6th Grade Math: Unit 02 Vocabulary

Fill in the blank: The distance of a value from zero on a number line is called _________.

• absolute value

• reciprocal

• product

• quotient

Fill in the blank: The set of positive numbers that begins at one and increases by increments of one each time {1, 2, 3, ..., n} are called ___________.

• counting (natural) numbers

• prime numbers

• even numbers

• whole numbers

Fill in the blank: The set of counting (natural) numbers, their opposites, and zero {–n, ..., –3, –2, –1, 0, 1, 2, 3, ..., n}; denoted by the symbol Z are called ___________.

• integers

• fractions

• decimals

• irrationals

Fill in the blank: To arrange a set of numbers based on their numerical value is to ___________.

• order numbers

• multiply numbers

• subtract numbers

• color numbers

Fill in the blank: A part of a whole expressed in hundredths is called a ___________.

• percent

• fraction

• decimal

• ratio

Fill in the blank: The value of a digit as determined by its location in a number such as ones, tens, hundreds, one thousands, ten thousands, etc. is called ___________.

• place value

• face value

• absolute value

• rounding

Fill in the blank: The set of numbers that can be expressed as a fraction a/b, where a and b are counting (natural) numbers, are called ___________.

• positive rational numbers

• irrational numbers

• prime numbers

• whole numbers

Fill in the blank: The set of numbers that can be expressed as a fraction a/b, where a and b are integers and b ≠ 0; denoted by the symbol Q are called ___________.

• rational numbers

• irrational numbers

• whole numbers

• prime numbers

Fill in the blank: The set of counting (natural) numbers and zero {0, 1, 2, 3, ..., n} are called ___________.

• whole numbers

• prime numbers

• odd numbers

• integers

Fill in the blank: Arranging numbers from least to greatest (smallest to largest) is called ___________.

• ascending

• descending

• multiplying

• subtracting