Today we will look (carefully) at the arithmetic words beginning with P and Q
- Parallel Lines lines that never cross, no matter how far they extend; always the same distance apart from each other
- Parallelogram quadrilateral whose opposite sides are parallel and congruent
- Pattern regularly repeated arrangement of letters, numbers, shapes, etc.
- Pentagon polygon with exactly five sides
- Percent ratio that compares a number to 100 using the % symbol
- Percent Pie Graph a circle graph where the sum of the percentages in each section equals 100 percent
- Perimeter distance around a closed figure
- Permutation one of several possible orders for a series of events or items
- Perpendicular Lines intersecting lines that form “square corners” or right angles (90 degrees) where they cross
- Pi (π) the ratio of the circumference of a circle to its diameter; approximately equal to 3.14, or 22/7
- Plane Figure has only length and width; Two-Dimensional or 2D Figure
- post meridiem label for time from noon up to, but not including, midnight
- Polygon plane figure made up of 3 or more straight lines
- Positive Number a number greater than zero
- Prime Factor a factor that is also a prime number
- Prime Number a number that has itself and one as its only factors
- Probability the likelihood that a future event will occur; expressed as a value between 0 and 1, with 0 being impossible and 1 being certain
- Product name of the result obtained by multiplying two or more numbers together
- Property of One any number multiplied by one has itself as the product
- Pythagorean Theorem For any right triangle, the area of a square constructed along the triangle’s longest side (the hypotenuse) is equal to the sum of the area of squares built along the other two sides
- Quadrilateral a polygon with 4 sides
- Quart standard unit of measure for volume; 32 ounces; slightly more than a liter
- Quotient number resulting from a dividend being divided by a divisor; solution to a division problem
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