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Math Vocab

Subject : math
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 chance that a particular outcome will occur; shown as a ratio of the number of ways an event can occur to the total number of possible outcomes






2. A collection of one or more outcomes






3. The name for the time between midnight and noon






4. The time between noon and midnight






5. The name for the process of exchanging amounts equal in value to rename a number






6. Numbers that can be written as fractions or ratios - (integers - terminating & repeating decimals - fractions)






7. The name for the numbers that are added in an addition problem






8. The result of using larger numbers to estimate a sum or product. The estimate is larger than the actual answer.






9. The place where two faces of a solid meet






10. A tool used for linear measurement






11. A metric unit of mass; 1 -000 ___ equal 1 gram






12. Lines that cross






13. A process that tells which multiple of 10; 100; 1 -000 - etc. a number is closest to






14. Properties that tell what you can do to both sides of an equation so the sides stay equal






15. A customary unit of linear measurement; equal to twelve inches






16. A unit of measure for angles






17. Whole numbers and their opposites (1 - 2 - 3; -1 - -2 - -3)






18. The change in the position of a figure that gives the mirror image of the figure






19. A point that separates whole numbers and decimal numbers






20. A letter - such as n - that stands for a number in an expression or an equation






21. A table used to show the number of times something occurs.






22. A flat surface of a polyhedron






23. Part of a whole; shown with numbers and a decimal point






24. A symbol that shows two amounts have the same value






25. A triangle with at least 2 sides of the same length






26. A unit used to measure short amounts of time; equal to sixty seconds






27. A drawing using relationships between lengths in the drawing & the actual object.






28. To determine if two quantities are greater than - less than - or equal to each other






29. Two lines that intersect to form right angles






30. The process of finding the total number of items when 2 or more sets are joined






31. Positive and negative whole numbers - (0 - 1 - -1 - 2 - -2 - etc.)






32. The metric unit for measuring temperature






33. An amount of time equal to ten years






34. Part of a line that has one endpoint & extends forever in only one direction






35. The least common multiple (LCM) of the denominators of 2 fractions.






36. This is found by adding all the data and dividing by the number of addends; also called 'average'






37. A polygon with 8 sides






38. A solid with six square faces






39. The set of all possible outcomes.






40. A number that is multiplied by another number to find a product






41. Left to right direction






42. A polygon with 5 sides






43. When a set or object is divided into the same parts






44. A possible result of an experiment






45. A graph that connects points to show how data change over time.






46. Numbers greater than zero






47. Clocks that have hands that show hours - minutes - and seconds






48. A rectangle with all sides the same length






49. A 3-dimensional solid figure with flat surfaces






50. A display of responses along a number line with x's recorded above the response to indicate the number of times the response occurred.