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Maths Vocabulary
The posters in this book explain the meaning of a wide range of maths words,
with diagrams and examples.
These resources could be used in the classroom in a number of ways:

• Print individual posters and use them on classroom displays, for children to
refer to during maths activities.
• Show posters on a large display and use them as
a teaching tool, to introduce (or revise) different
Maths topics.
• Use them as part of guided reading activities.
• Print some of the posters and ask children to
make their own versions of them.
• Give a child one of the posters and ask them to
use it to ‘teach’ another child about that topic.
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Maths Equipment
A calculator Clocks and stopwatches are
can work out used to tell and measure the time.
calculations quickly.
An abacus has
Make sure that you sets of 10 beads on rods.
press the right keys It is used for counting
and check the and other calculations.
answers against
your estimate! A thermometer
is used to
We can use a Scales are used measure the
measuring to measure the temperature.
cylinder to mass of different
measure items. Protractors are
amounts of liquid. used for measuring
and drawing angles.
Rulers and tape measures are used to measure length.
We also use rulers to draw straight lines.
Can you think
of any other
equpiment that you
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Rounding Numbers
Rounding means changing a number to one with a similar, but
simpler, value. It can help us to estimate answers and check
our work. Let’s try rounding to the nearest ten:
30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40
The closest multiple of ten to 34 is 30.
38 rounded to the nearest ten is 40.
If you have a number that is half-way between
two tens (like 35), we round it UP to the next ten.
Negative Numbers
Negative numbers are numbers that are less than zero.
-5 -4 -3 -2 -1 0 1 2 3 4 5
We show that a number is negative
by writing a minus sign in front of it, e.g. -7, -19, -5.7
When do we use negative numbers?
It is very cold. My bank

The temperature is -5ºC. balance
is -£19.00
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Square Numbers
1x1=1
2x2=4
When a number has been multiplied by itself,
we say that the answer is a square number.
3x3=9 Can you see why they are called square?
The first ten square numbers are

1, 4, 9, 16, 25, 36, 49, 64, 81 and 100.
4 x 4 = 16
We can write four squared as 4 x 4 or 42.
A square root is the opposite of

a square number.
5 x 5 = 25
If 4 x 4 = 16, the square root of 16 is 4.
We use the square root sign (√)
to show this, so √16 = 4
Even and Odd Numbers
Even numbers are whole numbers that can be
divided by two with nothing left over. Here are some:
4, 28, 36, 80, 122, 704, 89,352,618

The units digit in an even numbers is always a 2, 4, 6, 8 or 0.
Odd numbers are whole numbers that can’t be

divided exactly by two. Here are some:
3, 21, 47, 79, 105, 699, 64,823,501

The units digit in an odd numbers is always a 1, 3, 5, 7 or 9.
+ +
The addition sign
Addition
Addition is counting up or finding the total of some numbers.
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
We can use a number line to help us count on.

5+3=8
Here are some more words that are linked to addition:
add more
+ plus
sum
increase
altogether
total
+
Fractions
Fractions show us how much of something we have.
5
We have 5 pieces
of the chocolate
bar left.
8
There were
8 pieces
altogether.
The parts of a fraction have special names:

= 3
Numerator The numerator tells us how
many parts we have. 4
Denominator The denominator tells us
how many parts something = 2
was divided into.
5
Fractions, Decimals and Percentages
Here are some fractions, decimals and percentages that it is
helpful to remember:
Fraction Decimal Percentage
1
100
0.01 1%
5
100
0.05 5%
10 1
100
or 10
0.1 10%
20 1
100
or 5
0.2 20%
25 1
100
or 4
0.25 25%
50 1
100
or 2
0.5 50%
75 3
100
or 4
0.75 75%
100
100
1 100%
Direction
There are different ways of describing direction.
North
UP
North-West North-East
LEFT RIGHT
West East
South-West South-East
DOWN
South
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DI
Lines
AG Parallel
ON How many different types
A L of lines can you name?
HORIZONTAL
Perpendicular
Diagonal lines are straight V
lines that join one corner of E
a shape to another. R
T
If a diagonal line cuts a I
shape exactly in half, we C
say that it bisects the A Remember to draw
shape. L straight lines using
a ruler and a sharp
pencil!
Reflective Symmetry
If you can divide a shape into matching halves that ‘mirror’
each other, we say that it has reflective (or line) symmetry.
This arrow has one line of symmetry. This triangle has three lines of symmetry. A square has four lines of symmetry.
The line can be called the line of symmetry,

