Operation Names
What is the operation name for finding the value of two numbers added together?
Addition
What are some other verbs to know how you are adding in a word problem?
Add, combine, increase, find the sum, or find the addend.
What is the middle of a data set?
Median
What does the P in PEMDAS mean when I am following the rules for the order of operation?
Parenthesis ()
What is the greatest common factor?
The largest whole number that divides evenly into a set of numbers without leaving a remainder.
What is the operation name for finding the value of a bigger number minus a smaller number?
Subtraction
What are some other verbs to know how you are subtracting in a word problem?
subtract, take away, decrease, or finding the difference.
What is the average or the amount of numbers in a data set added together and then divided by the total number in the data set?
mean
What does the E in PEMDAS mean when I am following the rules for the order of operation?
Exponents 32
What is the least common multiple?
The smallest multiple that two or more numbers have in common.
What is the operation name for finding the value of multiple numbers times together to get a larger number?
Multiplication
What are some other verbs to know how you are multiplying in a word problem?
multiply, times, repeat addition, find the factor, or find the product of...
What is the number that appears the most in a data set?
Mode
What does the M in PEMDAS mean when I am following the rules for the order of operation?
Multiplication x
What is the absolute value of a number?
It is the distance of a number from zero on a number line.
What is the operation name for finding the value of a larger number divided by a smaller number to get two evenly split groups?
Division
What are some other verbs to know how you are dividing in a word problem?
divide, evenly split, split, share, dividend, divisor, or finding the quotient.
How do you find the range of a data set?
You subtract the largest number from the smallest number.
What does the D in PEMDAS mean when I am following the rules for the order of operation?
Division
Find the greatest common factor between 108 and 144.
36
A number that represents a part of a whole or a small piece of a larger amount.
Fraction
What are key words to know how you are finding a fraction in a word problem?
numerator, denominator, find a reciprocal of a fraction (opposite or flipped version), cross multiply, using KCF, fraction greater than one, mixed number, improper fraction, simplify, or divide.
A statistical measure that describes the spread or variability of the middle 50% of a dataset.
Interquartile Range (IQR)
What does the A/S in PEMDAS mean when I am following the rules for the order of operation?
Addition and Subtraction
Find the least common multiple between 14 and 20.
140