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Operations Terms

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 19mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is the answer of a multiplication problem called?

a)

Divisor

b)

Addend

c)

Subtrahend

d)

Product

2.

What is the answer of a subtraction problem called?

a)

Subtrahend

b)

Sum

c)

Difference

d)

Divisor

3.

What is the answer of a division problem called?

a)

Addend

b)

Difference

c)

Divisor

d)

Quotient

4.

The term "sum" refers to which operation?

a)

Addition

b)

Subtraction

c)

Multiplication

d)

Division

5.

The term "difference" refers to which operation?

a)

Addition

b)

Subtraction

c)

Multiplication

d)

Division

6.

What is another word for “answer” in a multiplication problem?

3 x 2 = 6

a)

sum

b)

product

c)

difference

d)

quotient

7.

What is the name for the 2 digits being multiplied together in this multiplication problem?

3 x 2

a)

factors

b)

addends

c)

digits

d)

product

8.

What is the number that is being subtracted from in a subtraction problem?

a)

addend

b)

subtrahend

c)

minuend

d)

difference

9.

What is the name for the number that is to be divided in a division problem?

a)

dividend

b)

quotient

c)

factor

d)

divisor

10.

What is the number that is subtracted from the minuend?

a)

minuend

b)

subtrahend

c)

difference

d)

subtraction

11.

What is the number you divide by in a division problem called?

a)

subtrahend

b)

factors

c)

divisor

d)

dividend

12.

What are the numbers added together in an addition problem called?

a)

sum

b)

difference

c)

addends

d)

factors

13.

What tells the number of times the base of a power is used as a factor?

a)

factor

b)

exponent

c)

multiplication

d)

product

14.

What is the name for the repeated factor in a power?

a)

product

b)

factor

c)

base

d)

exponent

15.

What is the term for the product of repeated factors such as:

10 x 10 x 10 x 10

a)

power

b)

product

c)

base

d)

exponent

16.

What is the term for three digits separated by commas in a multi-digit number?

a)

power

b)

period

c)

answer

d)

product

17.

What is the name of the third place to the right of the decimal point?

a)

tenths

b)

hundredths

c)

thousandths

d)

ones

18.

The base number in 35 is

a)

3

b)

5

19.

The exponent in 42 is

a)

4

b)

2

20.
To square a number is to use what mathematical operation?
a)
Division
b)
Subtraction
c)
Multiplication
d)
Addition