GoMath Chapter 5 Vocabulary

The number divided in a division problem.

• dividend
• divisor
• quotient
• divided

A symbol used to separate dollars from cents in money, and to separate the ones place and tenths place in a decimal

• decimal point
• exponent
• colon
• benchmark

Fractions that name the same amount or part

• equivalent fractions
• remainder
• exponent
• quotient

The number that divides the dividend

• dividend
• divisor
• quotient
• remainder

A number that shows how many times the base is used as a factor

• exponent
• decimal point
• remainder
• estimate

To replace a number with one that is simpler and is approximately the same size as the original number.

• estimate

• exponent

• round

• remainder

To find a number that is close to an exact amount

• exponent
• remainder
• rounding
• estimate

The number left over when a number cannot be divided equally

• remainder
• exponent
• benchmark
• quotient

The number that results from dividing. The answer to a division problem

• quotient
• dividend
• divisor
• remainder