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Category Archives: S
Similar
Synonyms: Similarity
Two shapes are said to be similar if they are enlargements of one another.
Exmaple: A and B are similar shapes.

🔑Key Similar Topics: Similar Shapes: Finding Sides, Similar Shapes: Area, Similar Shapes: Volume
👀Also Look up: Enlarge, Scale Factor
Scale Factor
Abbreviation: S.F. (Not to be confused with s.f. for significant figure)
The number a which a shape’s sides are multiplied by in an enlargement.
Example: The scale factor from A to B is 2.

🔑Key Scale Factor Topics: Enlargement, Similar Shapes
👀Also Look up: Enlarge, Similar
Scatter Graph
Synonyms: Scatter Diagram, Scatter Plot
A graph which shows two variables for a set of objects. Used to spot relationships, or correlation, between the two sets of data.
Example:

🔑Key 2D Topics: Scatter Graphs
👀Also Look Up: Line of Best Fit, Data, Correlation, Extrapolate
Steady Speed
Synonyms: Constant Speed
The same speed; not getting faster or slower.
Example: Fred travels a a steady speed for 5 minutes.

🔑Key Topics: Speed, Distance and Time
👀Also Look up: Average Speed, Compound Measure
Stationary
Not moving, standing still.
Example: The car was stationary for 30 seconds.

🔑Key Topics: Speed, Distance and Time
👀Also Look up: Steady Speed, Compound Measure
Sequence
A list of numbers that go up, or down in a pattern.
Example: 2, 10, 18, 26, …
🔑Key Sequence Topics: Describing Rules, Missing Terms, Fibonacci, nth Term, Patterns
👀Also Look up: Ascending, Descending, Term, nth Term
Sketch
A diagram that is not accurate but contains the key information.
Show that
Use words, numbers or algebra to show how you go from the question to the answer they have given. You may not use their answer in your calculations.
Segment
The section made by drawing a chord in a circle.
Example:

🔑 Key Segment Topics: Parts of a Circle, Circle Theorems, Area of a Segment
👀Also Look Up: Chord, Circle, Diameter