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6thGradeMathVocab
TAKS math vocabulary for 6th grade
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Acute angle | An angle measuring more than 0 degrees and less than 90 degrees |
| Additional information | Extra facts needed to solve the problem |
| Angles | The space between 2 rays with a common endpoint, measured in degrees |
| Appropriate | Suitable, would make sense in this situation |
| Approximate | Not exact, but close |
| Area | Surface space that is measured in square units. |
| Bar graph | Graph that uses bars to make comparisons |
| Best represents | Best shows or matches |
| Calculate | Find the value |
| Circular | In the shape of a circle |
| Circle graph | Graph that compares parts to a whole |
| Circumference | The distance around a circle; the perimeter of a circle |
| Combinations | Ways of grouping objects when order doesn’t matter |
| Common factor | A number that can evenly divide all the given numbers |
| Common multiple | A number that can be evenly divided by all the given numbers |
| Complete | Finish |
| Conclude | To decide based on information |
| Congruent | Having the same size and shape |
| Consecutive | Numbers that follow each other in order |
| Container | An object that can hold something |
| Coordinate grid | A 2-dimensional system of intersecting lines used to graph points |
| Coordinates of a point | A pair of numbers that show the location of a point on a graph |
| Cube | A 3-dimensional solid shaped like a box where all faces are squares |
| Cylinder | A 3-dimensional solid figure shaped like a can with 2 congruent and parallel circular bases |
| Cylindrical | Shaped like a cylinder |
| Data | A collection of numbers or measurements |
| Degrees | Common unit for measuring temperature or angles |
| Delete | Erase or get rid of |
| Determine | To find out |
| Diagram | A simplified drawing |
| Diameter | A line segment that passes through the center of a circle and has its endpoints on the circle |
| Dimensions | Measurements of a shape or solid (ex. length, width and height) |
| Distance | How far it is between 2 places |
| Double | To multiply by 2 |
| Edge | Line that connects 2 faces |
| Entire | The whole thing |
| Equal | The same |
| Equation | Mathematical sentence that uses an equal sign |
| Equivalent | Having the same value |
| Exactly | Correct in every way |
| Examples | Something that can illustrate a given rule |
| Expression | A combination of numbers and variables connected by 1 or more operations |
| Fair | An equal chance of winning and losing |
| Figure | A numeral, a diagram, or a picture of a shape or solid |
| Fraction | Ratio of 2 numbers where the denominator is not 0 |
| Greatest | Largest |
| Greatest common factor | The largest single number that can evenly divide all the given numbers |
| Grid | Regular lines that go across and up and down, often on a graph |
| Height | Measurement from top to bottom |
| Hexagon | A polygon with six sides. |
| Identify | To find or recognize |
| Integers | All whole numbers (both positive and negative) and zero. |
| Interior angle | Angle inside a shape |
| Intersect | Crosses |
| Isosceles triangle | A triangle with only 2 equal sides |
| Least | Smallest |
| Length | How long something is from end to end |
| Line Graph | Graph to show change over time |
| Line segment | A part of a line that has 2 endpoints |
| Line plot | Diagram showing frequency of data on a number line |
| Maximum | The largest |
| Mean | The sum of a group of numbers divided by the number of numbers. Also known as the average. |
| Measure of angle | How many degrees between the angle’s rays |
| Median | A value found by ordering a group of data from least to greatest and choosing the middle |
| Mode | In a group of values, the value that occurs most often. |
| Obtuse angle | An angle measuring more than 90º |
| Order | To place according to numerical value; least to greatest or greatest to least |
| Ordered pairs | 2 numbers listed in a specific order, it describes the location of a point on the coordinate plane |
| Parallelogram | A quadrilateral with two pairs of congruent, parallel sides. |
| Percent | The ratio of a number to 100 (per one hundred). The symbol % |
| Perimeter | The distance around a figure. |
| Pi | It has an approximate value of 3.14; symbol is ¶ |
| Place value | The value of each digit in a number based on its placement in the number |
| Polygon | Three or more line segments in a plane that forms a closed figure. Position |
| Position | The location of something |
| Predicted | To say what will happen in the future based on what is known now |
| Previous | Came before |
| Prime factor | A prime number that can evenly divide a given number |
| Prime factorization | When a number is written as a product of prime factors |
| Probability | The likelihood that an event will occur. |
| Procedure | An official way of doing something |
| Product | The result of a multiplication problem |
| Quadrilateral | A polygon that has four sides. |
| Quotient | The result of a division problem |
| Radius | A length that is half the diameter of a circle; the distance from the center of the circle to the edge |
| Random | To happen by chance |
| Range | The difference between the least and greatest values in a set of numbers. |
| Ratio | A comparison of the two values of two numbers |
| Reasonable | Makes sense |
| Record | To write down |
| Rectangle | A parallelogram with four right angles |
| Rectangular prism | A 3-dimensional solid where all 6 faces are rectangles |
| Regular polygon | A shape where all sides are equal |
| Relationship | The way in which 2 or more things are connected |
| Revolution | One complete turn |
| Rhombus | A parallelogram with all sides equal |
| Right angle | An angle that measures 90 degrees |
| Scale | The ratio of the actual measurements of something and those of a diagram or map of it |
| Section | A part of something |
| Sequence | A pattern following an order or rule |
| Set | Group of numbers or objects |
| Side | Line segment that is part of the perimeter of a figure |
| Similar | Same shape, different size |
| Square | To multiply a number by itself |
| Square unit | A unit for measuring area |
| Stem and leaf plot | An arrangement of numbers that separates digits into columns |
| Straight angle | An angle that measures 180º |
| Sum | The result of an addition problem |
| Support | To back up |
| Surface area | The area of the outside of a 3-dimensional solid |
| Survey | A gathering of data or opinions |
| Table | An arrangement of data in rows and columns |
| Temperature | How hot or cold something is |
| Trapezoid | A quadrilateral with only one pair of parallel sides |
| Tree diagram | A diagram with branches showing all the possible outcomes of a situation |
| Triangle | A 3 sided polygon |
| Twice | To multiply by 2 |
| Vertex | Corner |
| Volume | Amount of space inside a container; how much something can hold |
| Weight | The pull of gravity on an object; measured in pounds and ounces or kilograms and grams |
| X-axis | The horizontal number line of a coordinate graph |
| X-coordinate | The value on the x-axis used to locate a point on the graph. It is the first value in an ordered pair. |
| Y-axis | The vertical number line of a coordinate graph |
| Y-coordinate | The value on the y-axis used to locate a point on the graph. It is the second value in an ordered pair |
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