Math Vocabulary
This is the answer to an addition problem.
What is a sum.
Jackson has 142 comic books in his collection. For his birthday, his older brother gives him 35 more comic books. How many comic books does Jackson have now?
18 - 5 + 4
1/3 x 1/4
What is 1/12?
At the school store, a shiny notebook costs $2.45 and a pack of gel pens costs $3.80. If Jackson buys one notebook and one pack of gel pens, what is the total cost of his items?
What is $6.25?
Multiply these together to get a product.
What are factors?
The school track is 400 meters long. During practice, Trinity ran a total of 2,400 meters. How many laps around the track did Trinity run?
What is division?
6 + 4 x 3
18
2/4 x3/4
What is 3/8?
Four friends are running a 400-meter relay race. Each friend runs exactly the same distance. If the total distance of the race is 400 meters, how far does each friend run?
What is 100 meters?
The answer is called a quotient, but the number being divided is called this.
A local bakery prepares boxes of donuts for a weekend morning. Each box holds exactly 12 donuts. If the bakery sells 75 boxes on Saturday, how many total donuts did they sell?
What is multiplication
(12-3) x 5
What is 45?
3 divided by 1/2.
What is 6
Ms. Patel is preparing a science experiment for her class. She has a large bottle containing 4.5 liters of water. She pours an equal amount of water into 9 small beakers. How many liters of water are in each beaker?
What is 0.5 liters?
When you subtract, you are finding this.
What is the difference?
The fifth-grade classes are building a rectangular community garden. The total area of the garden needs to be 180 square feet. If the length of the garden must be 15 feet, how wide will the garden be?
What is division?
Forty divided by 5, multiply by two, and then add three.
What is 19?
2/3 divided by 1/4
What is 2 and 2/3?
A toy company packs boxes of kinetic sand for shipping. Each standard box weighs 3.25 pounds. If a large shipping crate holds 14 of these standard boxes, what is the total weight of the shipping crate?
What is 45.5 pounds
You add these together to find a sum.
What are addends?
Marcus saved $120 over the summer from doing chores. His sister, Chloe, saved $45 less than Marcus. How much money did Chloe save?
What is subtraction?
2 x [15 - (3 + 4)]
What is 16?
2/3 +5/6
What is 1 and 1/2?
Chloe is building a rectangular wooden frame for her art project. The total perimeter of the frame needs to be exactly 42 inches. If the width of the frame is 8.5 inches, what must the length of the frame be?
What is 12.5 inches?