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Unit 1 Vocabulary
Magee 5th Grade Math Unit 1
Term | Definition |
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compatible numbers | These numbers that are friendly with each other and help us easily do math |
counting (natural) numbers | the set of positive numbers that begins at one and increases by increments of one each time (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, ...) |
dividend | the number that is being divided |
divisor | the number the dividend is being divided by |
estimation | reasoning to determine an approximate value |
factor | a number multiplied by another number to find a product |
product | the total when two or more factors are multiplied |
quotient | the size or measure of each group or the number of groups when the dividend is divided by the divisor |
rounding | a method for estimating a number by increasing or retaining a specific place value digit according to specific rules and changing all trailing digits to zero |
strip diagram | a linear model used to illustrate number relationships |
whole numbers | the set of counting (natural) numbers and zero (0, 1, 2, 3 ....) |