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22 Cards in this Set
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Angles: |
A figure formed by two rays.
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Apothecary System: |
Mass units that were used by physicians and apothecaries for medical recipes, and also sometimes by scientists.
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` Centigrade: |
Scale of temperature.
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Decimal: |
A linear array of digits that contains a single period, called the decimal point.
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Degrees: |
Any of a series of steps or stages, as in a process or course of action; a point in any scale. |
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Estimating: |
To form an approximate judgment or opinion regarding the worth, amount, size, weight |
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Fahrenheit: |
Temperature scale ,introduced the use of mercury in thermometers.
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Fraction: |
A number usually expressed in the form a/b. |
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Household System: |
The people of a house collectively; a family including its servants.
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Improper Fraction: |
A fraction having the numerator greater than the denominator.
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Math Anxiety: |
The systematic treatment of magnitude, relationships between figures and forms, and relations between quantities expressed symbolically, Distress or uneasiness of mind caused by fear of danger or misfortune. |
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Metric System: |
A decimal system of weights and measures, adopted first in France but now widespread, universally used in science, mandatory for use for all purposes in a large number of countries, and favored for use in most (as in the U.S.).
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Military Time: |
A means of representing time sequentially using 24 hours, counting from 0100 (12:01am) to 2400 (12 midnight); also called [universal time] |
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Nomenclature: |
A set or system of names or terms, as those used in a particular science or art, by an individual or community.
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Percentages: |
A rate or proportion per hundred. |
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Proportion: |
Comparative relation between things or magnitudes as to size, quantity, number.
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Ratios: |
The relation between two similar magnitudes with respect to the number of times the first contains the second. |
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Reciprocal: |
Given or felt by each toward the other; mutual. |
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Reference Plane: |
A reference plane is a flat surface that is typically used for drawing 2D sketches in 3D space.
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Roman Numerals: |
One of the numerals in the ancient Roman system of notation, still used for certain limited purposes, as in some pagination, dates on buildings. |
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Rounding Numbers: |
If the number you are rounding is followed by 5, 6, 7, 8, or 9, round the number up.
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Whole Numbers: |
A number having fractional part of zero," making the whole numbers equivalent to the integers.
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