Math Vocabulary for Topics 8 & 9

____ is the answer when you add two or more numbers.

• difference

• product

• quotient

• sum

The value given to a place a digit has in a number is _________.

• place value

• number

• digit

Numbers can be added in any order, and the sum stays the same; The Order Property

• Associative Property of Addition

• Commutative Property of Addition

• Identity Property of Addition

To give an approximate number or answer rather than an exact number or answer.

(Example: Round then add or round then subtract)

• addend

• difference

• estimate

• sum

Mathematical processes; the most common are add, subtract, multiply, and divide.

• addends

• operations

• sums

• differences

The sum of any number and zero is that same number; The Zero Property

• Commutative Property of Addition

• Associative Property of Addition

• Identity Property of Addition

______ are the numbers that are being added.

• addends

• sums

• differences

• factors

Using a multiple of ten or hundred that is closest to the given number; finding the nearest ten or hundred.

• difference

• multiply

• adding

• round

Addends can be grouped in any order and the sum stays the same; The Grouping Property

• Commutative Property of Addition

• Associative Property of Addition

• Identity Property of Addition

The ______ is the answer to a subtraction problem.

• sum

• addend

• difference

• product