Math Vocabulary 1

The space inside an object.

• area

• perimeter

• volume

The distance around an object

• area

• perimeter

• volume

A whole number that has at least two factors

• composite number

• integer

• prime number

• fraction

The answer to a division problem

• sum

• difference

• product

• quotient

All the numbers that are greater than zero

• Positive numbers

• Negative numbers

• Integers

The number that goes under the bar in a fraction

• Numerator

• Denominator

The answer to a multiplication problem

• Sum

• Difference

• Product

• Quotient

All the numbers less than zero

• Positive numbers

• Negative numbers

• Integers

A number close to the exact amount

• hypothesis

• facts

• estimate

• example

The distance of a number from zero on a number line

• Integer

• Positive numbers

• Negative numbers

• Absolute value