Language Lab, Science Faculty, University of Nice - Sophia Antipolis

Test Your Mathematical Definitions

Please read each definition and type the word or group of words that correspond to it.

 

WHAT DO YOU CALL ?

A member of the set of positive whole numbers {1, 2, 3, . . . }, negative whole numbers {−1, −2, −3, . . . }, and zero {0}.

 

An integer that is not divisible by 2 (such as 1, 5, or 9 for instance) ?

 

And an integer that is twice some integer (i.e. a mutiple of 2)

 

The largest integer that divides two or more given positive integers :

 

Two angles that share both a common side and vertex :

 

The probability of an event occurring given that another event also occur :

 

Two events that can't both happen at the same time (in other words, if they have no outcomes in common) are called :

 

A function that satisfies the property that f(x) = f(-x) :

 

A polygon placed inside a circle so that each vertex of the polygon touches the circle :

 

A set with no elements :

 

Two lines that are not in the same plane are:

 

Two sets that have no element in common :

 

The side opposite the right angle in a right triangle :

 

A rule of correspondence established between sets that associates each element of a set with a unique element in the same or another set :

 

Half the difference between the largest and smallest value of a periodic function :

 

The smallest number that contains both b and d as factors :

 

function that satisfies the property that f(-x) = -f(x) :

 

The theorem that tells how to expand the expression (a + b)^n (i.e : the binomial (a + b) raised to the nth power) :

HOW DO YOU READ? (please write in full letters)

12^5
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