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math vocab
Term | Definition |
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sum | answer to an addition problem |
difference | answer to a subtraction |
product | answer to a multiplication problem |
quotient | answer to a division problem |
factor | numbers that are multiplied |
multiple | skip counting |
number sentence | sentence using numbers and symbols |
2 cups | 1 pint |
2 pints | 1 quart |
4 quarts | 1 gallon |
16 ounces | 1 pound |
2000 pounds | 1 ton |
12 inches | 1 foot |
3 feet | 1 yard |
5280 feet | 1 mile |
metric prefixes in order from greatest to least | kilo hecto deka unit deci centi milli |
cartesain plane | ordered plane(x,y) origin (0,0) quadrants 1-4 x Axis- horizontal (over) y Axis-vertical (up and down) |
reciprocal | when a fraction is flipped upside down. |
step of division | divide multiply subtract bring down |
8 ounces | 1 cup |
order of operations | parentheses exponents multiplication/division addition/subtraction |
Area | Multiply length times width or count the number of squares in an area. |
perimeter | The distance around a shape.Add up all the sides. |
parallel lines | lines that never cross |
perpendicular lines | lines that cross in right angles |
acute angle | angle that is smaller than 90 degrees |
obtuse angle | angle that is larger than 90 degrees but less than 180 degrees |
right angle | angle that is 90 degrees |
straight angle | 180 degrees or a line |
line | a line that goes in both directions with no endpoint |
ray | part of a line that goes in both directions with no endpoint and goes in the other direction without stopping |
line segment | part of line that has two endpoints |
exponents 2 to the sixth power | 2x2x2x2x2x2 |
equalateral triangle | all 3 sides are equal |
isosceles triangle | two sides are equal |
scalene triangle | none of the sides are equal |
acute triangle | all 3 sides are acute |
obtuse triangle | one angle is obtuse |
right triangle | one angle is right |
quadrilateral | any four sided polygon |
trapezoid | quadrilateral that has exactly one pair of parallel sides |
parallelogram | a quadrilateral whose opposite sides are parallel and are the same length |
rhombus | opposite sides are parallel sides and all sides are the same length. |
pentagon | five sides polygon |
hexagon | six sided polygon |
octagon | eight sided polygon |