PSSA Math Vocabulary Practice (Grades 5& 6)
Quiz yourself by thinking what should be in
each of the black spaces below before clicking
on it to display the answer.
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| Chord | A line segment whose endpoints are on a circle
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| Circumference | The distance around a circle
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| Composite number | A whole number having more than two factors
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| Diameter | A line segment that has endpoints on a circle and passes through the center of the circle
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| Expanded notation | A way to write numbers that shows the value of each digit
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| Greatest common factor (GCF) | The largest factor that 2 or more numbers have in common
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| Heptagon | A polygon with 7 sides
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| Histogram | A bar graph in which the labels for the bars are numerical intervals
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| Hypotenuse | The longest side of a right triangle (which is also the side opposite the right angle)
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| Least common denominator (LCD) | The least common multiple of the denominators in two or more fractions
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| Least common multiple (LCM) | The smallest number, other than zero, that is a common multiple of two or more numbers
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| Leg (of a right triangle) | Either of the two sides that form the right angle in a right triangle
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| Line plot | A graph showing the frequency of data on a number line
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| Nonagon | A polygon with 9 sides
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| Plane | A flat surface that extends infinitely in all directions
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| Prime number | A whole number that has exactly two factors, 1 and itself
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| Quadrants | The four regions of a coordinate plane that are separated by the axes
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| Radius | A line segment that has one endpoint on a circle and the other endpoint at the center of the circle
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| Range | The difference between the greatest and least numbers in a set of data
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| Rate | A ratio that compares two quantities having different units
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| Ratio | A comparison of two numbers using division
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| Regular polygon | A polygon that has all sides congruent and all angles congruent
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| Repeating decimal | A decimal that has a repeating sequence of numbers after the decimal point
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| Similar polygons | Polygons that have the same shape, but not necessarily the same size,corresponding sides of similar polygons are proportional
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| Straight angle | An angle with a measure of 180ยบ
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| Terminating decimal | A decimal that contains a finite number of digits
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| Transformation | The moving of a figure by a translation (slide), rotation (turn) or reflection (flip)
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| Unit price | The price of a single item or amount
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| Unit rate | A rate with the second term being one unit
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| Venn diagram | A diagram that shows relationships among sets of objects
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| Whole number | Any of the numbers 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, (and so on)
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| X-axis | The horizontal number line on a coordinate plane
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| Y-axis | The vertical number line on a coordinate plane
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