the mirror line or the axis of symmetry.
Can you draw a shape that doesn’t have a line of symmetry at all?
Polygons
A polygon is a shape with straight sides.
If all of the sides are the same length, the shape is regular.
If they are not the same length, it is irregular.
3 equal sides 4 equal sides 5 equal sides 6 equal sides

Regular Triangle Regular Quadrilateral Regular Pentagon Regular Hexagon
7 equal sides 8 equal sides 9 equal sides 10 equal sides

Regular Heptagon Regular Octagon Regular Nonagon Regular Decagon
Cubes and Cuboids
Cubes and cuboids are shaped like boxes.
Cubes and cuboids all have:

6 faces
8 vertices
12 edges
3D Shape Nets
The net of a shape is what it looks like when it is opened out flat.
Cube Triangular prism Square-based pyramid
Length
The length of something tells us how long it is.
We can use a ruler or a tape measure to measure length.
When you are using a ruler
or tape measure, always
remember to start the
measurement at the ‘0’.
Metric Units of Length This isn’t always at the end!
10 millimetres (mm) = 1 centimetre (cm) Imperial Units of Length
100 centimetres (cm) = 1 metre (m) 12 inches (in) = 1 foot (ft)
3 feet (ft) = 1 yard (yd)

1000 metres (m) = 1 kilometre (km)
1760 yards = 1 mile
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Area and Perimeter
Area is the amount of space Perimeter is the distance
inside a shape. around the edge of a shape.
5cm
1 2 3 4 5
6 7 8 9 10 3cm 3cm
11 12 13 14 15
5cm
This rectangle has an area of This rectangle has a perimeter of

15 square centimetres or 15cm². 16 centimetres or 16cm.
To find the area of a square or rectangle, To find the perimeter of a shape,
multiply the height by the breadth (width). add up the lengths of all of its sides.
Angles
Angles are a measurement of turn.
They are measured in degrees, shown with a º symbol.
290º
55º
110º
We measure angles with a protractor.

Midday
Analogue Clocks
12 o’clock in the middle of the day (or noon).
Midnight
12 o’clock at night.
o’clock
The longer hand on a clock five to five past
tells us the minutes.
The shorter hand ten to ten past
tells us the hours.
Which way do the

hands of a clock quarter to quarter past
What time does
go round? this clock show?
twenty twenty
to past
Anticlockwise Clockwise
twenty-five twenty-five
to half past past
Mass or Weight?
Mass and weight are sometimes mixed up. Kitchen scales could
be used to measure things
we need for cooking.
The mass of a person’s body is the amount of
matter in it. This can be measured in milligrams,
grams and kilograms.
The weight is the amount of pull on that body by
gravity (so a person’s weight might change if they We use bathroom scales
to measure ourselves.
go to the moon, but their mass won’t!). Weight should be measured in Newtons, but scales
usually have measurements showing grams and kilograms.
Metric Units of Mass

Imperial Units of Mass
1000 milligrams (mg) = 1 gram (g) 16 ounces (oz) = 1 pound (lb)
1000 grams (g) = 1 kilogram (kg) 14 pounds (lbs) = 1 stone (st)
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Capacity
Capacity is the amount that a container will
hold. The container might be a jug, a kettle,
a bucket, a freezer or something else.
We can use a measuring cylinder
to measure amounts of liquid. An empty A full
container. container.
We usually measure capacity in Metric Units

millilitres (ml) and litres (l). 1000ml = 1 litre
Sometimes, we use centilitres (cl). 100cl = 1 litre
Imperial units of pints and gallons Imperial Units

