Grade 6 Patterns & Equations Math Vocabulary

Performs operations on a number to produce another number.

• input/output machine

• equation

• table

• expression

a two-dimensional surface on which a coordinate system has been set up

• ordered pair

• coordinate grid

• volume

• double bar grap

another name for a coordinate grid

• table

• input/output machine

• Cartesian plane

• coordinate

the point of intersection of the axes on a coordinate grid

• graph

• coordinates

• plot

• origin

a pictorial representation or a diagram that represents data or values in an organized manner

• graphing

• input/output table

• formula

• image

the numbers in an ordered pair that locate a point on the grid

• coordinates

• database

• axis

• plot graph

two numbers that describe a point on a coordinate grid. (1st number tells you how far right from the origin, 2nd number tells you how far to move up from the origin)

• outcome

• ordered pair

• order of operations

• ratio

the origin line running from left to right on a grid

• coordinate

• vertical axis

• horizontal axis

• graph

the origin line running up and down on a grid

• coordinate

• vertical axis

• horizontal axis

• graph

a property that states that numbers can be added in any order without affecting the sum

• commutative propertery of addition

• preservation of equality

• equivalent equation

• associative property