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Drive-Through Deceit - Math Vocabulary

Field Agents will use vocabulary words in almost all of their advice. To see a definition, students simply need to click an underlined word.

Average (mean)
The sum of all the items in a set of data, divided by the number of items in the set

Box-and-Whisker Plot
A visual display of statistical information, including the median, highest and lowest points, and quartiles of data

Decimal
A number system that uses base ten, dividing whole numbers and parts of a number using a decimal point

Estimate
The process of finding an approximate answer to a problem

Formula
An equation that states a rule or a fact about a relationship

Graph
A drawing or diagram that shows information

Line Graph
A way of visually representing information, usually plotted using points on a grid with an X- and Y-axis

Percent
A part of 100; an alternate way to express decimals or fractions

Pie chart (circle graph)
A visual display, showing parts of the whole as sections of a circle

Population
In statistics, the entire group being considered from which a sample is drawn

Negative numbers
Numbers that are less than zero

Sum
The total that results when you add

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