MATH VOCABULARY

CLUE WORDS
ADDITION SUBTRACTION
MULTIPLICATION
DIVISION

TERMS USED IN
EQUATIONS

ADDITION
SUBTRACTION
MULTIPLICATION
DIVISION

GRADE 3 MATH VOCABULARY
 

GRADE 4 MATH
VOCABULARY

 

GRADE 5 MATH
VOCABULARY

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CLUE WORDS

Within every story problem are several clue words. These  words tell you the kind of math sentence to write to solve the problem.

ADDITION CLUE  WORDS

bulletADD
bulletSUM                            
bulletTOTAL
bulletPLUS
bulletIN ALL
bulletBOTH
bulletTOGETHER
bulletINCREASED BY
bulletALL TOGETHER
bulletCOMBINED

MULTIPLICATION CLUE WORDS

bulletTIMES
bulletPRODUCT OF
bulletMULTIPLIED BY
bulletBY (dimension)

SUBTRACTION CLUE WORDS

bulletSUBTRACT
bulletDIFFERENCE
bulletTAKE AWAY
bulletLESS THAN
bulletARE NOT
bulletREMAIN
bulletDECREASED BY
bulletHAVE OR ARE LEFT
bulletCHANGE (money problems)
bulletMORE
bulletFEWER

DIVISION CLUE WORDS

bulletQUOTIENT OF
bulletDIVIDED BY
bulletHALF [or a fraction]
bulletSPLIT
bulletSEPARATED
bulletCUT UP
bulletPARTS
bulletSHARED EQUALLY

  ----->  Division clue words are often the same as subtraction clue words. Divide when you know the total and are asked to find the size or number of "one part" or "each part."

TERMS USED IN EQUATIONS

ADDITION
In addition, an augend and an addend are added to find a sum:  7 + 3  = 10

NOTE: Sometimes both the augend and the addend are called the addends. Sometimes the sum is called the total.

SUBTRACTION
In subtraction, a subtrahend is subtracted from a minuend to find  a difference. In the following equation the 8 is the minuend, 2 is the subtrahend, and 6 is the difference.  8 - 2 = 6

MULTIPLICATION
In multiplication, a multiplicand and a multiplier are multiplied to find a product. In the following equation, 9 is the multiplier and 3 is the multiplicand, and 27 is the product. 9 x 3 = 27

NOTE: Sometimes the multiplicand and the multiplier are both called factors.0

DIVISION
In division, a dividend is divided by a divisor to find a quotient.
In the following equation, 12 is the dividend, 3 is the divisor and 4 is the quotient.  12/3 = 4

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Grade 3 Math Vocabulary

.M.

Addend

Addition

Analog clock

Angle

Area

Array

Bar graph

Calendar

Capacity

Cent

Centimeter  (cm)

Certain

Chances

Change

Circle

Compare

Cone

Congruent figures

Coordinate grid

Corner

Cube

Cubic centimeter

Cubic unit

Cup

Customary units of length

Cylinder

Data

Decimal

Decimal point

Decimeter

Degree Celsius

Degree Fahrenheit

Denominator

Difference

Digital clock

Digits

Display

Dividend

Divisor

Dollar

Edge

Elapsed time

Endpoint

Equally likely

Equivalent fractions

Estimate

Even number

Expanded form

Experiment

Face

Fact family

Factors

Fair

Fair game

Flip

Foot (ft)

Fraction

Front-end estimate

Gallon (gal)

Gram (g)

Graph

Greater than (>)

Grouping (associative) property

Hundredth

Impossible

Inch (in)

Intersecting lines

Key

Kilogram (kg)

Kilometer (km)

Less than (<)

Likely

Line

Line graph

Line of symmetry

Line segment

Liter (l)

Mass

Mental  math

Meter

Metric unit of length,

Mile

Millimeter

Mixed number

Multiple

Multiplication

Number line

Number sense

Numerator

Odd number

One property

Operation

Order

Ordered pair

Ordinal number

Ounce

Outcome

P.m.

