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Math Vocab

Subject : math
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Figures that have the same shape. They may or may not have the same size.






2. The top number of a fraction that tells how many parts are being considered






3. The distance around the outside of any polygon






4. A three-dimensional figure that has length - width - and height






5. Figures that have the same shape






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






7. The result of multiplying two numbers






8. Having the same chance of occurring






9. A chart using pictures or symbols to compare data that can be counted.






10. Either of 2 lines drawn perpendicular to each other in a graph






11. A cube 1 unit on each edge used to measure volume






12. An arrangement that shows objects in rows or columns






13. The symbol >; shows the first set is larger than the second set; also more than






14. The face of a solid that is used to name the solid






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






16. A tool used to construct angles






17. To increase or decrease a number to the nearest ten - hundred - thousand - etc






18. An angle whose vertex is the center of the circle






19. The middle number in an ordered set of data






20. A rectangle with all sides the same length






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






22. A line segment that connects two points on the circle






23. To divide an object into two equal parts






24. A graph for organizing data that - with 2-digit data - groups together all data with the same number of tens.






25. A customary unit for measuring capacity; 1 __ equals 8 fluid ounces






26. The symbol - ; shows subtraction






27. 1st: Work (inside parentheses); 2nd: x & division are done from left to right; 3rd: + & - are done from left to right






28. The name for the time between midnight and noon






29. The customary unit for measuring temperature






30. The property that states: the sum of any number & zero is that number; n + 0 = n






31. A figure that can be folded into 2 congruent parts that fit on top of each other






32. The distance around a figure






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






34. The difference between adjoining numbers on an axis of a graph.






35. The change in the position of a figure that moves it around a point






36. This is the property in which the same addends (or multiples) can be grouped in different ways and the sum (or product) will be the same






37. A figure that hs 3 dimensions and volume






38. A coin; also called a penny






39. A figure divided along one line - resulting in two parts that are mirror images of each other






40. An angle whose measure is between 90 and 180 degrees






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






42. A parallelogram with 4 right angles






43. A set of points that goes on forever in two directions






44. The name for a flat surface that extends forever in all directions






45. A coin equal to twenty-five cents






46. A closed plane figure made up of all the points the same distance from one point called the center






47. A solid with six square faces






48. A metric unit of length equal to 100 centimeters






49. The smallest of the nonzero common multiples of 2 numbers






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