Abscissa: x-coordinate. The abscissa of the point (a, b) is a. Absolute value: the distance of a number from zero.

The positive value. Acute angle: a positive angle that measures less than 90 degrees. Additive identity: The number zero is called the additive identity because when you add it i. to a number, N, the result you get is the same number, N. 5. Additive inverse: the additive inverse of a number, N, is the number that when you add it i. to N, the result that you get is zero. The additive inverse of 7 is -7. 1. The additive inverse of -3 is 3. 6. Angle: the union of two rays with a common endpoint. 7. Argument: The independent variable in a function. 8. Axis of symmetry: a line that passes through a figure in such a way that the part of the i. figure on one side of the line is a mirror reflection of the part of the ii. figure on the other side of the line. 9. Between: point B is between points A and C if AB + BC = AC. 10. Binary number system: the number system that uses only 0's and 1's. The places in the binary numbers are .......2n.......25 , 24, 23, 22, 21, 20. 11. Binomial: an algebraic expression that is the sum of two terms. 12. Binomial theorem: the theorem that tells how to expand the expression (a + b)n. 13. Bisect: to cut something in half. 14. Cartesian plane: a plane in which all points can be described in Cartesian coordinates 15. Cartesian coordinates: a system whereby points on a plane are identified by an ordered pair of numbers, representing the distances to two or three perpendicular axes. 16. Center: the point that is the same distance from all the points on a circle. The point that is the same distance from all the points on a sphere. The point inside an ellipse where the major and the minor axes intersect. The center of a circle that can be in a regular polygon. 17. Central angle: an angle that has its vertex at the center of a circle. 18. Circle: the set of points in a plane that are a fixed distance from a given point. 19. Circular functions: same as trigonometric functions. 20. Coefficient: a constant that multiplies a variable. In Ax + By = C, A and B are coefficients of x and y. 21. Collinear: points are collinear if they lie on the same line. 22. Complementary angles: two angles are complementary if their sum is 90 degrees. 23. Complex number: the sum of an imaginary number and a real number written in the form a + bi or r(cos x + isin x). 24. Composite function: a function that consists of two functions arranged in such a way that the output of one function becomes the input of the other function. 25. Composite number: a natural number that is not prime. 26. concentric circles: circles that have the same center and varying radii. 27. Conditional statement: an if - then statement.

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28. Cone: the union of all line segments that connect a point and a closed curve in a different plane from the point. 29. Congruent: shapes or angles are congruent if you could put one on top of the other, and they would look like just one shape. Equal. 30. Constant: In math, things that do not change are called constants. The things that do change are called variables. 31. Convergent series: an infinite series that has a finite sum is called convergent. 32. Convex: a set of points such that for any two points in the set, the line segment that connects them is also in the set. 33. Coordinates: a set of numbers that identifies the location of a point. 34. Coordinate Plane: A plane with a point selected as an origin, some length selected as a unit of distance, and two perpendicular lines that intersect at the origin, with positive and negative direction selected on each line. 35. Correlation: A statistical measure referring to the relationship between two random variables. It is a positive correlation when each variable tends to increase or decrease as the other does, and a negative or inverse correlation if one tends to increase as the other decreases. 36. Correlation coefficient: A numerical value (between +1 and -1) that identifies the strength of the linear relationship between variables. A value of +1 indicates an exact positive relationship, -1 indicates an exact inverse relationship, and 0 indicates no predictable relationship between the variables. 37. Domain: The domain of a function is the set of all possible input values (usually x), which allows the function formula to work. 38. Directed angle: an ordered pair of rays with a common end point, one ray called the initial side of the angle and the other called the terminal side of the angle, together with a rotation from the initial side to the terminal side. 39. Even function: a function that satisfies the property that f(x) = f(-x). 40. Exponential function: a function of the form f(x) = ax, where a is a constant known as the base. 41. Factor: one of two or more expressions that are multiplied together. 42. Factor theorem: If P(x) is a polynomial, then if P(r) = 0, then (x - r) is a factor of P(x). 43. Factorial: the product of all the integers from 1 up to the integer in question. The (!) exclamation point is used to mean factorial. 44. Function: A function f of a variable x is a rule that assigns to each number x in the function's domain a single number f(x). The word "single" in this definition is very important 45. Hyperbola: the set of all points in a plane such that the difference of the distances to two fixed points is a constant. 46. Integers: the set of numbers containing zero, the natural numbers, and all the negatives of the natural numbers. 47. Intercept: the x-intercept of a curve is the point where the curve crosses the x axis, and the y - intercept of a curve is the point where the curve crosses the y axis. 48. Inversely proportional: y is inversely proportional to x if y = k/x.

