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A

absolute value acceptance region acute adjacent alternate angles alternative hypothesis amplitude angle of elevation arc arccos arcsin arctan argand diagram argument arithmetic mean arithmetic progression arrowhead associative asymptote axis axes

B

bearing bias binomial distribution binomial expansion bisector bivariate distribution box and whisker plot

C

calculus Cartesian coordinates central limit theorem centre of gravity chain rule chi-squared test chord circle circular circular measure circumcircle circumference coefficient collinear commutative completing the square complex number concave concentric cone confidence interval congruent conic conjugate consecutive constant convex coordinate correlation corresponding angles cosecant cosine cosine rule cotangent counter example critical region cube cube number cube root cubic cuboid cumulative frequency graph curved cyclic quadrilateral cylinder

D

definite integral degrees of freedom denominator derivative descriptive statistics diagonal line diameter dice differential equation differentiation discontinuity discriminant dot product double angle formulae

E

edge ellipse enlargement equidistant equilateral equation even function expectation exponent exponential function exterior angle extrapolation

F

factorisation face factor factor theorem factorial fraction frequency function

G

geometric progression goodness of fit gradient graph greater than

H

heptagon hexagon hexagonal highest common factor horizontal histogram hypothesis

I

identical imaginary number implicit equation incentre incircle independent events inferential statistics integer integration intercept interior angle interquartile range intersection irrational irregular isosceles

K

L

less than linear local maximum local minimum locus logarithm lowest common multiple

M

measure of dispersion measure of location mean median midpoint mode modulus mutually exclusive events

N

net natural numbers normal null hypothesis numerator

O

oblong obtuse octagon octagonal odd function origin outlier

P

parallel parallelogram parametric equations pentagon pentagonal periodic perpendicular pie chart plot point of inflexion Poisson distribution polygon polynomial prime number prism product pyramid Pythagoras' theorem

Q

quadrant quadratic quadrilateral quota sampling quotient rule

R

radian radius random sampling range rationalise reciprocal rectangle rectangular reflection reflex regression regular remainder theorem rhombus right angle rotation rule

S

sample sampling distribution sampling frame sampling unit scale factor scalene secant sector segment semi-circle side similar sine sine rule skewness slope solution solve sphere square square number square root star standard deviation standard error standard form stratified sampling statistical experiment statistical model stem and leaf diagram straight surd systematic sampling

T

tangent tetrahedron triangle triangular triangle number transformation translation trapezium trapezium rule trigonometry turning point

V

variable variance vector vertex vertices vertical vertically opposite angles

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