Math Vocabulary

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What is a denominator?

Back

The bottom number in a fraction telling how many parts altogether.

Tags

CCSS.3.NF.A.1

CCSS.3.NF.A.2B

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What is a numerator?

Back

The number above the fraction bar.

Tags

CCSS.3.NF.A.1

CCSS.3.NF.A.2B

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What are integers?

Back

The collection of the counting numbers, the negatives, and zero; ... −4, −3, −2, −1, 0, 1, 2, 3, 4...

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What is absolute value?

Back

A number's distance from zero.

Tags

CCSS.6.NS.C.7C

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What is an opposite in terms of numbers?

Back

Two numbers that are the same, but on opposite sides of the zero on a number line.

Tags

CCSS.6.NS.C.6A

Front

What is a fraction?

Back

A way to represent a part of a whole, consisting of a numerator and a denominator.

Tags

CCSS.3.NF.A.1

CCSS.3.NF.A.2B

Front

What is a mixed number?

Back

A whole number combined with a fraction.

Tags

CCSS.3.NF.A.3C

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What is a whole number?

Back

A non-negative number without fractions or decimals; 0, 1, 2, 3,...

Front

What is a positive number?

Back

A number greater than zero.

Tags

CCSS.6.NS.C.6A

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What is a negative number?

Back

A number less than zero.

Tags

CCSS.6.NS.C.5