5th Grade Math Vocab Review

What is length?

• The amount of matter in an object.

• The distance between two points along a line.

• A closed plane figure composed of at least three line segments that do not cross.

• The figure formed by two rays meeting at a common end point.

What is perimeter?

• The surface within a plane figure that is measured in square units. The formula to find this measure is length x width (rectangle) and (length x width)/2 (triangle).

• A measure of capacity that is measured in cubic units. The formula to find this measure is length x width x height.

• The answer to a multiplication problem.

• The path or distance around any plane figure. It is found by adding the measure of all sides of the figure.

What is a hundredth?

• Any number greater than 0.

• The first place after the decimal point.

• The second place after the decimal point.

• The third place after the decimal point.

What is diameter?

• A line segment connecting any two points on a circle.

• The distance around a circle.

• A chord that goes through the center of a circle across the entire length of the circle.

• A line segment joining the center of a circle to any point on the circle.

What is a mixed number?

• A whole number and a proper fraction.

• The part of a fraction that is above the line.

• The part of a fraction that is below the line.

• A fraction whose numerator is equal to or greater than the denominator.

What is a scalene triangle?

• A triangle with three congruent sides.

• A triangle with four congruent sides.

• A triangle with no congruent sides.

• A triangle with two congruent sides.

What does translation mean, mathematically?

• A transformation in which an image stays exactly the same.

• A transformation in which an image is formed by moving every point on the preimage the same distance in the same direction.

• A transformation in which an image is formed by reflecting the preimage over a line (the line of reflection).

• A transformation in which an image is formed by rotating the preimage about a point (the center of rotation).

What is a product?

• The answer to an addition problem.

• The answer to a subtraction problem.

• The answer to a multiplication problem.

• The answer to a division problem.

What is a right angle?

• An angle measuring less than 90 degrees.

• An angle measuring more than 90 degrees.

• An angle measuring 0 degrees.

• An angle measuring exactly 90 degrees.

What is measured using millimeters, centimeters, meters, and kilometers?

• Mass

• Liquid Volume

• Circumference

• Length