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math vocab
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| sum | answer to an addition problem |
| differnce | answer to a subtraction |
| product | answer to a multiplication problem |
| puotient | answer to a division problem |
| factor | numbers that are multiplied |
| multiple | skip counting |
| number sentence | sentence using numbers and symbols. |
| 8 ounces | 1 cup |
| 2 cups | 1 pint |
| 2 pints | 1 quart |
| 4 quarts | 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 |
| Cartesian plane | ordered pair (x, y) origin (0,0) quadrants 1 - 4 x axis- horizontal (over) y axis - vertical (up and down) |
| 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. It is written line AB or AB |
| ray | part of a line that has one endpoint and goes in the other direction without stopping. It is written ray CD or CD |
| line segment- | part of line that has two endpoints It is written line segment ST or ST |
| exponents | two to the sixth power 2x2x2x2x2x2x2 |
| equilateral triangle | all 3 sides are equal |
| isosceles triangle | two sides are equal |
| scalene triangle | none of the sides are equal |
| acute triangle | all 3 angles 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 and all sides are the same length |
| pentagon | five sides polygon |
| hexagon | six sided polygon |
| octagon | eight sided polygon |