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Vocab You Must Know Ch.1-6
Vocab that is used in 5th grade math class
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Mathematics
5th Grade
01/15/2008

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Term
period
Definition
 a group of 3 digits in a place-value chart.
Term
place
Definition
position of a digit in a number
Term
value
Definition

is the product of a digit multiplied by its place

 

Example:  The ___________ of 2 in 4,281 is 200.

Term
standard form
Definition
the usual or common way to write a number
Term
expanded form
Definition
a way of writing a number as the sum of the values of its digits
Term
decimal
Definition
a number with one or more digits to the right of the decimal point, such as 8.37 or 0.05.
Term
fraction
Definition
a number that names part of a whole or part of a group
Term
equivalent decimals
Definition
decimals that name the same number
Term
number line
Definition
a line on which numbers can be written or visualized
Term
equivalent forms of a number
Definition

different forms of the same number

 

1/2 = 0.05 = 50%

Term
benchmark
Definition
a point of reference from which other measurements may be estimated
Term
estimate
Definition
to find a number that is close to the exact answer without calculating an exact answer.
Term
whole number
Definition
any one of the numbers 0,1,2,3, and so on.
Term
addend
Definition
a number to be added
Term
round
Definition
to find the nearest value of a number based on a given place
Term
properties of addition
Definition
Associative, Commutative, and Identity properties
Term
Associative Property of Addition
Definition
a property of addition that states when adding 3 addends, the grouping of the addends does not change a sum.
Term
Identity Property of Addition
Definition
Property of Addition that states that when a number is added to 0, the sum is that number
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Commutative Property of Addition
Definition
An Addition Property that states when adding, the order of addends does not change the sum
Term
compensation
Definition

a mental math technique for adding or subtracting 2 numbers, involving doing the same of the opposite operation to the 2 numbers.

Example:  298 + 236 = (298 + 2) + (236 - 2) = 300 + 234 = 534

Term

grid

Definition
a network of evenly spaced, parallel, horizontal and vertical lines
Term

array

Definition

 

a group of objects separated into rows and columns

Term

factor

Definition

 a. a number that is multiplied to give a product

 

 b. a whole number is a ________ of another whole number if the remainder is 0 when the second is divided by the first.

Term
product
Definition
the answer in a multiplication problem
Term
clustering
Definition
a way to estimate a sum by changing the addends that are close in value to one common number and multiplying by the number of addends
Term

Properties of Multiplication

Definition
Associative, Commutative, Distributive, Identity, and Zero properties
Term

Commutative Property of Multiplication

Definition
a property that states that the order of the factors does not change the product.
Term

Associative Property of Multiplication

Definition
A property that states that the way factors are grouped does not change a product.
Term

Zero Property of Multiplication

Definition

A property that states the product of any factor and 0 equals 0.

Term

Identity Property of Multiplication

Definition
A property that states the product of any factor and 1 is that factor.
Term
Distributive Property of Multiplication over Addition
Definition
A property that states to multiply a sum by a number, you can multiply each addend by the number and add the products.
Term

Distributive Property of Multiplication

over Subtraction

Definition
A property that states to multiply a difference of 2 numbers by a third number, you can multiply each of the first 2 numbers by the third and then find the difference of the products.
Term
base
Definition

 a. a side of a polygon, or a face of a 3-dimensional

     figure, usually the one at the bottom.

 

 b. the number that is to be raised to a given

      exponent

Term
power of 10
Definition
a number obtained by raising 10 to a given exponent
Term
scientific notation
Definition
a number expressed as the product of 2 factors where the first factor is between 1 and 10 and the second factor is a power of 10
Term
power
Definition
a number obtained by raising a base to an exponent
Term
exponent
Definition
the number that tells how many times a base is used as a factor
Term
remainder
Definition

In division, the number left over after the quotient is found.

Term
dividend
Definition
a number to be divided
Term
divisor
Definition
the number by which a dividend is divided
Term
quotient
Definition
the answer to a division problem
Term
fact family
Definition
a group of related facts using the same numbers
Term
compatible numbers
Definition
those numbers that can easily be added, subtracted, multiplied, or divided mentally
Term
repeating decimal
Definition

Sometimes in division, the quotient does not end.

This is called ______________.

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