Parallel lines

Pattern

Perimeter

Period

Pictograph

Pint

Place value

Plane figure

Point

Polygon

Possible

Pound

Prediction

Probability

Product

Pyramid

Quart

Quotient

Ray

Rectangle

Rectangular prism

Regroup

Remainder

Right angle

Roman numerals

Rounding

Scale

Schedule

Side

Skip counting

Slide

Solid figure

Square

Square inch

Square number

Square unit

Standard form

Strategy

Subtraction

Sum

Survey

Symbol

Symmetry

Tally mark

Temperature

 

Tenth

 

Triangle

 

Turn

 

Unit

Unit fraction

Units of time

Unlikely

Volume

Weight

Word name

Yard

Zero property

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Grade 4 Math Vocabulary 

A.M.

Acute angle

Acute triangle

Addend

Addition

Analog clock

Angle

Area

Array

Average

Bar graph

Benchmark

Capacity

Centimeter (cm)

Certain

Chances

Change

Circle

Circle graph

Cluster

Compare

Composite number

Cone

Congruent figure

Coordinate grid

Cube

Cubic centimeter

Cubic inch

Cubic unit

Cup

Cylinder

Data

Decimal

Decimal point

Decimeter (dm)

degree Celsius

degree Fahrenheit

denominator

diagonal

Difference

Digits

Digital clock

Display

Dividend

Divisible

Division

Divisor

Edge

Elapsed time

Endpoint

Equally likely

Equation

Equilateral triangle

Equivalent fractions

Estimate

Even number

Expanded form

Experiment

Face

Fact family factors

Fair game

Flip

Fluid ounce

Foot

Fraction

Front-end-estimation

Gallon (gal)

Gram

Graph

Greater than >

Grouping –Associative property

Hexagon

Hundredth

Impossible

Improper fraction

Inch (in.)

Intersecting lines

Isosceles triangle

Key

Kilogram

Kilometer

Leaf

Less than<

Likely

Line

Line graph

Line of symmetry

Line plot

Line segment

Liter

Mass

Mean

Median

Mental math

Meter

Metric units

Mile

Milliliter

Millimeter

Mixed number

Mode

Multiple

Multiplication

Number line

Number sentence

Numerator

Obtuse angle

Obtuse triangle

Octagon

Odd number

One property

Operation

Order

Ordered pair

Order

        -Commutative property

ordinal number

ounce

outcome

P.M.

Parallel lines

Parallelogram

Pattern

Pentagon

Perimeter

Period

Perpendicular lines

Pictograph

Pint

Place value

Plane figure

Point

Polygon

Possible

Pound

Prediction

Prime number

Probability

Problem solving guide

Product

Pyramid

Quadrilateral

Quart

Quotient

Range

Ray

Rectangle

Rectangular prism

Regroup

Remainder

Rhombus

Right angle

Right triangle

Roman Numerals

Rounding

Sample

Scale

Scalene triangle

Schedule

Similar figures

Simplest form

Slide

Solid figure

Sphere

Square

Square centimeter

Square inch

Square number

Square unit

Standard form

Stem

Stem-and leaf plot

Straight angle

Strategy

Subtraction

Sum

Survey

Symbol

Symmetry

Tablespoon

Tally mark

Teaspoon

Tenth

Ton

Trapezoid

Tree diagram

Triangle

Turn

Unit

Units of time

Unlikely

Variable

Vertex

Volume

Word

Name

Yard

Zero property

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Grade 5 Math Vocabulary 

Addend

Addition

Angle

Area

Average

Bar graph

Base

Common denominator

Common factor

Compatible numbers

Composite numbers

Cup

Cylinder

Data

Decimal

Decimal point

Denominator

Difference

Digits

Distributive property

Dividend

Divisible

Division

Equation

Equivalent decimals

Equivalent fractions

Estimate

Evaluate

Even number

Expanded form

Exponent

Expression

Factors

Factor tree

Foot

Formula

Front-end estimation

Gallon

Gram

Graph

Greater than

Greatest common factor

Hexagon

Horizontal axis

Hundredth

Improper fraction

Least common multiple

Less than

Line

Line graph

Median

Mile

Mixed number

Mode

Multiple

Multiplication

Number line

Odd number

One property

Operation

Order

Ordered pair

Parallel lines

Pattern

Pentagon

Perimeter

Period

Perpendicular lines

Pictograph

Place value

Prime number

Problem solving guide

Product

Quotient

Rectangle

Regroup

Remainder

Rounding

Scale

Simplest form

Solid figure

Square unit

Strategy

Subtraction

Sum

Symbol

Tenth

Thousandths

Triangle

Variable

Vertex

Zero property

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