PSSA Math Vocabulary

Question 1

congruent

Answer 1

exactly the same size

Question 2

difference

Answer 2

answer to subtraction

Question 3

dividend

Answer 3

the number divided 35 ÷ 7

Question 4

divisible

Answer 4

can be divided without remainder

Question 5

quotient

Answer 5

answer to division

Question 6

divisor

Answer 6

the number divided by 35 ÷ 7

Question 7

product

Answer 7

answer to multiplication

Question 8

sum

Answer 8

answer to addition

Question 9

addend

Answer 9

number added to get sum

Question 10

prime number

Answer 10

a number with exactly 2 factors (1 is not prime)

Question 11

composite number

Answer 11

a number with more than 2 factors

Question 12

expanded notation

Answer 12

4,000 + 300 + 40 + 3 =

Question 13

negative number

Answer 13

a number less than zero

Question 14

standard form

Answer 14

just the number 4343

Question 15

multiple (m=many)

Answer 15

counting by a number (4 = 4, 8, 12,…)

Question 16

factor (f=few)

Answer 16

numbers multiplied to get a product (8 = 1, 2, 4, 8)

Question 17

perimeter

Answer 17

distance around an object = add all sides

Question 18

area

Answer 18

length x width = area (square units

Question 19

parallelogram

Answer 19

quadrilateral with 2 sets of parallel sides

Question 20

rectangle

Answer 20

quadrilateral with 4 right angles

Question 21

rhombus

Answer 21

quadrilateral with 4 congruent sides

Question 22

square

Answer 22

quadrilateral with 4 right angles & 4 congruent sides

Question 23

trapezoid

Answer 23

quadrilateral with exactly 1 set of parallel sides

Question 24

mode

Answer 24

most common number in a set of data

Question 25

average/mean

Answer 25

add all numbers in set, then divide by how many

Question 26

median

Answer 26

order numbers least to greatest = middle number

Question 27

range

Answer 27

greatest minus the least

Question 28

probability

Answer 28

likelihood something will occur

Question 29

conversion card

Answer 29

1 foot = 12 inches; 16 ounces (oz.) = 1 pound (lb.)

Question 30

intersecting lines

Answer 30

lines that cross

Question 31

parallel lines

Answer 31

lines that never cross

Question 32

perpendicular lines

Answer 32

lines that intersect at a right angle

Question 33

line of symmetry

Answer 33

mirror or reflection across a line

Question 34

ray

Answer 34

0------------>

Question 35

segment

Answer 35

0----------------0

Question 36

line

Question 37

square pyramid

Answer 37

5 faces, 5 vertices, 8 edges

Question 38

triangular pyramid

Answer 38

4 faces, 4 vertices, 6 edges

Question 39

vertex

Answer 39

where 3 edges meet

Question 40

edge

Answer 40

where 2 faces meet

Question 41

face

Answer 41

flat surface

Question 42

rectangular prism

Answer 42

6 faces, 8 vertices, 12 edges

Question 43

reflection

Answer 43

flip

Question 44

rotation

Answer 44

turn

Question 45

least common multiple

Answer 45

list multiples of the numbers, circle the lowest pair

Question 46

greatest common factor

Answer 46

list factors of the numbers, circle the greatest pair

Question 47

least common denominator

Answer 47

find common multiples of fractions = same deonominators