Saxon Math Vocabulary

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minuend

Back 1

a number from which another number is subtracted

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variable

Back 2

a quantity that can change or assume ifferent values. Also, a letter used to represent an unknown in an expression or equation

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subtrahend

Back 3

a number that is subtracted

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absolute value

Back 4

the distance from the graph of a number 0 on a number line. The symbol for absolute value is a vertical bar on each side of a number of variable

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set

Back 5

a collection of elements, such as numbers, ordered pairs, variables, or polygons denoted with braces { }

Front 6

evaluate

Back 6

to find the value of an expression by substituting numbers in place of variables and calculating the rest

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natural numbers

Back 7

counting numbers. The numbers used to count; the members of the set {1,2,3,4,5,...}