Mathematics Vocabulary Review

A complete set of practice flashcards covering terms, definitions, and formulas from the lecture notes on geometry, algebra, and statistics.

What is bivariate data?

Data or observations represented by two variables.

What is a chord?

A line segment with endpoints on a circle.

What is a cone?

A solid figure that has a circular base and one vertex.

How is correlation defined?

The relationship between two data sets.

What is a cylinder?

A solid figure with two circular bases that are parallel and congruent.

What is the domain?

The collection of all input values ($x$).

What is a hemisphere?

Half of a sphere.

What is the hypotenuse?

The longest side of a right triangle.

What is an irrational number?

A number that CANNOT be written as a fraction consisting of integers.

What is joint frequency?

Each entry in a two-way table.

What is a leg in a right triangle?

Each of the sides that form the right angle of a right triangle.

What is a line of best fit?

A line drawn on a scatter plot to estimate the relationship of the data.

What is a linear relationship?

The relationship between two variables can be represented as a line.

What is marginal frequency?

The sum of the rows and columns of a two-way table.

What is an outlier?

Value that is noticeably greater or less than the expected value.

What is the formula for the Pythagorean Theorem?

The formula $a^2 + b^2 = c^2$.

What is the range of a function?

The collection of all output values ($y$).

What is a rational number?

Any number that can be written as a fraction.

What is a relation?

Any set of ordered pairs.

What is a scatter plot?

A plot that represents bivariate data, specifically ordered pairs on a coordinate grid.

How is scientific notation defined?

A notation created by writing a number as the product of a decimal number multiplied by a power.

What is slope?

A ratio created by rise over run.

What is slope-intercept form?

Writing the equation of a line in the form $y = mx + b$.

What is a sphere?

A solid figure in which every point is the same distance from the center.

What is a terminating decimal?

A decimal that can be written with a finite number of digits.

What is a two-way table?

A table that shows the relationship of two sets of categorical data.