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






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






3. To rewrite a fraction in lowest terms.






4. Evenly spaced units.






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






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






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






8. The average of a set of numbers.






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






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






11. 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.






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






13. The answer to a subtraction problem.






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






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






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






17. The top number in a fraction.






18. 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.






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






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






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






22. One of four equal parts.






23. The answer to a division problem.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






39. 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.






40. The answer to a subtraction problem.






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






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






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






44. 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)






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






46. 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.






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






48. A pattern containing numbers.






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






50. The number you are dividing by.