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8th Grade Math STAAR Vocabulary

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    Math Vocabulary
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  • Having the same size and shape
    Congruent
  •  10
  • The initial amount of money borrowed or saved
    Principal
  •  15
  • A transformation of a figure that flips the figure across a line
    Reflection
  •  20
  • The set of whole numbers and their opposites
    Integers
  •  5
  • A line segment that passes through the center of a circle and has endpoints on the circle
    Diameter
  •  25
  • The unit of measure for angles or temperature
    Degree
  •  5
  • Money earned by saving/investing or money charged for borrowing
    Interest
  •  10
  • Shapes that are the same shape but different sizes
    Similar
  •  15
  • The distance of a number from zero on a number line
    Absolute Value
  •  20
  • A three-dimensional figure with 2 congruent polygon bases and all remaining sides are parallelograms
    Prism
  •  25
  • A pair of angles that lie on the same side of the transversal and on the same sides of the other two lines
    Corresponding
  •  25
  • The set of numbers that includes rational and irrational numbers
    Real Numbers
  •  20
  • A transformation that enlarges or reduces a figure
    Dilation
  •  15
  • The number that is in front of the variable in an algebraic expression
    Coefficient
  •  10
  • The original figure in a transformation
    Pre-Image
  •  5
  • Interest earned or paid on the principal and previously earned or paid interest
    Compound
  •  25