Math Vocabulary

Math Vocabulary
Geometry
Movement and Direction

full rotation 360° left right

clockwise counterclockwise direction

half turn quarter turn right angle 90°

turn straight line

rotation direction

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Geometry
Position

above middle in front of

inside halfway grid

next to bottom below

near far close around

position center front between

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Geometry
2D Shapes

square triangle

circle rectangle

pentagon hexagon octagon

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Geometry
3D Shapes

square pyramid rectangular prism

cube cone

sphere cylinder

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Geometry
Properties of 2D Shapes Language

line triangular

curve angle

vertex side corner

straight line symmetry

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Geometry
Properties of 3D Shapes Language

faces angle edge

vertices vertex

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Measurement

thick tallest tape measure

ruler thin wide

short shortest inch (in.)

tall narrow width ruler

depth height taller low
high shorter long longer
foot (ft) longest

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Measurement
Time

analog clock digital clock night

day half past quarter past o’clock

seconds minutes hour

hands o’clock digital

analog half past quarter after

quarter to a.m. p.m.

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Measurement
Weight/Mass

light heavy

scale balance scale

scale pounds (lbs) grams (g)

ounces (oz) weight mass

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Measurement
Capacity and volume

measuring container half (full)

quarter (full) 100 milliliters (100 mL)

capacity liter (L) container

holds more holds most full

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Measurement
Money
Coins

1¢ 5¢ 10¢ 25¢ 50¢

Bills

$1 $5 $20 $50

cost price

money monetary spending

change amount currency

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Skip Counting
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20

21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30

31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40

41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50

51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60

61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70

71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80

81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90

91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 100

sequence patterns fives

tens skip twos

threes fours hundreds chart

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Place Value
Thousands Place Value
thousands hundreds tens ones
4 3 2 5

4,325
4,000 + 300 + 20 + 5
four thousand, three hundred, twenty-five

Hundreds Place Value

hundreds tens ones
9 5 8

958
900 + 50 + 8
nine hundred, fifty-eight

expanded standard numerical

numbers digits represent place value

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Subtraction

-
distance between

less difference

take away minus (-)

subtract

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Multiplication

groups of

×
repeated addition

times product

multiply double

multiplied by

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Division

group grouping

÷
sharing quotient

dividend remainder

equal groups divisor

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Addition

altogether sum

+
double total

and

plus (+)
addend

near double add

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Fractions

equal fraction

eighths

half

halves

share
fourths

thirds
quarter whole

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Subtraction Questions

How many are left/ left over?

What is the difference?
How many fewer is than ?
How much less is ?
How many less?
How many less to make ?
How many fewer is than ?

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Data and Statistics

Types of Transportation Amount
bicycle
car
train
bus

tally chart

tallies count set

data table total

most least compare

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