ORDERED PAIR in the coordinate plane, (x, y)
ORIGIN in the coordinate plane, the point (0, 0)
OUTLIER in statistics, a number that is unusual or deviates strongly from a given list Example:
10,000 is the outlier in the list 10, 20, 30, 10,000.
PARABOLA a graph of a quadratic equation, as shown in the graph below
PARALLEL LINES lines that never intersect
PARALLELOGRAM A four-sided figure whose
- opposite sides are parallel and equal
- opposite angles are equal
- adjacent angles are supplementary (add up to 180 degrees) • area = base × height =
bh - height is the perpendicular distance from the base to the opposite side
PER in word problems, the word that means “divided by”