PSSA Math vocabulary

This means the way a shape looks. It may tell the color, size, shape, number of sides or number of angles

• Classify

• Attribute

• Formula

• Variable

Variable means...

• The distance between two points or numbers

• a rule written as an equation

• A letter or symbol used to represent an unknown quantity

• the answer to a division problem

Which word means to put a fraction into simplest form?

• Quotient

• Formula

• Inequality

• Simplify

An addend is...

• The numbers being subtracted

• The numbers being divided

• The numbers being added

• The numbers being multiplied

This vocabulary word means the amount of liquid that something holds.

• congruent

• estimate

• capacity

• equation

24 divided by 8 equals 3

The number 3 is an example of a(n)____________________.

• product

• sum

• quotient

• difference

The product of 9 x 11 would be _________________.

• 99

• 20

• 2

• 1.2

Which number is a prime number-a number with EXACTLY two factors?

• 12

• 4

• 3

• 15

A multiple is_____________________________.

• The answer to a multiplication problem

• The product of that number and any whole number

• the number of times the base is used as a factor

• a rule written as an equation

Which mathematical property says that when adding/multiplying two numbers, it does not matter what order you add/multiply them in, you will still get the same answer?

• Distributive Property

• Identity Property

• Commutative Property

• Associative Property