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This is just a vocabulary list. For definitions and examples please talk with your child’s
ELL and Bilingual Tutoring teacher or go to : http://connectedmath.msu.edu/parents/ss/glossary/
Required English
Proficiency Assessments Absolute value
Schools with ELL Abundant number
Programs Acute angle
Adult ESL Classes at Additive inverse
Stone School Algorithm
Resources for Parents Angle
Angle sum
Resources for Teachers
Area
AAPS Rights and Area model
Responsibilities
Associative property
Elementary Math Attribute
Vocabulary
Bar graph (bar chart)
Middle School Math Base – two meanings in math ( )
Vocabulary
Base plan
AAPS Homepage Base ten number system 10
Basic design element
Benchmark
Binomial probability
Box-and-whisker plot ( or box plot) “Please learn in English”
Building mat
Central angle
Certain outcome
Chance
Change
Chord
Circle
Circumference
Coefficient
Common factor
Common multiple
Commutative property
Complementary angles
Composite number
Compound growth
Cone
Congruent figures
Conjecture
Constant term – two definitions ,
Coordinate graph – two definitions
Coordinate pair

Corresponding
Counting tree
Counts
Cube , , 6
Customary system
Customary system
Cylinder ,
Data
Decay factor 10
Decimal
Deficient number
Degree
Denominator
Dependent variable
Diagonal
Diameter
Dimensions ,
Distribution
Distributive property
Dividend ,
Divisor – two definitions ,
Edge
Equally likely ,
Equation, formula
Equilateral triangle
Equivalent expressions
Equivalent fractions
Equivalent ratios
Even number
Event
Expanded form
Expected value (or long-term value)
Experimental probability
Exponent
Exponential decay
Exponential form
Exponential growth
Exponential relationship
Exterior angle
Face
Fact family
Factor ,
Factored form
Factorization
Factor pair
Fair game
Five-number summary 5
Fraction
Function
Fundamental theorem of arithmetic
Graphs
Greatest common factor
Growth factor
Growth rate
Height
Histogram ,
Hypotenuse ( )
Image
Image
Impossible outcome
Improper fraction
Independent variable
Inequality
Integers
Interior angle
Intersecting lines
Inverse operations
Inverse variation
Irrational number
Irregular polygon
Isometric dot paper
Isosceles triangle
Kaleidoscope ,
Law of large numbers
Least common multiple
Legs
Length (linear dimensions covering) ( )
Like terms
Linear dimensions – covering
Linear equation in standard form
Linear function (function)
Linear inequality
Linear relationship
Linear term
Line plot
Line reflection
Line segment
Line of symmetry – two definitions
Lower quartile 4
Mathematical model
Maximal building
Maximum value
Mean – two definitions in math
Measures
Measures of center
Median
Midpoint
Metric system, international system of measurement, SI system ,
Million, billion, trillion ,10 ,1
Minimal building
Minimum value
Mixed number
Mode
Multiple
Multiplicative inverses
Near-perfect number
Negative number
Nested triangles
Net
Network
Number sentence
Number sentence
Numerator
Numerical data
Oblique prism
Obtuse angle
Odd number
Opposites
Order of operations
Ordered value bar graph
Origin
Outcome
Outlier
Parabola
Parallel lines
Parallelogram
Pattern
Pay off
Percent
Perfect number
Perimeter
Perpendicular
Perpendicular lines
Pi (pi)
Point of intersection
Polygon
Population
Positive number
Possible
Powers of ten 10
Prime factorization
Prime number
Prism
Probability
Probable
Proper factors
Properties of equality
Proportion
Pyramid
Pythagorean theorem
Quadrants 4
Quadratic expression
Quadratic relationship
Quadrilateral 4
Quotient ,
Radius
Random events
Random sampling
Range
Rate
Rate table
Ratio
Rational numbers
Ray ( )
Ray ( )
Real numbers
Reciprocal
Rectangle
Rectangular prism
Reflection symmetry
Regular polygon
Relationship
Relatively prime numbers
Repeating decimal
Rep-tile “Please ask your teacher”
Rhombus
Right angle
Right prism
Right triangle
Roots ,
Rotation
Rotation symmetry ( )
Rule
Run
Sample
Sampling distribution
Samples space
Scale, scaling ,
Scale – two different definitions … ,
Scale factor
Scalene triangle
Scatter plot
Scientific notation
Set of building plans
Similar
Simulation
Slope
Sphere
Square
Square number
Square root
Standard form
Stem-and-leaf plot (stem plot) “Please learn in English”
Straight angle
Supplementary angles
Surface area
Survey
Symmetry
System of linear equations 1
System of linear inequalities 1
Systemic sampling
Table – two different definitions
Term
Terminating decimal
Tessellation “Please learn in English”
Theoretical probability
Tiling
Tiling
Transformation
Translation
Translation symmetry
Transversal
Trapezoid
Tree diagram
Trail
Triangular number 3
Unique
Unit cube 3
Unit fraction
Unit rate
Upper quartile 4
Value of an attribute
Value bar graph
Variability of a set of numerical data
Variable
Venn diagram
Vertex
Volume
Voluntary-response sample
Width
X-axis X
X-intercept X
Y-axis Y
Y- intercept Y
Ziggurat

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