Math Vocabulary
This is the answer to an addition problem.
What is the Sum
The number −8 is an integer.
True
Which operation would you use if a problem says altogether?
What is addition?
Write two thousand, thirty-five in standard form.
What is 2,035?
Mia has 8 pencils. Her teacher gives her 5 more. How many pencils does Mia have now?
What is 13 pencils?
This means to take one number away from another number.
What is subtract?
An expression always contains an equal sign.
False — An equation contains an equal sign.
Which operation would you use if a problem says how many are left?
What is subtraction?
Write nine thousand, four hundred twelve in standard form.
What is 9,412?
There are 24 students. They are placed into 6 equal groups. How many students are in each group?
What is 4 students?
This is the answer to a multiplication problem.
What is the product?
The quotient of 24 ÷ 6 is 4.
True
Which operation would you use when you are combining equal groups?
What is multiplication?
Write “forty-two thousand, eight” in standard form.
42,008
A movie theater has 9 rows with 18 seats in each row. If 27 seats are empty, how many people are watching the movie?
135 people
This is the bottom number in a fraction.
What is the denominator?
If a word problem says “repeat addition,” you should probably use division.
False — You would use multiplication.
Which operation would you use when you need to share equally?
What is division?
Write “three hundred five thousand, seventy-two” in standard form.
305,072
A teacher has 6 boxes of pencils. Each box contains 24 pencils. She gives 35 pencils to students.
How many pencils does she have left?
109 pencils
A mathematical phrase that does not contain an equal sign.
What is an expression?
0.5 is an integer.
False — a decimal can’t be an integer. Integers are whole numbers
A problem says: “Find the difference between 45 and 18.” What operation should you use?
What is subtraction?
Write “two million, forty thousand, six hundred one” in standard form.
2,040,601
A school orders 8 packs of paper. Each pack has 500 sheets. The school uses 1,275 sheets.
How many sheets are left?
2,725 sheets