Math Vocab
A whole number that can be positive, negative, or zero.
What is an Integer?
Which is greater -4 or -10?
What is -4?
Solve: 5 + (-3)
What is 2?
The clue word “increased by” means this operation.
What is addition?
What is the product of 3 x 4?
What is 12?
A number greater than zero.
What is a Positive number?
Which is less, 0 or -5?
What is -5?
Solve: -7 + 4
What is -3?
The clue word “difference” tells you to do this.
What is subtract?
What is the product of -3 x -5?
What is 15?
A number less than zero.
What is a Negative number?
True or False? -4 > -3
What is False?
Solve: -6 - (-2)
What is -4?
The clue word “of” in a math problem often means this operation.
What is multiplication?
What is the product of 0 x (-7)?
What is 0?
A neutral number that is neither positive or negative. Separates positives from negatives on a number line.
What is Zero?
Place these in order from least to greatest: -1, 3, 0, -5
What is -5, -1, 0, 3?
Solve: -10 + (-3)
What is -13?
"Shared equally among" suggests this operation.
What is division?
What is the product of |-9| x 2 x -3
What is -54?
Two numbers that are the same distance from zero, but on opposite sides.
What is Opposite?
Compare using >, <, or = : |-8| ___ -3
What is >?
Solve: The temperature was -2°F in the morning and dropped by 7°F. What is the new temperature?
DAILY DOUBLE: You get double the points if you can write the equation for the question.
What is -9?
DAILY DOUBLE: -2F-7F=-9
The word "Drop" is your clue word. Drop tells you that you are subtracting 7 and not adding 7.
“How many more” refers to this operation.
A student says that -4 × -2 = -8. Is the student correct?
DAILY DOUBLE: If you can use math vocabulary to tell us what the students mistake was, you double your teams points.
What is no? The correct answer is 8.
DAILY DOUBLE: -4 x -2 = 8. When you multiply two negative integers, your product is positive.