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Middle School Math Vocab Contest
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The distance from a number to zero
Absolute Value
Equation
Temperature
Integer
2
The grid where you place ordered pairs (x,y)
Pie Chart
Bar Graph
Number line
Coordinate Plane
3
The answer to a subtraction problem
Quotient
Sum
Difference
Product
4
Numbers that can be multiplied to make a certain number (ex ~ 8: 1, 2, 4, 8)
Dividends
Variables
Factors
Mulitples
5
The answer to a multiplication problem
Quotient
Product
Sum
Difference
6
The same shape but different sizes
Parallel
Polygons
Congruent
Similar
7
A four sided shape
Quadrilateral
Triangle
Pentagon
Octagon
8
The answer to an addition problem
Difference
Sum
Product
Perimeter
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A way of writing very small or very large numbers (ex: 25 ⋅ 10
13
)
Exponential Notation
Standard Form
Expanded Form
Scientific Notation
10
Things that have the same size and shape
Similar
Parallel
Vertical
Congruent
11
A number written using its place values as addends
Word Form
Expanded Form
Numerical Form
Standard Form
12
A mathematical phrase that can contain numbers, variables and operations.
Expression
Coefficient
Variable
Equation
13
To find the average by adding numbers together then dividing by how many were added
Mode
Range
Median
Mean
14
The distance around a circle
Circumference
Radius
Perimeter
Diameter
15
The inside of a 3D shape
Area
Size
Perimeter
Volume
16
Making a number simpler by changing it to something that's close but easier to work with
Multiplying
Rounding
Sleeping
Calculating
17
To change a mixed number to an improper fraction...
Whole ⋅ Denominator + Numerator, Denominator Stays the same
Denominator ⋅ Numerator + Whole, Denominator stays the same
Numerator ⋅ Denominator + Whole, Numerator stays the same
Whole ⋅ Numerator + Denominator, Denominator stays the same
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A 90 degree angle
Similar
Acute
Obtuse
Right
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An angle greater than 90 degrees
Obtuse
Similar
Right
Acute
20
The symbols 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, and 9 ONLY
Place values
Numerals
Digits
Numbers
21
Decreased by, less than, fewer, difference, change
Addition
Multiplication
Subtraction
Division
22
Relationship of a part to a whole
Fraction
Number sentence
Decimal
Ratio
23
A straight line is...
180 degrees
90 degrees
360 degrees
270 degrees
24
A quadrilateral with one set of parallel sides
Rectangle
Trapezoid
Rhombus
Parallelogram
25
An angle less than 90 degrees
Obtuse
Acute
Complementary
Right
26
The first piece of the order of operations
Addition
Parentheses
Exponents
Perimeter
27
A number that can be expressed as a fraction, positive or negative
Fractional number
Whole Number
Irrational Number
Rational Number
28
The distance around a shape
Length
Perimeter
Volume
Area
29
A line with two end points
Ray
Perimeter
Line
Line segment
30
The number of inches in a foot
8
12
16
10
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The sum of the angels in a quadrilateral
90 degrees
360 degrees
270 degrees
180 degrees
32
Numbers that are being added
Quotients
Addends
Integers
Dividends
33
To divide fractions...
find common denominators
multiply with the reciprocal of the first fraction
divide straight across
Multiply with the reciprocal of the second fraction
34
A quadrilateral with four 90 degree angles
Parallelgram
Rhombus
Rectangle
Trapezoid
35
Step-by-step procedure for solving a problem
Function
Algorithm
Input-output table
Equation
36
Angles that add up to 90 degrees
Inverse angles
Acute angles
Supplementary angles
Complementary angles
37
A corner, or the point where two lines meet
Congruent
Integer
Reciprocal
Vertex
38
The number of cups in a pint
2
4
16
8
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Rounding numbers before using them
PEMDAS
Estimating
Order of Operations
Dividing
40
The number of quarts in a gallon
4
8
2
16
41
Polygon
A shape with more than three sides
A four sided shape
A shape with curved sides
A shape with straight sides
42
How likely it is for something to happen
Geometry
Probability
Translation
Reflection
43
The number of pounds in a ton
1,000
2,000
100
10
44
Angles that add up to 180 degrees
Inverse angles
Tri angles
Supplementary angles
Complementary angles
45
The shortest hand on a clock
Left hand
Hour Hand
Minute hand
Second hand
46
Up and down
Horizontal
Vertical
Right angle
Perpendicular
47
An equation saying that two ratios are equal
Ratio
Proportion
Decimal
Percent
48
A number used to tell order (1st, 2nd, 3rd...)
