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






2. One of four equal parts.






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






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






5. The answer to a multiplication problem.






6. One of two equal parts.






7. The answer to a division problem.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






15. The average of a set of numbers.






16. All of the parts of something.






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






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






19. The answer to a division problem.






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






21. The total when numbers are added.






22. A number in front of a variable






23. The top number in a fraction.






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






25. 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.






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






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






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






29. To rewrite a fraction in lowest terms.






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






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






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






33. 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.






34. 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)






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






36. 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.






37. The bottom number in a fraction.






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






39. The explanation or answer for a problem






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






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






42. All of the parts of something.






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






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






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






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






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






48. The number you are dividing by.






49. A pair of symbols used to set apart parts of a problem so that those parts are done first - example ( ).






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