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






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






3. The bottom number in a fraction.






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






5. Evenly spaced units.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






14. 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.






15. A portion or piece of a whole.






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






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






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






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






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






21. 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.






22. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






29. The bottom number in a fraction.






30. The answer to a division problem.






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






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






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






34. The explanation or answer for a problem






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






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






37. To rewrite a fraction in lowest terms.






38. A number in front of a variable






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






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






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






42. All of the parts of something.






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






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






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






46. 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.






47. A number in front of a variable






48. 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.






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






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