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






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






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






4. The left over amount when a number cannot be divided equally.






5. 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.






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






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






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






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






10. To explain the meaning of.






11. The left over amount when a number cannot be divided equally.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






20. A portion or piece of a whole.






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






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






23. The total when numbers are added.






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






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






26. Evenly spaced units.






27. The bottom number in a fraction.






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






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






30. One of two equal parts.






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






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






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






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






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






36. The answer to a multiplication problem.






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






38. The answer to a division problem.






39. 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.






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






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






42. 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.






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






44. The bottom number in a fraction.






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






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






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






48. The average of a set of numbers.






49. One of four equal parts.






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