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Math Vocab. Words
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What is a part of a whole or a set called? | Fraction |
| What is the answer to a subtracion problem called? | Difference |
| What is it called when you write a number in digits? | Standard Form |
| What is the time the passes between two time periods called? | Elapsed Time |
| What is the top of a fraction called? | Numerator |
| What is the name of a tool used to measure length? | Ruler |
| What is a fraction called when the number on the top/numerator is bigger than the number on the bottom/denominator? | Mixed Number |
| What is the value of a postion in a number called? | Place Value |
| What is a graph using pictures called? | Pictograph |
| What is it called when you make a guess based on the things you know? | Predict |
| What is the distance of an object from one end to the other end called? | Length |
| What is a symbol used when comparing two numbers when the larger number is first | Greater Than (>) |
| What is the name of a number added? | Addend |
| What is the name of something that tells how much each picture stands for in a pictograph? | Key |
| What is a two-dimensional figure with 8 sides and 8 virtices? | Octagon |
| What is a set of numbers that follow a rule called? | Number Pattern |
| What is the bottom of a fraction called? | Denominator |
| What is a symbol used when comparing two numbers and they are the same? | Equal To (=) |
| What is a two-dimensional figure with 6 sides and 6 virtices? | Hexagon |
| What is a way of counting by making a mark for each item called? | Tally |
| What is it called when you find a total number by joining two groups of numbers together? | Add |
| What is a graph that uses bars called? | Bar Graph |
| A number that has a decimal is called a? | Decimal |
| What is it called to find a number of equal groups or the number in equal groups? | Divide |
| What is a number that is closed to the exact number called? | Estimate |
| What is a surface of a three-dimesional shape called? | Face |
| What are numbers multiplied to find a product called? | Factor(s) |
| What is a set of figures that follow a rule called | Geometric Pattern |
| What are lines that meet or cross at a point called? | Intersecting Lines |
| What is the number you start with called when you use a rule? | Input |
| What is a symbol used when comparing to numbers and the lesser number is in front called? | Less Than (<) |
| What is a thing that goes in one direction without stopping called? | Line |
| What is a line that cuts something in half to be equal called? | Line of Symmetry |
| What is a line called that has a begging and an end? | Line Segment |
| What is the product of a given number and an other number called? | Multiple |
| What is it called to find the total when given equal groups? | Multiply |
| What is a lined with marked points evenly spaced between two numbers called? | Number Line |
| What is a statement written with numbers and symbols called? | Number Sentence |
| What are two numbers used to plot a point on a grid? | Ordered Pair |
| What is the point where the x-axis and the y-axis meet on a grid at (0.0) is called? | Origin |
| What is the number you end up with after using a rule? | Output |
| What are lines that stay the same distance apart and never cross called? | Parallel Lines |
| What is a two-dimensional figure with 5 sides and 5 vertices called? | Pentagon |
| What are lines that meet or cross at a right angle called? | Perpendicular Lines |
| What is a closed figure made of staright lines called? | Polygon |
| What is the result oof multiplying two factors called? | Product |
| What is a two-dimenisonal figure with 4 sides and 4 vertices called? | Quadrilateral |
| What is the result of a division problem called? | Quotient |
| What is a part of a line that has a begging and goes on forever called? | Ray |
| What is the number left over after dividing called? | Remainder |
| What is it called to estimate a number to a number that is close to the given number called? | Round |
| What are the numbers on a line that tell you the number for each bar called? | Scale |
| What is it called to find or compare? | Subtract |
| What is the answer to a addition problem called? | Sum |
| What is a chart with rows and columns that uses tallies to show data called? | Table |
| What is a figure having length,width, and height called? | Three-dimensional Figure |
| What is a three-dimensional figure with 3 sides and 3 vertices called? | Triangle |
| What is part of a three-dimensional figure formed where three edges meet called? | Vetrtex (plural: vertices) |
| What is the horizantal (left to right) number line on a grid is called? | X-axis |
| What is the vertical (up and down) number line on a grid called? | Y-axis |
| What is part of a three-dimensional figure formed where two faces meet called? | Edge |