SBAC Math Vocabulary

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Absolute value

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how far a number is from zero

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Analyze

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examining parts to understand how they work together; break down into parts; to examine or to study closely and carefully

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Angle

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a figure formed by two rays with the same endpoint (vertex)

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Approximate

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calculate the value of something based on informed knowledge

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Area

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the amount of surface inside a closed shape measured in square units; the number of square units that cover a two-dimensional region, without any gaps or overlaps

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Circumference

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the distance around a circle; the perimeter of a circle

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Coefficient

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the number which is multiplied by one or more variables or powers of variables in the term

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Compare

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to find how things are different or the same

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Compute

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to solve problems that use numbers

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Coordinate

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a pair of numbers used to determine the position of a point on a graph