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Fifth Grade Common Core Math Vocabulary

Subjects : common-core, math, 5th-grade
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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  • Match each statement with the correct term.
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This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. Three-dimensional objects that have height - length and width; such as spheres - cylinders - cones - cubes - rectangular prisms and pyramids. - shapes - appearances - or arrangements






2. Anything that stands for or represents something else - Shapes - mathematical and scientific notations - currency signs - and other visual elements you can insert in documents.






3. The explanation or answer for a problem






4. A number in front of a variable






5. A mathematical notation indicating the number of times a quantity is multiplied by itself (base).






6. Operations that undo each other - reversed - opposite operation. Operations that have opposite effects. Subtraction is the inverse operation of addition. Division is the inverse operation of multiplication.






7. The order in which one performs mathematical operations. PEMDAS (Parentheses - Exponents - Multiplication/Division - Addition/Subtraction)






8. The ways that two things are similar -different or otherwise connected. - an association between two or more variables






9. The number that is represented as a one followed by 6 zeros. 1 -000 -000.






10. A mathematical phrase that contains operations - numbers - and/or variables - but doesn't have an equal sign






11. The left over amount when a number cannot be divided equally.






12. The amount of space that something occupies or the amount of space that something contains.






13. The total when numbers are added.






14. All of the parts of something.






15. The plural of vertex - the point where two rays of an angle - two sides of a polygon - or 3 or more edges of a solid figure meet.






16. A number written as a product of its factors.






17. A number less than a whole number; uses place value and a decimal point to show values less than one - such as tenths - hundredths - and thousandths.






18. Having the same value or naming the same amount.






19. The number that occurs most often in a set of data.






20. A comparison of two or more numbers using division.






21. The ratio of a number to 100 (per one hundred). The symbol %.






22. A way of making sure your answer is reasonable - rounding is a commonly used strategy.






23. The ways that two things are similar -different or otherwise connected. - an association between two or more variables






24. A general statement written in numbers - symbols - or words that describes how to determine any term in a pattern or relationship.






25. A whole number that can divide evenly into another number without a remainder.






26. The number you are dividing by.






27. The plural of vertex - the point where two rays of an angle - two sides of a polygon - or 3 or more edges of a solid figure meet.






28. A repeating arrangement of shapes - colors - numbers - etc.






29. The largest number that is a common divisor of a given set of numbers. Ex: GCF of 28 and 36 = 4. The largest number that goes into both 28 and 36 is 4.






30. To find the answer by using arithmetic; to find out by adding - subtracting - multiplying or dividing; to figure out by reason or logic.






31. The ratio of a number to 100 (per one hundred). The symbol %.






32. Evenly spaced units.






33. The number that is represented as a one followed by 12 zeros. 1 -000 -000 -000 -000






34. A mathematical expression which shows that two quantities are not equal.






35. Evenly spaced units.






36. The order in which things happen - The following of one thing after another; succession; orderly series.






37. [ ] - grouping symbols - A pair of symbols used to enclose sections of an expression.






38. The number that is represented as a one followed by 6 zeros. 1 -000 -000.






39. The smallest number that is a common multiple of a given set of numbers. Ex: LCM of 6 and 8 = 24. The smallest number they both divide into is 24.






40. A plane formed by the intersection of a horizontal number line called the x-axis and a vertical number line called the y-axis.






41. A mathematical notation indicating the number of times a quantity is multiplied by itself (base).






42. A number that is subtracted from another number. Example: 9 - 5 = 4 (5 is the '___________.')






43. The number that is represented as a one followed by 9 zeros. 1 -000 -000 -000






44. The middle number in a set of numbers that are listed in order.






45. A math sentence containing only numbers and operational symbols. (ie. 3 + 2 - 5 - 4)






46. To find the value of a numerical or algebraic expression






47. A plane formed by the intersection of a horizontal number line called the x-axis and a vertical number line called the y-axis.






48. The number that is to be divided in a division problem.






49. A part of a whole expressed using a numerator and a denominator.






50. A way of making sure your answer is reasonable - rounding is a commonly used strategy.