49. Irrational number: a number that cannot be expressed as the ratio of two integers. 50. Line Graph: A diagram showing a system of connections or interrelations between two or more things by using lines 51. Linear: An equation or graph is linear if the graph of the equation is a straight line 52. Linear function: A function of the form f(x) = mx + b where m and b are some fixed numbers. The names "m" and "b" are traditional. Functions of this kind are called "linear" because their graphs are straight lines 53. Logarithm: an exponent which b must have to produce y. In either equation, b is called the base and must be a positive number, not equal to 1 54. Mathematical model: equation that is used to describe a real world subject. 55. Measure of an angle: determined by the amount of rotation from the initial side to the terminal side. 56. Median: the number in a group of numbers such that there are an equal number of numbers in the set greater than the number as are less than the number. 57. Midpoint: a point, M, on a line segment, AB, such that AM = MC. 58. Monomial: an algebraic expression that does not involve any additions or subtractions. 59. Natural numbers: the counting numbers. 60. Negative angles: generated by clockwise rotation 61. Ordered pair: a set of two numbers in which the order has an agreed upon meaning. Such as the cartesian coordinates (x, y), where it is agreed that the first coordinate represents the horizontal position, and the second coordinate represents the vertical position. 62. Ordinate: the second coordinate of a cartesian ordered pair.origin: the point (0, 0) on a
Cartesian Coordinate System. 63. Origin: In the Cartesian coordinate plane, the origin is the point at which the horizontal and vertical axes intersect, at zero (0,0)

64. Parabola: the set of all points in a plane that are equally distant from a fixed point (called the focus) and a fixed line, (called the directrix). 65. Pi: The designated name for the ratio of the circumference of a circle to its diameter, represented by the symbol 66. Point Slope Form: The equation of a straight line in the form y-y1 = m(x-x1), where m is
the slope of the line and (x1,y1) are the coordinates of a given point on the line in a Cartesian coordinate system. 67. Polynomial: an expression of finite length constructed from variables and constants, using only the operations of addition, subtraction, multiplication, and non-negative integer exponents. 68. Polynomial Long Division: an algorithm for dividing a polynomial by another polynomial of the same or lower degree, a generalised version of the familiar arithmetic technique called long division.

69. Positive angles: generated by counter clockwise rotation 70. Range: The range is the set of all possible output values (usually y), which result from
using the function formula. 71. Rational Number: can be written as a Ratio of two integers

72. Real numbers: Real numbers can be thought of as all the points falling along the number line in the coordinate plane 73. Reflection: Graph is a kind of transformation that makes the new figure a mirror image of the original figure 74. Relation: any subset of a Cartesian product. 75. Remainder theorem: if a polynomial P(x) is divided by x-c, the quotient is Q(x) and the remainder is R. The relationship among these quantities can be expresses in the following way: P(x) = (x-c) Q(x) + R 76. Series: the sum of a sequence. 77. Set: a well defined group of objects. 78. Slope: steepness of a line 79. Slope Intercept Form: the equation of a straight line in the form y = mx + b where m is
the slope of the line and b is its y-intercept

80. Square Root: of a number, x, is the number that, when multiplied by itself gives the number, x. 81. Subset: A subset of a given set is a collection of things that belong to the original set. For example, A={a,b} could include, a, b, a and b, or the null set (neither) 82. Synthetic Division: method of performing polynomial long division, with less writing and
fewer calculations.

83. Tangent: a line that intersects a circle in one point. 84. Term: a part of a sum in an algebraic expression. 85. Translation: A graph means a shift or movement in its location without changing the shape of the graph 86. Trinomial: a polynomial with exactly three terms. 87. X-axis: At any point on the x-axis, the y-coordinate is zero. 88. x-intercept: The x-coordinate of the point where the line crosses the x-axis 89. Y-axis: At any point on the y-axis, the x-coordinate is zero. 90. y-intercept: The y-coordinate of the point where the line crosses the y-axis