Chapter 10 Medical Mathematics

Computation

The calculation or result from calculation of a math operation such as addition, subtraction, multiplication, or division

Operands

The combination of variables or numbers.

probability

The possibility, likelihood, or chance that something will happen

Prime

Whole number greater than one that can be divided evenly only by one or itself

statistics

application of mathematics to describing and analyzing data

Ratio

A proportional relationship between two different numbers that is often expressed as a fraction "x/y" or colon "x:y"

fraction

A ratio that expresses a part of a whole

Operation

Action or procedure that produces a new value from one or more input values ( called operands)

conversion

Changing from one system of measurement to another.

Composite

whole number greater than the one that can be divided evenly by numbers other than one and itself