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math vocabulary
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What is a product? | A product is the answer to a multiplication problem. |
| What is a quotient? | A quotient is the answer to a division problem. |
| What is a sum? | A sum is the answer to an addition problem. |
| When does it mean to double a number? | It means that you multiply it by 2. |
| When does it mean to triple a number? | It means that you multiply it by 3. |
| What does it mean when a number is half of another number? | It means it is divided by 2. |
| What does it mean when a number is a third of another number? | It means it is divided by 3. |
| What terms indicate that subtraction should occur in a problem? | Difference, minus, decreased by, fewer than, and less than |
| What terms indicate that addition should occur in a problem? | Sum, plus, total, more than, and increased by |
| What terms indicate that multiplication should occur in a problem? | product, times, by, double, and triple |
| What terms indicate that division should occur in a problem? | quotient, divide, goes into, half of, and third of |