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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 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.






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






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






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






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






7. A number multiplied by itself or when the exponent is 2






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






9. To rewrite a fraction in lowest terms.






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






11. The answer to a multiplication problem.






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






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






14. The total when numbers are added.






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






16. To explain the meaning of.






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






18. A pattern containing numbers.






19. 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.






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






21. 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).






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






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






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






25. The answer to a subtraction problem.






26. Evenly spaced units.






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






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






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






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






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






32. 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.






33. The answer to a division problem.






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. Evenly spaced units.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






44. The explanation or answer for a problem






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






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






47. The number you are dividing by.






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






49. 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.






50. A number in front of a variable