Ordinal Numbers
Whole Numbers
Integers
Natural Numbers
49
A polygon with two sets of parallel sides
Trapezoid
Rhombus
Parallelogram
Quadrilateral
50
of, area, rate, double, triple
Subtraction
Addition
Division
Multiplication
51
A number that has exactly 2 factors: 1 and itself
Composite
Prime
Multiple
Factor
52
To multiply fractions...
multiply straight across
multiply by the reciprocal
cross multiply
find common denominators
53
A line that cuts across parallel lines
similar
perpendicular
variable
transversal
54
The counting numbers (1, 2, 3, 4...)
Integers
Finite Numbers
Real Numbers
Natural Numbers
55
The distance across a circle
Circumference
Perimeter
Radius
Diameter
56
per, each, half, third
Addition
Division
Multiplication
Subtraction
57
The number that shows how many times to multiply a base number by itself.
Numerator
Exponent
Quotient
Product
58
The space inside a polygon
Perimeter
Area
Volume
Capacity
59
To find area:
Multiply all side lengths
Add all side lengths
Length times width
Length times width times height
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The name for (0,0) on a coordinate plane
Face
Base
Origin
Vertex
61
Grouping symbols
Operations
Parentheses
Quotients
Numerals
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A number written using digits
Exponential form
Standard form
Expanded form
Word form
63
Ones, Tens, Hundreds, Thousands, Ten Thousands...
Order of Operations
Decimal Place Values
Order of digits
Whole Number Place Values
64
A number that has more than two factors
Expression
Prime
Equation
Composite
65
Lines that are the same distance apart in all places
Parallel
Congruent
Right Angle
Perpendicular
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They are always out of 100
Ratios
Fractions
Percents
Decimals
67
The distance from the center of a circle to the edge
Diameter
Area
Circumference
Radius
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A fraction that has been "flipped upside down."
Reciprocal
Improper fraction
Proper fraction
Mixed number
69
A number that multiplies a variable (ex: the 4 in 4x
2)
Divisor
Coefficient
Quotient
Variable
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Numbers that are divisible by 5...
end in 0 or 5
are even
end in 0, 2, 4, 6, or 8
end in 5
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In one year there are _____ days.
335
385
235
365
72
The sum of the angles in a triangle
90 degrees
360 degrees
270 degrees
180 degrees
73
The answer to a division problem
Sum
Quotient
Difference
Product
74
The number of degrees in a circle
90
180
360
720
75
Side to side
Perpendicular
Parallel
Vertical
Horizontal
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A letter that represents a number
Fraction
Percent
Coefficient
Variable
77
The difference between the smallest and largest of a set of numbers
Mean
Range
Mode
Median
78
Three feet equals one...
Inch
Centimeter
Yard
Meter
79
They compare amounts, and can be written three ways: with "to", with ":" or as a fraction.
Proportion
Ratio
Product
Percent
80
Reducing a fraction is also called...
Proper fraction
Simplifying
Solving
Improper fraction
81
Intersecting lines...
are supplementary
cross or touch each other
are the same distance apart in all places
meet at 90 degrees
82
Fractions that have the same value but are written differently.
Proper fractions
Improper fractions
Simplified fractions
Equivalent fractions
83
Any whole number, positive or negative
Numeral
Integer
Coefficient
Fraction
84
A quadrilateral with all four sides the same length
Rectangle
Parallelogram
Rhombus
Trapezoid
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Operations that undo each other (Addition and subtraction, multiplication and division...)
Reciprocals
Algorithms
Inverse operations
Complementary operations
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Pi
3.14
4.31
3.24
4.13
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A relationship between two variables; x relating to y
Bar graph
Equation
Function
Circle graph
