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






2. The average of a set of numbers.






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






4. 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.






5. 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).






6. To explain the meaning of.






7. One of two equal parts.






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






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






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






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






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






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






14. One of two equal parts.






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






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






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






18. 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.






19. 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.






20. The answer to a multiplication problem.






21. The total when numbers are added.






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






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






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






25. A pattern containing numbers.






26. One of four equal parts.






27. The answer to a subtraction problem.






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






29. The number that is subtracted from. Example: 7 - 3 = 4 (7 is the '______.')






30. 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.






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






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






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






34. The number you are dividing by.






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






36. The answer to a division problem.






37. The top number in a fraction.






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






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






40. The explanation or answer for a problem






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






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






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






44. An exact location in space - represented by a dot.






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






46. 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)






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






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






49. All of the parts of something.






50. A pair of symbols used to enclose sections of an expression. { }