Week 2 - Trade Terms

· Acute angle - is an angle smaller than a right angle. (0-90)

· Adjacent angles - Two angles are Adjacent when they have a common side and a common vertex (corner point) and don't overlap.

· Angle - formed by two lines or rays diverging from a common point (the vertex).

· Area - is a measure of how much space there is on a flat surface.

· Base - or radix is the number of different digits or combination of digits and letters that a system of counting uses to represent numbers.

· Bisect - means to divide into two equal parts.

· Circle - s the locus of all points equidistant from a central point.

· Circumference - The distance around the edge of a circle , perimeter.

· Cube - a symmetrical three-dimensional shape, either solid or hollow, contained by six equal squares.

· Decimal - decimal point is used to separate the ones place from the tenths place in decimals.

· Degree - are a unit of angle measure.

· Denominator - the number below the line in a common fraction; a divisor.

· Diagonal - A line segment that goes from one corner to another, but is not an edge.

· Diameter - of a circle is any straight line segment that passes through the center of the circle and whose endpoints lie on the circle.

· Difference - The result of subtracting one number from another.

· Digit - is a symbol used to write the numbers. (Numbers).

· Dividend - is the value or the amount which we need to divide. Upper part of fraction.

· Divisor - number by which another number is to be divided.

· Equation - a statement that the values of two mathematical expressions are equal (indicated by the sign =).

· Equilateral triangle - is a triangle in which all three sides are equal. (60 degrees).

· Equivalent fractions - can be defined as fractions with different numerators and denominators that represent the same value or proportion of the whole.

· Force - is an interaction that causes an affected object to be pushed or pulled in a certain direction.

· Formula - is a fact or a rule written with mathematical symbols.

· Fraction - tells us how many parts of a whole we have.

· Improper fraction - A fraction where the numerator (the top number) is greater than or equal to the denominator (the bottom number). “Top heavy”.

· Invert – reverse in order.

· Isosceles triangle - is a triangle that has two sides of equal length.

· Joist – parallel lines for support.

· Loadbearing - is the number of degrees in the angle measured in a clockwise direction from the north line to the line joining the center of the compass with the point.

· Mass – density, how much something weighs.

· Mixed number - A whole number and a fraction combined into one "mixed" number.

· Negative numbers - is a real number that is less than zero.

· Obtuse angle - is more than 90° but less than 180° In other words, it is between a right angle and a straight angle.

· Opposite angles - angles that are opposite each other when two lines cross, are also known as vertical angles because the two angles share the same corner.

· Perimeter - The distance around a two-dimensional shape.

· Pi - is a number - approximately 3.142. It is the circumference of any circle divided by its diameter.

· Place value - as the value represented by a digit in a number on the basis of its position in the number.

· Plane - is a flat, two-dimensional surface that extends infinitely far.

· Positive numbers - are numbers that are greater than zero.

· Product - The answer when two or more values are multiplied together.

· Quotient - a result obtained by dividing one quantity by another.

· Radius - The distance from the center to the circumference of a circle.

· Rectangle - A 4-sided flat shape with straight sides where all interior angles are right angles (90°).

· Remainder - is what's left over in a division problem.

· Right angle - an angle of 90°, as in a corner of a square or at the intersection of two perpendicular straight lines.

· Right triangle - a triangle with a right angle.

· Scalene triangle - is a triangle that has three unequal sides.

· Solid geometry - is the geometry of three-dimensional space.

· Square - a plane figure with four equal straight sides and four right angles.

· Straight angle - an angle of 180°.

· Sum - the result or answer we get on adding two or more numbers or terms.

· Triangle - is a polygon with three edges and three vertices.

· Unit – ones place numbers.

· Vertex - The common endpoint of two or more rays or line segments.

· Volume - the 3-dimensional space enclosed by a boundary or occupied by an object.

· Whole numbers - Any of the numbers 0, 1, 2, 3, ... etc. There is no fractional or decimal.