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.
If you get stuck, press "mnemonic" to show an image that should help you remember.
To check if you're right, or remind you if you've forgotten, press the card to flip it.
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.
Irrational number
a number that cannot be written as a fraction. It is a decimal which is never ending
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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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Pi
a number that represents the ratio of a circle's circumference to its diameter; equal to 3.1415926
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Lowest common multiple (LCM)
of a set of numbers is the smallest positive number that every number divides equally into exactly
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Highest common factor (HCF)
of a set of numbers is the highest positive number that divides exactly into every number in the set
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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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