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Combined STAAR
Math STAAR Vocabulary Words - all 48
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Prime factorization | factors of a number that are all prime |
| Prime numbers | numbers that only have one and itself as factors |
| Factors | Numbers that divide into a whole number with no remainder |
| GCF | greatest common factor |
| Prism | A 3D solid with two congruent bases |
| Reflection | mirror image of a figure |
| Rotation | move around (like in “four square” game) |
| Translation | slide (horizontally, vertically, or diagonally) |
| Line of Symmetry | a line that divides a figure into two mirror images |
| Congruent | shapes having the same size and same shape |
| Pyramid | A 3D solid with a polygon as its base and triangular faces that meet at the top |
| Circumference | the distance around a circle |
| Diameter | the distance across the middle of the circle |
| Radius | Half the diameter |
| Improper Fraction | a fraction with a numerator larger than the denominator. Simplify! |
| Equation | A number sentence using an equal sign |
| Acute angle | angle that is less than a right angle (less than 90 degrees) |
| Obtuse angle | angle that is more than a right angle (greater than 90 degrees) |
| Right angle | square angle (equal to 90 degrees) |
| Perpendicular lines | lines that cross and form a right angle |
| Parallel lines | lines that do not cross each other, they stay the same distance apart |
| Whole numbers | 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5........ |
| Average | The answer when numbers are added and then divided by the number of addends |
| Sum | answer to addition |
| Product | answer to multiplication |
| Difference | answer to subtraction |
| Quotient | answer to division |
| Area | the number of square units needed to cover a surface. Length x Width = formula for a rectangle |
| Polygon | any closed 2D figure with line segments as sides |
| Solids | any 3D figure with a length, a width, and a height |
| Composite Numbers | any number with more than 2 factors |
| Numerator | the top number of a fraction |
| Denominator | the bottom number of a fraction |
| Equivalent | is equal to |
| Tenths | first decimal place to the right |
| Hundredths | second decimal place to the right |
| Thousandths | third decimal place to the right |
| Common factors | factors that are shared by two or more numbers |
| Faces | a flat surface that serves as one side of a solid figure |
| Vertices (vertex) | a point where edges meet |
| Edges | line segments where 2 faces meet |
| Ordered pairs | points (x,y) on a coordinate grid |
| Perimeter | distance around a figure |
| Volume | Length x Width x Height |
| Probability | a way of describing how likely it is that a particular outcome will occur, written as a fraction |
| Median | the middle value when all the data are listed from least to greatest |
| Mode | the most frequent number in the data |
| Range | Largest number minus smallest number in the data |