sum - Answers the answer to an addition problem
the difference - Answers the answer to a subtraction problem
product - Answers the answer to a multiplication problem
quotient - Answers the answer to a division problem
divisor - Answers the number you divide by
remainder - Answers the number that remains after subtraction
words used in addtion word problems - Answers sum, total, all together
words used in a subtraction word problem - Answers how much more, how much less, find the
difference, and deduct
words often used in division word problems - Answers share, split, per, average and grouped into
gross - Answers total amount of salary before deducting taxes, espenses, etc.
net - Answers amount of salary remaining after deducting taxes, expenses, etc.
parentheses in a math equation - Answers do this part first
exponent - Answers a mathematical notation indicating the number of times a quantity is multiplied by
itself
base number - Answers a number that has an exponent
square root - Answers a number that when multiplied by itself equals a given number
order of operations - Answers Please Excuse My Dear Aunt Sally
P - parentheses
E - exponents
M - multiplication
D - division
, A - addition
S - subtraction
Mean or average - Answers The sum (+) of all data divided by the number of data points
median - Answers The middle number in a set of numbers that are listed in order
perimeter - Answers the sums of the lenghts of all sides of a figure
length - Answers longer sides of a rectangle
width - Answers shorter sides of a rectangle
area - Answers the measure of flat surface inside its perimeter
volume - Answers the amount of space inside a three-dimensional figure
v=(pi X r squared)h -- volumn = (pi X radius squared)height
fraction - Answers a small part or item forming a piece of a whole
numerator - Answers the part of a fraction above the line, which tells how many parts are being
counted.
denominator - Answers the part of a fraction below the line, which tells how many equal parts there are
in the whole or in the group.
equivalent fractions - Answers different fractions that name the same amount
reducing fractions to the lowest terms - Answers the smallest equivalent fraction
improper fraction - Answers a fraction whose numerator is larger than the denominator
mixed number - Answers a number made up of a whole number and a fraction
lowest common denominator - Answers the smallest number, other than zero, that can be the
denominator for two or more common fractions
triangle - Answers a three-sided polygon
perimeter of a triangle - Answers add all the sids
area of a triangle - Answers A=1/2 bh -- Area = 1/2 base X height
right triangle - Answers a triangle with one right angle