D771-Quantitative Literacy
Ratio - answer Relates two amounts
Unit - answer relates a value to a specific quantity of a thing
Rate - answer a word used for a ratio that relates values with different units
Example: when a school compares the number of students to the number of classrooms
Growth Models - answer measures population growth around us
Example:
the growth of deer in PA
Slope - answer indicates how much the line goes up by whatever units are being
measured
Constant - answer A value that does not change
Coefficient - answer A number multiplied by a variable in an algebraic expression.
Variable - answerA factor that can change
Operator - answera mathematical sign to tell someone what type of mathematical
operation will be completed
Y-Intercept - answerWhere the line crosses the Y axis
Exponent - answera number that tells you how many times a base number is being
multiplied
Percent - answera function involving hundredths
Calculate the total percent - answerPart = Percent x Total
Markups or Sales tax - answerMarkup = percent markup x cost
Calculating the cost from the percent markup and retail price - answerretail price = cost
x (1+ percent markup)
Debt - answermoney owed by a borrower to a lender
Ratio - answer Relates two amounts
Unit - answer relates a value to a specific quantity of a thing
Rate - answer a word used for a ratio that relates values with different units
Example: when a school compares the number of students to the number of classrooms
Growth Models - answer measures population growth around us
Example:
the growth of deer in PA
Slope - answer indicates how much the line goes up by whatever units are being
measured
Constant - answer A value that does not change
Coefficient - answer A number multiplied by a variable in an algebraic expression.
Variable - answerA factor that can change
Operator - answera mathematical sign to tell someone what type of mathematical
operation will be completed
Y-Intercept - answerWhere the line crosses the Y axis
Exponent - answera number that tells you how many times a base number is being
multiplied
Percent - answera function involving hundredths
Calculate the total percent - answerPart = Percent x Total
Markups or Sales tax - answerMarkup = percent markup x cost
Calculating the cost from the percent markup and retail price - answerretail price = cost
x (1+ percent markup)
Debt - answermoney owed by a borrower to a lender
