Math Vocabulary
What shape has 3 sides?
Triangle
Maria has 5 apples. Tom has 3 apples. What is the total?
Write the equation.
5 + 3
What is a place where data is placed and organized into categories?
A data table
What part of the graph tells you what it is about?
Title
If today is Monday, what day is tomorrow?
Tuesday
What shape is like a ball?
sphere
There are 20 students. Only 14 came today. What is the difference?
Write the equation.
20 - 14
What word means “information or numbers”?
Data
What is the horizontal line of the graph?
x- Axis
The date is 11/24/2025. We can say "Today is the _______"
twenty-fourth
When the word "altogether" is in a math problem what should you do?
addition/add
One box has 4 candies. You have 3 boxes. How many candies in total?
Write the equation.
4 * 3
What word means “say what you think will happen”?
Predict
What is the vertical line of the graph?
Y- Axis
Question number 3 can also be called "the ______ question.
third
When you see the word "difference" in a math problem what should you do?
subtract/minus
You have 18 cookies. You divide them equally among 6 people. How many each?
18 / 6
What do we call a graph that compares amounts using bars?
A bar graph
What type of graph is shaped like a cirlce?
Pie chart
Write this number out "1st".
First
What shape is like a soda can?
Cylinder
The red team has 15 points. The blue team has 9. How many more points does the red team have?
Write the equation AND what word tells you that
15 - 9, "how many more"
You want to find the size of something, what should you do?
Measure
What type of graph shows a change over time?
Line graph
What day is Christmas on?
the twenty-fifth