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Maths Vocabulary Word Flash Cards

 

Our flash cards are a great way of testing if you've learned the meanings of the words in this section. Look at the words below and see if you can remember what each of them means.

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Go through the whole list to see how many word definitions you can recall. Practise until you're confident you can recall all of them.

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Mean
a type of average found by adding up a list of numbers and dividing by how many numbers are in the list
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Median
the middle value when a list of numbers is put in order from smallest to largest; a type of average
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Mode
the most common value in a list of numbers; a type of average
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Obtuse angle
an angle that measures more than 90° but less than 180°
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Polygon
a two dimensional shape made of three or more straight sides
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Prime number
number greater than 1 that cannot be divided (except by itself and 1)
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Prism
a 3D shape with the same cross section all the way along its length. The shapes that makes up the bases can only be polygons
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Quadratic equation
an equation which contains an X2 term
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Range
the spread of a data set; the difference between the highest and lowest values
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Rational number
a number that can be written as a simple fraction
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Reciprocal
the number another number must be multiplied by to get the answer 1
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Corresponding angle
think letter F
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Alternate angle
think letter Z
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Mutually exclusive
can't happen at the same time
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