Saxon Math 8/7 Glossary
The distance from the graph of a number to the number 0 on a number line. The symbol for absolute value is a vertical bar on each side of a numeral or variable, e.g.,|-x|.
absolute value
An angle whose measure is between 0 degree and 90 degree.
acute angle
One of two or more numbers that are added to find a sum.
addend
The number 0. See also identity property of addition.
additive identity
Two angles that have common side and a common vertex. The angles lie on opposite sides of their common side.
adjacent angles
In a polygon, two sides that intersect to form a vertex.
adjacent sides
The combining of positive numbers and negative numbers to form a sum.
algebraic addition