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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 to be divided in a division problem.






3. 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.






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






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






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






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






8. The answer to a multiplication problem.






9. The top number in a fraction.






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






11. A portion or piece of a whole.






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






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






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






15. The explanation or answer for a problem






16. 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.






17. 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.






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






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






20. The answer to a subtraction problem.






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






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






23. A number in front of a variable






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






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






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






27. 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.






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






29. One of two equal parts.






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






31. 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.






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






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






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






35. A portion or piece of a whole.






36. The explanation or answer for a problem






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






38. 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)






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






40. The answer to a multiplication problem.






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






42. All of the parts of something.






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






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






45. 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.






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






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






48. The middle number in a set of numbers that are listed in order.






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






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