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 thing option when stuck on a multiple-choice question?

What is eliminate wrong answers? What is using the process of elimination? What is getting rid of the nonsense answers?

100

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

What is annotate (3-Read) the problem?

200

What do you use to represent an unknown quantity?

What is a variable?


200

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

What is check them both carefully—they’re likely key options? What is reread the question? What is annotate the problem?

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 is a rational number?

What is a fraction? What is a whole number? What is a decimal that stops? What is a repeating number?

300

If you have an  expression or equation problem with multiple choice options, how can you make sure you answer is correct?

What is plug in? What is use substitution? What is check your work?

300

Where can we find helpful conversions and formulas on the State Exam?

What is the reference sheet?

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 a 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? What is eliminate nonsense answers? What is use the calculator, when available?

500

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

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