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6th math vocab
6th math vocabulary
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| digit | an individual number |
| Place Value | shows the amount a digit is worth and its position |
| Sum | answer to addition problem |
| Difference | answer to a subtraction problem |
| Product | answer to a multiplication problem |
| Quotient | answer to division problem |
| factors | the numbers in a multiplication problem |
| decimal places | these are located to the right of the decimal |
| Multiples | are the answers when you multiply by a whole number. (2,4,6,8) (3,6,9,12) (20,40,60,80) counting by that number |
| Prime Number | a number with only 2 factors (2,3,5,7,11,13,17,19...) |
| Composite Number | a number with more than two factors |
| Infinite | without end, goes on forever |
| Divisible | able to be divided with out a remainder, goes into evenly |
| Fraction | part of a whole number |
| LCM | Least Common Multiple, the smallest number that both numbers will divide into without remainders |
| GCF | Greatest common factor, the largest factor of two numbers |
| numerator | the number above the fraction bar, the number of parts being used |
| denominator | the number below the fraction bar, the number of parts in the whole |
| Cross product | the answer you get when you multiply the numerator of one fraction by the denominator or the other. |
| Lowest Terms/Simplest form | when the two numbers in a fraction have only the factor 1 in common. |
| Mixed Number | A fraction made up of a whole number and a fraction |
| Improper fraction | A fraction where the numerator is bigger than the denominator |
| part | the numerator in a fraction |
| whole | the denominator in a fraction |
| cross products | the answer you get when you multiply the denominator of one fraction with the numerator of another fraction |