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- quadrant
- The four parts of a grid divided by the axes. Each of these
quadrants have a number designation:
- First quadrant - contains all the points with positive x
and positive y coordinates.
- Second quadrant - contains all the points with negative x
and positive y coordinates.
- Third quadrant - contains all the points with negative x
and negative y coordinates.
- First quadrant - contains all the points with positive x
and negative y coordinates.
- quadratic function
- A function of the form
f(x) = ax2 + bx + c
where a is not equal to zero (in which case the function turns into a
linear function).
- quadrilateral
- A polygon that
has four sides (cfQuadrilateral Discussion).
- quotient
- When performing division, the number of times one value can by multiplied into the other value is the quotient. For example, when dividing 7 by 3, 3 goes in to 7 twice, making 6, and the remainder is 1, so the quotient is 2 (cf What are Remainders Discussion).
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