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bindex.qxd 11/8/07 11:57 AM Page I1 Index A compensation, 158–59, 261, 291 aesthetics, golden ratio, 285 multiplication, 176–77, 194 AA (angle-angle) similarity decimals, 291, 297 Agnesi, Maria, 733 subtraction, 174–75, property, 754–55, 783 denominators Ahmes Papyrus, 237 192–93 AAS (angle-angle-side) triangle common, 255–57 a is congruent to b mod subtract-from-the-base, 175–76, congruence, 746 unlike, 256–57 multiplication, 925–26 193 abacus, 71, 107, 155, 172–75 exponent properties, 404 algebra, 13–16, 405–11 subtraction, 174–75, 298 absolute value, 354 facts, 111–15, 174, 176 balancing method, 405–6, 408 base five, 192–93 absolute vs. relative in circle for base five subtraction, coefficients, 408 whole-number operations, graphs, 472 192–93 concept of variables, 15 171–83 abstractions of geometric shapes, fractions, 255–59, 260–61 derivation of term, 830 al-Khowarizimi, 107, 830 588–90 identity property geometric problems, 807 alternate exterior angles, 624 abstract representation, 406, 408 fractions, 258 graphing integers on the alternate interior angles, 619–20, abstract thinking, 585, 588–90 integers, 347 coordinate plane, 815 743, 744, 771, 791–92 abundant numbers, 228 rational numbers, 384, Guess and Test strategy with, altitude of a triangle, 773, 779, acre, 669, 670–71 386–87 16 837–38, 839 acute angles, 617, 621 real numbers, 402 and one-to-one correspondence, amicable whole numbers, 228 acute triangle, 620, 621, 630 integer, 345–48, 352, 365–67 48 amoebas, exponential growth of, 87 addends, 110. See also missing- inverse property pan balance, 407 amounts, relative vs.
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