Unit 4/5 Vocabulary: Similarity/Data Representation

of equal measure, having exactly the same size and same shape

• congruent

• similar shape

• proportion

• positive rational number

a number that’s numerator and denominator are both positive

• congruent

• similar shape

• proportion

• positive rational number

shapes whose angles are congruent and side lengths are proportional

• congruent

• similar shape

• proportion

• positive rational number

a collection of equivalent ratios, related to each other by a constant of proportionality

• congruent

• similar shape

• proportion

• positive rational number

information that is collected about people, events, or objects

• congruent

• data

• proportion

• positive rational number

a graph organizing data using solid bars that do not touch each other and a scaled axis to show the frequency that each category occurs

• bar graph

• Box plot (box and whisker plot)

• Circle Graph

• Dot Plot

a graph showing the five-number summary of data (minimum, lower quartile, median, upper quartile, maximum)

• bar graph

• Box plot (box and whisker plot)

• Circle Graph

• Dot Plot

a circular graph with partitions that represent a part of a total

• bar graph

• Box plot (box and whisker plot)

• Circle Graph

• Dot Plot

a graph that organizes small sets of data that uses dots (or Xs) to show the frequency that each number occurs

• bar graph

• Box plot (box and whisker plot)

• Circle Graph

• Dot Plot

“average” of a set of numbers: found by adding all of the numbers and dividing by how many numbers there are

• mean

• median

• mode

• range