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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. A number in front of a variable






2. A letter or symbol used to represent a number.






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






4. Items that come after each other in a pattern. Example 2 - 4 - 6 - 8 are consecutive even numbers.






5. The explanation or answer for a problem






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






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






8. The bottom number in a fraction.






9. 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.






10. To explain the meaning of.






11. Items that come after each other in a pattern. Example 2 - 4 - 6 - 8 are consecutive even numbers.






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






13. Breaking down a composite number until all of the factors are prime.






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






15. The answer to a subtraction problem.






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






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






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






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






20. The first number in a multiplication problem; the number being multiplied






21. 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.






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






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






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






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






26. To rewrite a fraction in lowest terms.






27. 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.






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






29. One of two equal parts.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






39. One of two equal parts.






40. The answer to a division problem.






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






42. The bottom number in a fraction.






43. The average of a set of numbers.






44. A whole number that has exactly two factors - 1 and itself.






45. A number that when multiplied by itself equals a given number.(ex. The square root of 25 is equal to 5 because 5 times 5 equals 25).






46. 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.






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






48. The average of a set of numbers.






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






50. Three-dimensional objects that have height - length and width; such as spheres - cylinders - cones - cubes - rectangular prisms and pyramids. - shapes - appearances - or arrangements