Mathematics

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straight line

A straight line is 180° or half turn in size.

A straight line doesn’t curve.

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bar chart
bar graph
bar line graph
base
base (three dimension)
base (two dimension)
bearing
bias
biased
BIDMAS
bisect
block
block graph
BODMAS
bound
box and whisker diagram
brackets
British Summer Time

face
factor
factorise
fair
Fibonacci sequence
figure
flat
fluid ounce
FOIL
fold (noun)
fold (verb)
foot
form
formal argument
formula
fortnight
fraction
fractional equation
frequency density
frequency diagram
frequency polygon
frequency table
function

gallon
generalise
geo strips
geometrical
geometry
golden ratio
gradient
gram
graph
greater than
greater than or equal to
greatest
Greenwich Mean Time
gross pay
group
grouped data

half
half past
half turn
halve
hemisphere
heptagon
heptagonal
hexagon
hexagonal
highest common factor
hire-purchase
histogram
hollow
horizontal
hour
hundred
hundred square
hundred thousand
hundredth
hypothesis

identical
identity
image
Imperial ton
Imperial unit
impossible
improper fraction
inch
increase
independent events
index notation
inequality
infinite
integer
intercept
interior angle
International Date Line
interpret
interquartile range
intersect
intersection
inverse
inverse operation
inverse proportion
investigate
irrational number
irregular
isometric paper
isosceles triangle

justify

kilogram
kilometre
kite

laws of indices
leap year
least
lending rate
less than
less than or equal to
likely
line
line graph
line of best fit
line of enquiry
line of symmetry
line symmetry
linear
linear equation
litre
location
locus
long division
loss
lowest common multiple

natural number
near double
negative integer
negative number
net
net pay
night
ninth
non-linear
North
North East
North West
notation
nth term
number
number bond
number line
number pattern
number sentence
numbers square
numeral
numerator

object
obtuse angle
octagon
octagonal
octahedron
odd number
open
operation
operator
ordinal number
orientation
origin (of graph)
ounce
outlier

quadrant
quadratic
quadratic equation
quadratic expression
quadratic formula
quadrilateral
qualitative
qualitative data
quantitative data
quarter past
quarter to
quarter turn
quartile
questionnaire
quotient

unbiased
unequal
unequal class interval
unit
unitary ratio
unknown
unlikely
use

valid
variable
velocity
velocity-time graph
Venn diagram
vertex
vertical
vertical line graph
vertically opposite angles
volume
vulgar fraction

week
weekend
West
whole
whole number

x-axis

y = mx + c
y-axis
yard
year

zero