MATH VOCABULARY

GRADE 8

Prepared by:  Paulette Cefalu-Walkwitz 

 

 

rational number

number line

estimate

operation

scientific notation

positive exponents

integers

grouping symbols

unit/cost rate

proportional reasoning

whole number exponents

variables

linear relationship

exponential relationship

inequalities

multi-step linear equation

verbal representation

x- and y- values

coordinate plane

constant

varying rate

generalization

volume

surface area

prisms

cylinders

density

velocity

international monetary conversion

intuitive sense

volume

capacity

metric unit

midpoint

bisect

bisector

perpendicular bisector

symmetry

similarity

congruence

coordinates

rotation

grid

transformation

dilation

polyhedra

adjacent

alternate interior

complementary

supplementary

scale drawing

Pythagorean theorem

converse

rectangular prism

coordinate plane

box-and-whisker plot

scatterplot

random

tree diagram

permutation

multiple-event probabilities

non-mutually exclusive

linear/arithmetic

exponential/geometric