Grade 6 Vocabulary

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Definition Vocabulary Word

LIST 1 – GRADE 5 REVIEW
1)is a number that is being divided / dividend
2)is the number that does the dividing / divisor
3)can be divided by a number without leaving a remainder / divisible
4)the result when you divide one number by another / quotient
5)a whole number that is left over after division when a divisor does not divide a number evenly / remainder
6)the result when you add two or more numbers / sum
7)a number to be added to another number / addend
8)the result when you subtract one number from another / difference
9)the product of a number and any non-zero whole number / multiple
10) a number that is multiplied by another number / factor
11) the result when you multiply two or more numbers / product
LIST 2 – Module 1
12) numbers greater than zero / positive numbers
13) numbers less than zero / negative numbers
14) the set of all whole numbers and their opposites / integers
15)positive numbers and zero / whole numbers
16) any number that can be expressed as a ratio of two integers / rational number
17) a number that has only 2 factors / prime number
18) a number that has more than 2 factors / composite number
19)a statement that two quantities are not equal / inequality
20) a number’s distance from zero on a number line / absolute value
21)two numbers that are equal distance from zero on a number line / opposites
22)the number itself / opposite of the opposite
LIST 3 – Module 2
23)a set of rules or a procedure for solving a mathematical problem in a finite number of steps / algorithm
24) the least number, other than zero, that is a multiple of all the numbers / Least common multiple
25) the largest common factor of two or more given numbers / Greatest common factor
26) states that if you multiply a sum by a number, you will get the same result (answer) if you multiply each addend by that number and then add the products / Distributive Property
LIST 4 – Module 6&7
27)a single item / unit
28)a rate in which the second quantity in the comparison is one unit / unit rate
29)a ratio that compares two quantities measured in different units / rate
30)a comparison of two quantities by division / ratio
31)ratios that name the same comparison / equivalent ratios
32)the numbers in a ratio / terms
33)a statement that two ratios or rates are equivalent / proportion
34)a ratio comparing two equivalent measurements / conversion factor
LIST 5 – Module 8&9 (Quarter 3)
35)out of 100 OR part of 100 / percent
36)an expression that contains only numbers and operations / numerical expression
37)the number that is multiplied / base
38)tells how many times the base appears in the expression / exponent
39)a number that is formed by repeated addition of the same factor / power
40)diagram showing how a whole number breaks down into its prime factors / factor tree
41)a number written as the product of its prime factors / prime factorization
42)a whole number greater than 1 that has only exactly two factors / prime number
43)any number raised to the power of zero is one / Property of Zero as an Exponent
44)a rule for simplifying or evaluatingexpressioins / order of operations
LIST 6 – Module 10&11
44)a letter or symbol used to represent an unknown quantity that can change / variable
45)specific number whose value does not change / constant
46)a mathematical phrase that contains operations, numbers, and/or variables / expression
47)expressions that have the same value for all values of the variable / equivalent expression
48)contains one or more variables and may contain an operation symbol / algebraic expression
49)the number that is multiplied by the variable in an algebraic expression / coefficient
50)parts of an expression that are separated by operation symbols / terms
51)terms with the same variable(s) / like terms
52)substitute a number for a variable in an expression and SOLVE / evaluate
53)a value of the variable that makes the statement true / solution
54)a mathematical statement that includes one or more variables / equation
LIST 7 – Module 12
55)the point where the axes intersect / origin
56)the vertical axis / y-axis
57)the horizontal axis / x-axis
58)formed when the two axes divide the coordinate plane / quadrants
59)the first number in an ordered pair / x-coordinate
60)the second number in an ordered pair / y-coordinate
61)a pair of numbers that gives the location of a point on a coordinate plane / ordered pairs
62)the numbers in an ordered pair / coordinates
63)formed by two number lines that intersect at right angles / coordinate plane
64)the coordinate plane’s two number lines / axes
LIST 8 – Module 13&15
65)a model that looks like an unfolded three-dimensional figure / net
66)a quadrilateral in which opposite sides are parallel and congruent / parallelogram
67)a two-dimensional shape with straight sides / polygon
68)a four sided shape / quadrilateral
69)the total area of all the faces or surfaces of a three-dimensional figure / surface area
70)a quadrilateral in which one pair of sides is parallel / trapezoid
71)has three sides and three angles / triangle
72)the number of cubic units needed to fill a given space / volume
LIST 9 – Module 16
73)sum of the data values divided by the number of data values in the set / mean (average)
74)the middle value of an ordered data set / median
75)the number(s) that occur most often in a set of data / mode
76)the difference between the greatest and least value in a data set / range
77)data values that either much greater or much less than the other data values / outlier