Glencoe Algebra 1 Chapter 0: Preparing for Algebra

four-step plan : A plan for problem solving consisting of the steps Understand, Plan, Solve, and Check.

defining a variable : choose a variable and decide what it represents

Integers : whole numbers and their opposites

Rational Numbers : Any number that can be expressed as a fraction

real numbers : the set of all rational and irrational numbers

graph : to draw, or plot the points named by certain numbers or ordered pairs on a number line or coordinate plane

Multiplicative Inverse : Two numbers with a product of 1

reciprocal : The multiplicative inverse of a number

diameter of a circle : A line that passes through the center of the circle, connecting any two points

Circumference of a circle : The distance around a circle,

Surface Area : 1. The sum of all the areas of all the faces or surfaces that enclose a solid. 2. The sum of all the areas of all surfaces of a solid.

Sample Space (Probability) : list of all possible outcomes

odds : the ratio of the probability of the success of an event to the probability of its complement