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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 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)






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






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






4. The average of a set of numbers.






5. A number in front of a variable






6. 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.






7. The top number in a fraction.






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






9. 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)






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






19. The explanation or answer for a problem






20. Evenly spaced units.






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






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






23. The number you are dividing by.






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






25. To rewrite a fraction in lowest terms.






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






27. The answer to a subtraction problem.






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






29. A comparison of two or more numbers using division.






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






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






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






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






34. The bottom number in a fraction.






35. The answer to a division problem.






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






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






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






39. To explain the meaning of.






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






41. All of the parts of something.






42. The explanation or answer for a problem






43. The answer to a subtraction problem.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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