Algebra ABC's Book Criteria
*All required words chosen in class have been added to the correct pages in the ABC book.
*Each word is defined correctly. A resource is used to either find or confirm the meaning of the word before it is written into the book (page number in math book, or other resource used).
*After each definition, an example is provided.
*All toolbox notes have been included on the page following the “z” page.
6/5/11
parabola
vertex
axis of symmetry
maximum
minimum
x-intercepts
standard form (for a quadratic equation)
quadratic formula
4/14/11
Compound Interest Formula
interest
principal
annual yield
exponential growth
exponential decay
4/5/11
slope
formula for calculating slope
slope-intercept form of a linear equation
standard form of a linear equation
oblique
base
exponent
Product of Powers Property
Power of a Power Property
3/3/11
proportion
means
extremes
Means-Extremes Property
properties of similar figures
ratio of similitude
2/17/11
Algebraic Definition of Division
Rate Model for Division
probability
complements (as related to probabilities)
relative frequency
2/2/11
linear equation
equation for a vertical line
equation for a horizontal line
slope
y-intercept
equivalent formulas (5-7)
chunking (5-9)
12/09/10
simplify
range
cell (as it relates to a spreadsheet)
formula
supplement
complement
Algebraic Definition of Subtraction
opposite
Triangle Sum Theorem
The Triangle Inequality
11/17/10 - 12/08/10
translation
preimage
image
10/28/10 - 11/16/10
factorial
permutation
permutation theorem
additive identity property
property of opposites
opposites of opposites
addition property of equality
plane
axes
origin
10/6/10 - 10/27/10
reciprocal (a.k.a. multiplicative inverse)
multiplication property of zero
multiplication property of one
reciprocal rate
coefficient
9/22/10 - 10/5/10
evaluate
algebraic expression
numerical expression
formula
radical
pattern
instance
counterexample
theorem
9/16/10 - 9/21/10
domain
set
interval
element
real number
rational number
irrational number
end point
solution set
intersection
union
empty set (a.k.a. null set)
9/9/10 - 9/15/10
variable
inequality
equation
expression
solution
sentence
open sentence
absolute value