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Saxon Math Vocab
Mrs. Miller's Math Vocabulary
Question | Answer |
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Days in a year | three hundred sixty-five |
cups in a pint | two |
pints in a quart | two |
quarts in a gallon | four |
yards in a mile | one thousand seven hundred sixty |
feet in a mile | five thousand two hundred eighty |
centimeters in a meter | one hundred |
ounces in a pound | sixteen |
ounces in a pint | sixteen |
quarts in a half gallon | two |
days in a week | seven |
grams in a kilogram | one thousand |
minutes in one hour | sixty |
one meter is how many milimeters | one thousand |
seconds in one minute | sixty |
years in a decade | ten |
milimeters in a centimeter | ten |
weeks in a year | fifty two |
years in a century | one hundred |
ounces in a cup | eight |
inches in a foot | twelve |
pounds in a ton | two thousand |
milligrams in a gram | one thousand |
hours in a day | twenty-four |
meters in a kilometer | one thousand |
feet in a yard | three |
ounces in a pound | sixteen |
multiple | when you count by |
expanded form | using place value to write a math sentence |
variable | a letter that stands for a number |
perimiter | distance around a shape |
congruent | same size-same shape |
radius | from center point to edge |
diameter | line that goes from edge to edge while going through center |
product | answer to a multiplication problem |
regroup | takes one from a higher place value to a lower place value. (comes as a ten) |
a number squared | means take that number times itself |
exponent | the small number above another number or letter |
area | length times width |
mixed number | whole # and a fraction |
numerator | the top number (the number you have) |
denominator | The bottom number (the total number) |
factors | numbers you multiply |
parenthesis | do me first |
associative property | all add or all multiplication |
opposite operation | (+,-)(multiplication, division) |
prime | 1 times itself |
composite | more than 2 factors |
rate | time, distance, amount |
estimating | approximate value by rounding 5+ stay 5- |
percent, fraction, and decimals | are related |
regular polygon | 1-all sides congruent 2-all angles congruent |
vertices | point where two sides meet |
hexagon | has 6 sides, vertices, and angles |
pentagon | has 5 sides, vertices, and angles |
divisor | dividing number |
quotient | answer to a division problem |
dividen | number being divided |
Similar | same shape but different size |
Coordinate Plane | x axis goes accross and y axis goes up or down |
Equivalent | Equal |
Quadrilateral | Polygon with 4 sides |
Parallelogram | Quadrilateral with 2 paralell sides |
Rhombus | a parallelogram with 4 equal sides |
Rectangle | quadrilateral with 4 parallel sides, oposites are congruent and 4 90 degree angles |
Square | Rectangle with 4 congruent parallel sides and all 90 degree angles. |
Mean | Average |
Mode | Most common number in a list when arranged in order from least to greatest |
Median | in a list when arranged in order from least to greatest it is the one in the middle |
Range | in a list when arranged in order from least to greatest the difference between the greatest number and the least |
Open sentence | Math Sentence with a variable |
Reduce or Simplify | to make a fraction the smallest possible equivalent fraction |