Math Vocabulary
Multiple Choice Hacks
Problem Solving
100

What do we call the answer to a multiplication problem?

What is the product?

100

What's the best first step when stuck on a multiple-choice question?

What is eliminate wrong answers?

100

What’s the first thing you should do when reading a word problem?

What is annotate (3-Read) the problem?

200

What is the meaning of a "variable"?

What is a letter that represents an unknown number?


200

If two answer choices are opposites, what should you do?

What is check them both carefully—they’re likely key options?

200

A problem gives extra information that’s not needed. What should you do?

What is ignore it and focus only on what’s important?

300

What’s the term for a number that can be written as a fraction?

What is a rational number?

300

Why should you plug in the answer choices sometimes?

What is to check which one works?

300

What is the reference sheet?

What is a guide with helpful conversions and formulas?

400

What is the coefficient in the term 6x?

What is 6?

400

True or False: You should always choose the most complicated answer.

What is false?

400

What step comes after understanding what the story is about in a 3-Read?

What is the quantities and the relationships?

500

What do we call math sentence that includes a variable and an equal sign?

What is an algebraic equation?

500

How can estimation help on multiple-choice questions?

What is to rule out unreasonable answers?

500

Why should you reread the last sentence of a word problem?

What is to make sure you answer exactly what it's asking?