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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 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.






2. A pattern containing numbers.






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






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






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






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






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






8. The top number in a fraction.






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






10. The explanation or answer for a problem






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






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






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






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






15. The total when numbers are added.






16. 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)






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






18. The average of a set of numbers.






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






20. 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)






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






28. The top number in a fraction.






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






30. A portion or piece of a whole.






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






32. 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.






33. 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).






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






35. 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.






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






37. The answer to a division problem.






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






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






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






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






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






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






44. A number in front of a variable






45. The total when numbers are added.






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






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






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






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






50. 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).