STAAR Grade 8 Mathematics: The Language of the Test

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  1. accumulate
    get or gather together
  2. apply
    employ for a particular purpose
  3. approximate
    judge tentatively or form an estimate of
  4. association
    a relation resulting from interaction or dependence
  5. correspond
    be equivalent or parallel, in mathematics
  6. describe
    give a statement representing something
  7. determine
    establish after a calculation, investigation, or experiment
  8. diagram
    a drawing intended to explain how something works
  9. estimate
    an approximate calculation of quantity or degree or worth
  10. figure
    a diagram or picture illustrating textual material
  11. grid
    a pattern of regularly spaced horizontal and vertical lines
  12. measurement
    assigning numbers to phenomena according to a rule
  13. model
    a hypothetical description of a complex entity or process
  14. prediction
    a statement made about the future
  15. relationship
    a state involving dealings between people, parties, or ideas
  16. represent
    express indirectly by an image, form, or model
  17. representation
    a visual or tangible rendering of someone or something
  18. situation
    a condition or position in which you find yourself
  19. solution
    a statement that solves a problem
  20. statement
    the act of affirming or asserting something
  21. vary
    become different in some particular way
Created on Thu Sep 30 16:00:18 EDT 2021 (updated Fri Oct 01 08:02:31 EDT 2021)

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