SAT Power Vocab - Princeton Review

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MAXIMUM the highest point, or greatest y-value, on a graph of a function MEAN also known as
the average, the sum of a list of numbers divided by the quantity of numbers in the list


Example: The mean of 10 and 20 is 15, since


MEDIAN the middle number in a list of numbers arranged in ascending order, or the average of
the two numbers in the middle of the list Example: The median of 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 is 3.


MODE the most frequently occurring number in a list Example: The mode of 2, 2, 3, 4 is 2.


MINIMUM the lowest point, or smallest y-value, on a graph of a function MULTIPLE the
product of an integer and another integer


Example:    The multiples   of  10  are 10, 20, 30, 40, etc.

Multiples   can also    be  negative    (e.g.,  −10,    −20,    −30,    −40)    unless  otherwise   noted.

NEGATIVE a number less than 0


ODD a number not divisible by 2


OF in word problems, the word that translates to “multiplied by”


Example:    What    is      of  60?

× 60 = 40
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