6th Grade Math Vocabulary

Question 1

A set of rules that determines the proper sequence for evaluating expression.

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Order of Operations

Question 2

The number of square units to fill a space.

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Area

Question 3

A number that is the result of subtraction.

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Difference

Question 4

The dependent variable.

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y

Question 5

The number part of a term that contains a variable.

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Coefficient

Question 6

The data point that occurs most often in a data set.

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Mode

Question 7

A number that tells you how many times to multiply the base.

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Exponent

Question 8

Integers less than zero.

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Negative Numbers

Question 9

The measurements are written as fractions or decimals.

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Fractional edge length

Question 10

4(3 + 2) = 4*3 + 4*2

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Distributive Property

Question 11

A measure of how many times an event occurs.

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Frequency

Question 12

The smallest multiple (other than zero) that two or more numbers have in common.

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Least Common Multiple

Question 13

Cubes, pyramids, prisms, etc are all...

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3-dimensional

Question 14

A number that is the result of multiplication.

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Product

Question 15

A term that does not contain a variable.

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Constant

Question 16

A number that is the result of addition.

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Sum

Question 17

Range, Interquartile Range, and Mean Absolute Deviation are all...

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Measures of Spread

Question 18

With 3-dimensional shapes, we use nets to find the...

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Surface Area

Question 19

The largest factor that two or more numbers have in common.

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Greatest Common Factor

Question 20

The counting numbers, their opposites, and zero.

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Integers

Question 21

How much there is of something.

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Quantity

Question 22

The largest data point in the set.

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Maximum

Question 23

A mathematical statement that compares two expressions; does not contain an equal sign.

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Inequality

Question 24

(3 + 4) + 6 = 3 + (4 + 6)

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Associative Property

Question 25

Changing the sign of a number.

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Opposite Numbers

Question 26

A step-by-step way to solve a problem

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algorithm

Question 27

The measure that tells us the average distance the data points are from the mean.

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MAD

Question 28

A number that can be written in three ways: as a fraction, with a : or with the word "to".

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Ratio

Question 29

A mathematical statement that two expressions are equal: contains an equal sign.

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Equation

Question 30

Terms that contain the same variable raised to the same power.

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Like Terms

Question 31

A number that is the result of division.

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Quotient

Question 32

Two numbers whose product is 1.

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Reciprocal

Question 33

A data display that shows the data in quartiles.

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Box-Whisker Plot

Question 34

A data point that lies outside most of the other data points (really small or really large).

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Outlier

Question 35

The measure of center that we call average

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Mean

Question 36

The smallest data point in the set.

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Minimum

Question 37

A data display that shows the frequency of data within equal intervals.

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Histogram

Question 38

The point in the center of a coordinate plane.

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Origin

Question 39

A rate in which the second measurement or amount is 1 unit.

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Unit Rate

Question 40

A 2-dimensional shape with all straight edges.

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Polygon

Question 41

The measure of variability (spread) that tells us the spread of the middle half of the data.

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Interquartile Range

Question 42

A ratio that compares a number to 100; per 100; out of 100

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Percent

Question 43

All sides are rectangles.

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Rectangular Prism

Question 44

9 + 12 = 12 + 9

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Commutative Property

Question 45

The measure of variability (spread) that uses the maximum and minimum values.

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Range

Question 46

When you set two ratios equal to each other.

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Proportion

Question 47

The measure of center that is in the middle of an ordered data set.

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Median

Question 48

The base is a polygon and the sides are triangles.

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Pyramid

Question 49

Two bases that are triangles and sides that are rectangles.

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Triangular Prism

Question 50

The distance from the given number to zero on a number line.

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Absolute Value

Question 51

Numbers that can be written as fractions.

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Rational Numbers

Question 52

The independent variable.

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x

Question 53

The number of cubic units to fill a space.

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Volume

Question 54

Mean, median and mode are all considered...

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Measures of Center

Question 55

Operations that undo each other (e.g. addition and subtraction).

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Inverse Operation

Question 56

Squares, rectangles, triangles, etc are all...

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2-dimensional

6th Grade Math Vocabulary

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6th Grade Math Vocabulary

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