Math Vocabulary
What is the sum?
The answer to an addition equation.
What is a verb? Give one example.
A verb is an action word. An example is...
1/4 is <, > or = to 3/4?
<
What is incorrect in this sentence?
The girls went shopping at the bellevue square mall.
Bellevue Square Mall is a proper noun and should be capitalized.
Name one college that Mrs. Fewel's older children will attend.
Either WSU or CalPoly
What do we call the number on the top of the fraction?
Numerator
What is an adjective? Give one example.
An adjective is a describing word. One example is...
3050 - 1943=
1107
In a dictionary, what word will come first?
Manners or manual
Which month is Ms. Fewel's birthday?
March
What do we call the number on the bottom of the fraction?
Denominator
Give an example of both a common and proper noun.
Answers vary.
What is the value of the number in the hundreds place in 4,673.
600
What is wrong with this sentence?
The teacher said, "We are going to do math now".
The punctuation (period) should be INSIDE the quotation marks.
What is Mrs. Fewel's middle initial?
R
What is the quotient?
The answer to a division equation.
What is a pronoun? Give an example of one.
A pronoun is a word that takes the place of a noun. One example is...
Name one equivalent fraction to 1/2.
Answers vary.
What are the compound words in this sentence?
The cowboy ate dinner at the bunkhouse.
cowboy, bunkhouse
What is the name of Ms. Fewel's dog?
Bear
What is the product?
The answer to a multiplication equation.
What is the subject and predicate in this sentence.
The man went shopping at the mall.
Subject = man
Predicate = went shopping at the mall
Round 3,452 to the nearest thousand.
3,000.
Which homophone should I use in this sentence? To, two or too?
I love pizza _______.
too
Which university did Ms. Fewel attend? (hint: Ms. Gaffney attended the same one)
WSU (Washington State University)