• perimeter

• volume

• divisor

a symbol used to represent an unknown quantity

• expression

• variable

• quadrant

• order of operations

compares two quantities

• ratio

• unit rate

• improper fraction

• proper fraction

The distance of a number from zero on a number line; shown by ⎟ ⎟.

• absolute value

• opposites

• integer

• inverse operation

A graph that shows how data are distributed by using the median, quartiles, least value, and greatest value

• line plot

• bar graph

• stem and leaf

• box plot (box & whisker plot)

A visual display in which each piece of data is represented by a dot above a number line.

• dot plot

• box plot

• bar graph

• line graph

A mathematical sentence that shows that two expressions are equivalent.

• equation

• expression

• varaibles

• coefficients