Mathematical Academic Vocabulary

A __________ is a diagram that is used to show relationships between sets.

• Venn diagram

• inequality

• experimental probability

• proportion

Define constant rate of change.

• a value that does not change.

• a mathematical sentence that shows that two expressions are equivalent.

• the distance around a circle.

• figures with the same shape but not necessarily the same size are similar.

A __________ is a comparison of two quantities by division.

• circumference

• sample space

• ratio

• solution set

Define equation.

• a mathematical sentence that shows the relationship between quantities that are not equivalent.

• a diagram that is used to show relationships between sets.

• figures with the same shape but not necessarily the same size are similar.

• a mathematical sentence that shows that two expressions are equivalent.

A __________ is all possible outcomes of an experiment.

• scale drawing

• sample space

• similar shape

• solution set

An __________ is the ratio of the number of times an event occurs to the total number of trials, or times that the activity is performed.

• experimental probability

• theoretical

• compound events

• simple events

Define inequality.

• a value that does not change.

• a mathematical sentence that shows the relationship between quantities that are not equivalent.

• figures with the same shape but not necessarily the same size are similar.

• a value that does not change.

A __________ is the set of values that make a statement true.

• equation

• proportion

• solution set

• Venn diagram

A __________ is an equation that states that two ratios are equivalent.

• sample space

• radius

• natural number

• proportion

Define circumference.

• the distance from the outer edge of the circle to the center in a straight line.

• a drawing that uses a scale to make an object smaller than or larger than the real object

• the distance around a circle.

• the distance from one side of the circle, through the center, to the other side in a straight line.