Transcript ACHS ACT Math Words-Week 2 - Mr. Ellis' Comprehensive

ACHS ACT Math WordsWeek 2
Adjacent- Next to, adjoining.
Bisect—To cut or divide into two equal parts.
Difference—The answer to a subtraction
problem.
Evaluate—To calculate the numerical value.
Integer—The set of whole numbers and their
opposites. ( . . .5, 4, 3, 2, 1, 0, -1, -2, -3, -4, . . .)
Perpendicular -Intersecting to form a right
angle.
Prime Number-A number with only two factors
one and itself. (2, 3, 5, 7, 11, . . . )
Principal—Amount of money on which interest is
paid or charged.
Supplementary Angles- A. pair of angles whose
sum is 180°.
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Adjacent
Adjacent angle: next to, joined next to
Angle A is adjacent to side B.
Aurora is a suburb adjacent to Denver.
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bisect
Draw a line that Bisects the angle.
A line that bisects an angle is called a bisector
The apple has been bisected by the knife
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difference
Difference-The answer to a
subtraction problem.
The difference of 3 - 2 is 1
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Evaluate
Evaluate-To calculate the numerical value.
Evaluate is another way to say “solve the
problem”
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Integer
Integer-The set of whole numbers and their
opposites. ( . . .5, 4, 3, 2, 1, 0, -1, -2, -3, -4, . . .)
integers
not integers
An integer is a whole number-- a number that
is not a fraction or has a decimal value
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Perpendicular
Perpendicular-Intersecting to form a right
angle.
The matchsticks are perpendicular to each
other because they form a right angle
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Prime number
Prime Number-A number with only two factors
one and itself. (2, 3, 5, 7, 11, . . . )
If you can obtain a number by multiplying more
than 1 pair of numbers, it is not a prime number
Since the only 2 numbers you can multiply to
get 11 are 1 and 11, it is a prime number
Since 6 has more than 2 number you
can multiply; it is not a prime number
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principal
Principal-Amount of money on which interest is
paid or charged.
If you take out a $1,000 loan, $1,000 is the
principal amount.
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Supplementary angles
Supplementary Angles- A. pair of angles whose sum
is 180°.
all the angles of these angle pairs add up to 180°.