Math Vocabulary
What is a sum?
The answer to an addition problem
Make equal groups to solve:
3x6=?
Students must show accurate equal groups
3x6=18
There are 22 students in a classroom for the science fair. A new presentation starts and 15 more students join. Write an equation to represent this.
22+15=37
Write a unit fraction.
Various answers.
Examples: 1/4, 1/8, 1/10
A survey is taken of students' favorite fruits. Here are the results: 22 strawberry, 18 watermelon, 17 cherry, 14 apple, 8 blueberry.
What is the most and least popular fruit?
Most = strawberry, least = blueberry
What is a product?
The answer to a multiplication problem
Which number makes this equation true?
__ x 7 = 49
7
A teacher has 24 pencils and gives 4 to each group.
How many groups are there?
24 ÷ 4 = 6 groups
Which fraction is greater?
1/2 or 1/6
1/2
A class took a survey by voting. Each star represents 5 votes. How many votes total?
* * * *
20 votes total
What do we call the answer to a subtraction problem?
Difference
A student says: “8 × 3 = 3 × 8.” Is the student correct? (Hint: think of a certain property of multiplication)
Yes, because of the commutative property.
There are 5 rows with 9 chairs in each row.
How many chairs are there?
45 chairs
Write a fraction for a shape with 8 total parts, and 3 parts shaded in.
3/8
A teacher asked her class to choose their favorite subject. A graph shows 8 students chose reading, 6 chose math, 6 chose science, and 5 chose art.
How many students were surveyed in total?
25 students
Write an example of an equation.
Various answers
Examples: 2x10=20, 18-3=15, etc
Make a tape diagram to solve:
32 ÷ 8 = ?
Students must show accurate tape diagram.
32 ÷ 8 = 4
There are 6 boxes with 8 markers each. Then 10 more markers are added.
Write an expression and solve.
(6 × 8) + 10 = 58
Write the shaded AND unshaded fractions for a shape with 7 total parts, and 2 parts shaded.
Shaded = 2/7, Unshaded = 5/7
A teacher asked her class to choose their favorite subject. A graph shows 8 students chose reading, 6 chose math, 6 chose science, and 5 chose art.
What is the difference between the most and least popular choice?
3
Which option best describes an array?
a. A shape with 3 sides
b. A group of objects arranged in equal rows and columns
c. A number sentence
d. A line graph
b. A group of objects arranged in equal rows and columns
Complete the fact family:
8x9=72
_x8=72
__÷ 9=8
__÷ 8=__
8x9=72
9x8=72
72÷ 9=8
72÷ 8=9
A class has 6 groups with 7 students in each group. Each student gets 2 snacks. The teacher already has 40 snacks. How many more snacks does the teacher need to buy?
→ Step 1: 6 × 7 = 42 students
→ Step 2: 42 × 2 = 84 snacks needed
→ Step 3: 84 − 40 = 44 more snacks
Which fractions are equivalent?
A. 2/4
B. 3/6
C. 1/2
All are equivalent
A line plot shows these numbers of books read:
2, 2, 3, 3, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 7, 5, 0
Which number of books appears most often?
3