Vocabulary Library 2025

Estimate

• To find a value that is exactly correct without any calculation.

• To find a value that is close enough to the right answer, usually with some thought or calculation involved. Educated guess.

• To determine the exact value of a quantity using precise measurements.

• To guess randomly without any basis or reasoning.

Fraction

• Parts of a whole.

• A type of whole number.

• A decimal representation.

• A percentage of a value.

Quotient

• The answer to a division problem.

• The answer to a multiplication problem.

• The remainder in a division problem.

• The sum of two numbers.

Equivalent Fractions

• Fractions that are equal in value, even if they appear different.

• Fractions that add up to one.

• Fractions that have the same numerator and denominator.

• Fractions that are always greater than one.

Evaluate

• To calculate the value of.

• To ignore the value of.

• To approximate the value of.

• To analyze the value of.

Common Denominator

• When two or more fractions have the same numerator

• When two or more fractions have the same denominator

• When two or more fractions are added together

• When two or more fractions are multiplied together

Mixed number

• A whole number and a fraction combined into one "mixed" number.

• A number that is only a whole number without any fractions.

• A fraction that is greater than one.

• A decimal number that represents a part of a whole.

Common Factor

• A number that is only divisible by itself and 1.

• A factor shared between 2 or more numbers.

• A number that is a multiple of another number.

• A prime number that cannot be divided.

Decimal number

• A whole number without any fractional part.

• A number that has a decimal point followed by digits showing the fractional part.

• A number that is always negative.

• A number that can only be expressed as a fraction.

Dividend

• The result of a division problem.

• The number being divided in a division problem.

• The number that divides another number.

• The total amount before division.