can be used too. 8 pints = 1 gallon
Graph
A graph is a special type of chart or diagram. It shows
information without using lots of words or numbers. There are a
number of different types of graphs. Here are some of them:
Pictogram
Number of fruit sold
Bar Chart
Line Graph
10 Colours of cars in King Street
9 12
8
7 Temperature on Merryweather beach Pie Chart
Number Sold
9
6 30
Number of Cars
27
Favourite Sports
5
24 Cricket
Temperature (ºC)
4 6 Te
n
21 nis
3 18
ll
tba
2 15
Ne
3
1 12
0 9
Basketball
Apples Bananas Grapes Oranges Raspberries
0 6
Types of Fruit
Red Green Blue Silver Black 3
Colours 0
1pm 2pm 3pm 4pm 5pm 6pm
Time of Day
Footb
all
Temperature on Merryweather Beach
30
Line Graph
27
24
Temperature (ºC)
21
18
15
A line graph shows the information 12

9
as a number of points. We plot 6
3
each point and then join the points 0
1pm 2pm 3pm 4pm 5pm 6pm
together with lines. Time of Day
Converting lb and kg
3.0
This line graph shows the temperature at the 2.7
beach in one afternoon. Can you describe 2.4

2.1
how the temperature changes?
Kilograms (kg)
1.8
1.5
1.2
A conversion graph is a type of line graph 0.9
that helps us to convert amounts. Can you 0.6

0.3
use this conversion graph to convert 3lb to kg? 0
0 1 2 3 4 5 6
Pounds (lb)
Probability
Probability is the chance (or likelihood) of an event happening.
We can describe this using words from a probability scale.
less likely more likely
no chance poor chance even chance good chance certain
We can also describe probability using fractions.

1 The probability of this
1 spinner landing on ‘3’ is
2 three out of six
6 The probability of (because there are three ‘3’s and
a flipped coin there are six sides altogether).
The probability of rolling a landing on heads 3
3
3
‘2’ on a die is one out of six is one out of two
2
(because there is only one ‘2’ 3
and there are six faces altogether).
(because there is one ‘head’
and there are two sides altogether).
6 1
Ratio
We use ratio to compare things.
The ratio of pigs to sheep is 3 to 2. We usually write this as 3:2.
The ratio of kangaroos to koalas is 5 to 7 (or 5:7).
Venn Diagrams
Venn diagrams are used to sort groups (or sets) of things.
Multiple of 2 Multiple of 5
4 45
14 10
12 15
50
26 5
30
25
8
55

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These resources could be used in the classroom in a number of ways:

When do we use negative numbers?

It is very cold. My bank

The first ten square numbers are

A square root is the opposite of

4, 28, 36, 80, 122, 704, 89,352,618

Odd numbers are whole numbers that can’t be

3, 21, 47, 79, 105, 699, 64,823,501

We can use a number line to help us count on.

The parts of a fraction have special names:

The line can be called the line of symmetry,

3 equal sides 4 equal sides 5 equal sides 6 equal sides

7 equal sides 8 equal sides 9 equal sides 10 equal sides

Cubes and cuboids all have:

Cube Triangular prism Square-based pyramid

10 millimetres (mm) = 1 centimetre (cm) Imperial Units of Length

100 centimetres (cm) = 1 metre (m) 12 inches (in) = 1 foot (ft)

3 feet (ft) = 1 yard (yd)

This rectangle has an area of This rectangle has a perimeter of

We measure angles with a protractor.

Which way do the

Metric Units of Mass

1000 grams (g) = 1 kilogram (kg) 14 pounds (lbs) = 1 stone (st)

We usually measure capacity in Metric Units

Imperial units of pints and gallons Imperial Units

A line graph shows the information 12

beach in one afternoon. Can you describe 2.4

that helps us to convert amounts. Can you 0.6

no chance poor chance even chance good chance certain

We can also describe probability using fractions.

The ratio of kangaroos to koalas is 5 to 7 (or 5:7).

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