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






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






3. 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.






4. The number you are dividing by.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






12. The total when numbers are added.






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






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






15. 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.






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






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






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






19. The explanation or answer for a problem






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






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






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






23. A pair of numbers used to locate a point on a coordinate grid. The first number tells how far to move horizontally - and the second number tells how far to move vertically. Ex. (1 -3) (3 -9)






24. Evenly spaced units.






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






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






27. Any one of the ten symbols 0 - 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5 - 6 - 7 - 8 - or 9 used to write numbers.






28. A set of two things used together or regarded as a unit






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






30. The bottom number in a fraction.






31. A number in front of a variable






32. 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.






33. A pair of numbers used to locate a point on a coordinate grid. The first number tells how far to move horizontally - and the second number tells how far to move vertically. Ex. (1 -3) (3 -9)






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






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






36. To explain the meaning of.






37. A pattern containing numbers.






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






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






40. 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.






41. 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).






42. All of the parts of something.






43. 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.






44. The answer to a multiplication problem.






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






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






47. A number that tells the position of something in a list; 1st - 2nd - 3rd - 4th - 5th etc.






48. The difference between the greatest and least numbers in a set of data.






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






50. The top number in a fraction.