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Basic math glossary-SBasic math glossary-S define words beginning with the letter S Sale price: Price paid for an item after the price is reduced. Sales tax: Tax paid when bying an item. Scale: The ratio of the actual size to the size on a map. Scale drawing: Shrinking or enlarging the actual size of an object. Scalene triangle: A triangle with no equal sides. Scattergram: Also known as scatter plot, it is the set of points plotted on a coordinate system whose coordinates represent the values of two variables. Scientific notation: A number between one and 10 multiplied by a power of ten Secant of a circle: A line that intersects a circle in exactly two points Sector: A part of a circle bounded by two radii. Segment: A line with a beginning point and an endpoint. Simplest form: A fraction in which the numerator and the denominator have been reduced until there is no common factor bigger than one between them. Simplify: To express in simplest form. Skew lines: Lines in space that are not on the same plane (or are not coplanar) and never meet. Sphere: A solid figure that has a curved surface like a soccer ball in which all points on the surface are at the same distance from the center. Examples of sphere are the earth, a soccer ball, a ping pong ball, etc... Sprocket: A wheel that has teeth and pulling a chain. Square: A rectangle with 4 equal sides. Square unit: A measure of area. Straight angle: An angle that measures 180 degrees. A straight angle looks like a straight line Subtraction: The arithmetic operation of taking away an amount from another to get the difference. Sum: The answer to an addition problem.
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