Vocabulary Lessons 0 and 1

The amount of space inside a two-dimensional figure

• area

• product

• expression

• evaluate

To find the value of an expression

• area

• product

• expression

• evaluate

A group of one or more numbers, unknowns, and/or operation symbols that represents a quantity

• area

• product

• expression

• evaluate

The result of multiplication 

• area

• product

• expression

• evaluate

A symbol, such as braces { }, brackets [ ], or parenthesis ( ), used to group parts of an expression that should be evaluated before others

• grouping symbols

• unit fraction

• dimension

• perpendicular

A fraction with a numerator of 1

• grouping symbols

• unit fraction

• dimension

• perpendicular

Meeting to form right angles

• grouping symbols

• unit fraction

• dimension

• perpendicular

Length in one direction

• grouping symbols

• unit fraction

• dimension

• perpendicular

A side of a parallelogram from which the height is measured

• compose

• decompose

• base (of a parallelogram)

• height (of a parallelogram)

A perpendicular distance from a base to the opposite side

• compose

• decompose

• base (of a parallelogram)

• height (of a parallelogram)