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Measure of central tendency


A measure used to describe data; the mean, median, and mode are measures of central tendency.
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PRINCIPAL


Principal is the amount of money borrowed or invested.
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Rectangular numbers


Rectangular numbers are numbers that represent the total number of dots contained within a rectangular arrangement of dots with the number of columns being one more than the number of rows
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compatible numbers


When estimating, compatible numbers are numbers that are close in value to the actual numbers, and which make it easy to do mental arithmetic.
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estimation


Estimation is a good tool for making a rough calculation.
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Keith number


A Keith Number is an n-digit integer N with the following property: If a Fibonacci-like sequence (in which each term in the sequence is the sum of the n previous terms) is formed, with the first n ter [..]
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Knot


A knot is an embedding of a circle in 3-dimensional Euclidean space.
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label


The horizontal label across the bottom and the vertical label along the side tells us what kinds of facts are listed in a graph.
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lateral faces


Lateral faces are the faces in a prism or pyramid that are not bases.
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leading zero


A leading zero is any zero that leads a number string with a non-zero value.
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