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






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






3. Evenly spaced units.






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






5. 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.






6. An exact location in space - represented by a dot.






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






8. One of four equal parts.






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






10. A number in front of a variable






11. Evenly spaced units.






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






13. One of two equal parts.






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






15. A number in front of a variable






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






17. 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.






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






19. The number you are dividing by.






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






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






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






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






24. 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).






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






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






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






28. The total when numbers are added.






29. The answer to a division problem.






30. 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)






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






32. 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.






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






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






35. The top number in a fraction.






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






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






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






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






40. To rewrite a fraction in lowest terms.






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






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






43. The bottom number in a fraction.






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






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






46. 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.






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






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






49. The top number in a fraction.






50. The total when numbers are added.