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Math Vocab 1 Flashcards

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What is addition?

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when you add one thing to another 3+4=7

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What does after mean?

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a number that is greater than another number (6 comes after 5)

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What is an angle?

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What is area?

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What is the average or mean?

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the middle or “central” value of a set of numbers. To calculate: add up all the numbers, then divide by how many numbers there are. Example: what is the average of 2, 7 and 9? Add the numbers: 2 + 7 + 9 = 18 Divide by how many numbers (i.e. we added 3 numbers): 18 ÷ 3 = 6 So the average or mean is 6

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What does before mean?

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a number that is less than another number or in front of (The number 5 is less than and comes before 6.)

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What does Celsius mean?

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The measurement we use to tell how hot or cold something is. It is often written as °C (Water freezes at 0°C and boils at 100°C)

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What does chance mean?

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how likely it is that some event will occur

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What is a chart?

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a visual display of information

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What is a clock?

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Something that tells the time of day, by hour and minute.

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What is clockwise?

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in the same direction - to the right - as the rotating hands of a clock

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What is congruent?

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13
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What does cost mean?

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the total spent for goods or services including money and time and labor

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What is a cup?

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a United States liquid unit of volume or capacity equal to 8 fluid ounces

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What is a day?

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How long it takes Earth to make a complete rotation on its axis

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What is a degree?

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a unit to measure temperature or an angle

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17
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What is the difference?

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18
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What is distance?

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19
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What is divisible?

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When you can divide one number by another with no remainder.

10 is divisible by 2 or 10/2=5

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What is a dozen?

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a quantity of 12 items or units

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21
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What is an equation?

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22
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What is estimation?

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The use of rounding and/or other strategies to determine a possible answer, without calculating an exact answer.

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What is a flip?

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24
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What is a factor?

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25
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What is a fact family?

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26
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What is a foot?

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a distance or linear unit of length equal to 12 inches

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27
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What are fourths?

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4 equal pieces of a whole

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28
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What is a fraction?

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29
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What is a gallon?

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a liquid volume or capacity unit in the United States equal to 4 quarts or 128 ounces

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30
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What is a geometric figure?

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A polygon or closed shape or a solid figure

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31
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What does half past mean?

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30 minutes past the hour or half of the hour.

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What is height?

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33
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What is hundreds?

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34
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What is a kilometer?

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a metric unit of distance or length equal to 1000 meters (or about half a mile)

35
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What is least?

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The smallest number in a group of numbers

36
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What is less?

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fewer or smaller amount (I have 3 mints, my friends have 4. I have less.)

37
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What is a line?

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a straight path that extends without end in opposite directions

38
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What is a line segment?

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39
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What is a line of symmetry?

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40
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What is a liter?

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A metric unit of volume or capacity.

41
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What does measure mean?

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to use standard units to find out the size or quantity
(length, breadth, height, area, mass or weight, volume, fluid volume,
capacity, temperature and time.)

42
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What is a meter?

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A metric unit of distance equal to 100 centimeters or about 3 feet long. A door knob is about a meter off the ground.

43
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What is a mile?

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a unit of length or distance equal to 5,280 feet or 1760 yards

44
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What is multiplication?

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repeated addition (ex. 5 x 4 = 20 or 4+4+4+4+4=20)

45
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What is a nickel?

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Five cents of money.

46
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What is Noon?

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the middle of the day 12:00 p.m.

47
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What does o’clock mean?

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The time on the clock - 3:00 or three o’clock.

48
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What is an odd number?

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A whole number ending with 1, 3, 5, 7, or 9 in the ones place. When you divide an odd number by 2, there will always be one left over.

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What does ones mean?

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50
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What does order mean?

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putting objects, numbers or the alphabet to follow one after another (ex. a,b,c,d, or 13, 14, 15, 16)

51
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What is perimeter?

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52
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What is a pint?

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53
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What is a point?

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54
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What is a quarter?

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A U.S. coin worth 25 cents.

55
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What is a rate?

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a comparision of two things, such as distance and time (ex. He drove 50 MPH. How many miles did he drive in 3 hours?)

56
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What is rotation?

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57
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What does round mean?

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To estimate a number to the nearest ten, hundred, or thousand, making it easier to add, subtract, multiply or divide.

58
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What is a row?

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59
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What is a second?

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Coming next after first, or 1/60 of a minute.

60
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What is a set?

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A group of numbers (3, 5, 7)

61
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What is a seventh?

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62
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What is a side?

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The outer edge or surface of a shape.

63
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What is a slide?

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64
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What is the smallest?

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The least in size or value.

65
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What does solve mean?

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find the solution to (a problem or question) or understand the meaning of

66
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What is a sum?

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67
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What is symmetry?

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68
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What is a tablespoon?

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a unit of measure for volume of capacity, used for measuring liquids or powders (abbreviated tbsp.)

69
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What is taller?

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greater in height than another object

70
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What is a teaspoon?

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a unit of measure for volume of capacity, used for measuring liquids or powders (abbreviated tsp.)

Smaller than a tablespoon 3 teaspoons = 1 tablespoon.

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What does tens mean?

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72
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What does ten thousand mean?

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the place value of ten thousand (ex. the 2 is in the ten thousands place 24,398)

73
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What is a tenth?

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74
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What are thirds?

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75
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What is a turn?

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76
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What is a unit?

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Can also be the unit we use to measure or count something - feet, grams, pounds.

77
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What is width?

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78
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What are whole numbers?

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79
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What is a yard?

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80
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What is a year?

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A unit of measure of 365 or 365 days to count how long it takes the Earth to orbit the Sun.

81
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What is a denominator?

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The number below the line in a fraction. The denominator tells you how many equal parts are in the whole.

82
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What is the numerator?

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The number above the fraction line. It tells you how many equal parts are described by the fraction. Like 1/2 means a numerator of 1 out of a denominator of 2.

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