Maths vocabulary

Equivalent

• To have the same value
• To be side by side
• The number that is greater
• The number that is least 

What do you need to do when you are estimating to solve a problem?

• Just guess
• Close your eyes and pick a random answer
• Just add or subtract the numbers like normal
• Round the numbers before adding or subtraction

What is a parallelogram?

• A shape with 6 sides
• A shape with two parallel sides
• A straight line
• A shape with 2 sets of parallel sides

What does > mean?

• less than
• move to the right
• greater than
• equal to

What is the top number in a fraction called?

• little number
• big number
• numerator
• denominator

What does the denominator tell us?

• How many pieces there are in all
• How many whole numbers there are
• How many pieces are missing
• How many fractions

Product

• the answer to a multiplication question
• the answer to a division question
• the answer to a subtraction question
• the answer to an addition question

Any positive or negative number that appears on a number line.

• Factors

• Multiples

• Integers

• Fractions

When we reduce a fraction to lowest terms, we are __________ it

• Cross multiplying

• Multiplying Across

• Simplifying

• Flipping it

The opposite of addition is

• Adding three numbers

• Subtraction

• Multiplication

• Division