5th Grade Math Vocabulary Flashcard

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What are inverse operations?

Back

Operations that undo each other.

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CCSS.2.NBT.B.5

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What are forms in math?

Back

Three-dimensional objects that have height, length, and width such as spheres, cylinders, cones, cubes, rectangular prisms, and pyramids.

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CCSS.1.G.A.1

CCSS.2.G.A.1

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What is the order of operations?

Back

PEMDAS (Parentheses, Exponents, Multiplication/Division left to right, Addition/Subtraction left to right).

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CCSS.7.NS.A.3

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What does it mean to evaluate an expression?

Back

To find the value of a numerical or algebraic expression.

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CCSS.6.EE.A.2C

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What does coefficient mean?

Back

A number in front of a variable.

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CCSS.6.EE.A.2B

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What is a variable in math?

Back

A symbol used to represent an unknown value.

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CCSS.6.EE.A.2B

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What is a fraction?

Back

A part of a whole, represented by a numerator and a denominator.

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CCSS.3.NF.A.1

CCSS.3.NF.A.2B

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What is a decimal?

Back

A way of representing fractions using a point to separate whole numbers from parts.

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CCSS.4.NF.C.6

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What is a percentage?

Back

A fraction expressed as a part of 100.

Front

What is a prime number?

Back

A number greater than 1 that has no positive divisors other than 1 and itself.

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CCSS.4.OA.B.4