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Math Vocabulary 2

Total questions: 45

Worksheet time: 56mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is the reason that absolute value is always written as a positive?

a)

Absolute value is talking about numbers so it must be positive.

b)

Absolute value does not always have to be positive.

c)

Absolute value is like a clock it has only positive numbers.

d)

Absolute value is talking about the distance from zero, distance is always measured by positive numbers.

2.
What's another way to define absolute value?
a)
The value of a number
b)
The opposite of a number
c)
The distance of a number from zero
d)
The multiplicative inverse of a number
3.
the distance a number is from zero on a number line
a)
inequality
b)
absolute value
c)
negative number
d)
positive number
4.
How many quadrants are in a coordinate plane?
a)
1
b)
2
c)
3
d)
4
5.
When plotting points in a coordinate plane, which directions should you go first? 
a)
left or right
b)
up or down
c)
left
d)
up
6.

What is a plane containing two perpendicular axes intersecting at a point?

a)

Vertex

b)

Aero Plane

c)

Coordinate Plane

d)

Ordered Plane

7.

Which quadrant contains the point named by (2, 4)?

a)

Quadrant I

b)

Quadrant II

c)

Quadrant III

d)

Quadrant IV

8.

In which quadrant is the following point?

(-3, 8)

a)

Quadrant I

b)

Quadrant II

c)

Quadrant III

d)

Quadrant IV

9.

What error did the student make when plotting the point (3, 4) according to the picture?

a)

The student moved left along the x-axis when he should have moved right

b)

The student plotted the y-coordinate in place of the x-coordinate

c)

The student didn't make a mistake

d)

They should have went up 3 first then right 4.

10.

If you were to plot the point (4, -1) what would be the correct method?

a)

Up 4, left 1

b)

Right 4, up 1

c)

Down 4, left 1

d)

Right 4, down 1

11.

Ordered pair (0,0) is also known as the ___.

a)

y-axis

b)

x-axis

c)

origin

d)

home base

12.

In the ordered pair (-4, 5), which number is the y-coordinate?

a)

-4

b)

5

c)

neither

d)

both

13.

In the coordinate points (5, 7) the 5 represents

a)

y

b)

origin

c)

x

d)

absolute value

14.
Which quadrant is the point (-2, -2) in?
a)
Quadrant I
b)
Quadrant II
c)
Quadrant III
d)
Quadrant IV
15.

What is written as an ordered pair of numbers, that are used on coordinate planes and maps?

a)

coordinates

b)

integers

c)

rationals

d)

absolutes

16.

What can be a positive number, negative number, or zero, but not a fraction.

a)

real number

b)

rational number

c)

irrational number

d)

integer

17.

Which is not an integer?

a)

-5

b)

12

c)

0

d)

1/4

18.

Express as an integer: at sea level

a)

0

b)

-0

c)

1

d)

-1

19.

What is the absolute value of -11?

a)

-11

b)

11

c)

0

d)

not enough information

20.

Express an integer: a withdrawal of $20

a)

20

b)

-20

c)

20 degrees

d)

can not be done

21.

Numbers increase as you go left on the number line?

a)

True

b)

False

22.
Is WITHDRAW a positive or negative term? 
a)
negative 
b)
Both
c)
positive 
d)
neither
23.

Alaska is -3 degrees, Iowa is 5 degrees, Idaho is -7 degrees, New York is 9 degrees, and Maine is -1. Which state has the coldest temperature?

a)

Alaska

b)

Iowa

c)

Maine

d)

Idaho

24.

Which situation could the integer -40 represent?

a)

An increase of $40 in a bank account

b)

The temperature on a warm spring day

c)

The drive of 40 miles

d)

A decrease of 40 employees

25.
Owe $20
a)
Positive
b)
Negative
c)
Zero
26.

What is the opposite of -9?

a)

-9

b)

9

c)

0

d)

absolute value

27.

A number that is less than zero and is written with a minus sign in front of it is

a)

positive

b)

negative

c)

irrational

d)

just wrong

28.

Numbers that are the exact same distance away from 0, but on the opposite sides are

a)

coordinates

b)

irrational

c)

rational

d)

opposites

29.

A number that is greater than zero and is written to the right on a number line.

a)

irrational

b)

rational

c)

positive

d)

negative

30.

All integers, fractions, and repeating decimals. Can be made into a fraction.

a)

irrational numbers

b)

rational numbers

c)

positive numbers

d)

negative numbers

31.

The coordinate plane is divided by a horizontal (left/right) number line called what?

a)

y-axis

b)

origin

c)

x-axis

d)

quadrant

32.

The vertical (up/down) number line in the coordinate plane is called what?

a)

y-axis

b)

origin

c)

quadrant

d)

x-axis

33.
The Y axis is _______?
a)
Vertical
b)
Horizontal
c)
criss-cross
d)
diagonal
34.
The X axis is _______?
a)
vertical
b)
diagonal
c)
criss-cross
d)
horizontal
35.

If I want to plot point (-1, 5), I will go down 1 and right 5.

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

36.

In the quadrant III, the X value is always ____, and the Y value is always _____?

a)

positive , negative

b)

negative, negative

c)

negative , positive

d)

positive , positive

37.

In the ordered pair, (3, -4), first I would move ____ then ____.

a)

Left, Down

b)

Left, Up

c)

Right , Up

d)

Right , Down

38.
What is coordinate R?
a)
(2,5)
b)
(0,1)
c)
(2,3)
d)
(1,0)
39.

What is Coordinate X?

a)

(2,5)

b)

(4,4)

c)

(6,6)

d)

(0,1)

40.

Where is point B located?

a)

( 6 , -4 )

b)

( -3 , 3 )

c)

( - 4 , 6 )

d)

( 4 , 6 )

41.

Name the ordered pair for point G.

a)

(3,4)

b)

(5,1)

c)

(1,5)

d)

(4,3)

42.
Where is Point A on the coordinate plane?
a)
(7,4)
b)
(1,3)
c)
(9,3)
d)
(4,7)
43.
How do you write an ordered pair?
a)
(X,X)
b)
(Y,X)
c)
(X,Y)
d)
(Y,Y)
44.

Which situation CANNOT be represented by the integer -10?

a)

10 feet below sea level

b)

a temperature increase of 10°F

c)

a golf score of 10 under par

d)

a bank withdrawal of $10

45.
Deposit $8 dollars
a)
Positive
b)
Negative
c)
Zero