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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. One of two equal parts.






2. A number in front of a variable






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






4. The number you are dividing by.






5. A portion or piece of a whole.






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






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






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






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






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






11. 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).






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






13. To rewrite a fraction in lowest terms.






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






15. 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.






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






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






18. The total when numbers are added.






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






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






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






22. To explain the meaning of.






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






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






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






26. The answer to a subtraction problem.






27. 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.






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






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






30. 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.






31. The answer to a subtraction problem.






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






33. 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.






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






35. To explain the meaning of.






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






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






38. The bottom number in a fraction.






39. To rewrite a fraction in lowest terms.






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






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






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






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






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






45. A number in front of a variable






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






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






48. 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.






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






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