Addition and Subtraction Vocabulary

What is the term for the answer to an addition problem?

• product

• difference

• quotient

• sum

What is the term for the answer to a subtraction problem?

• difference

• quotient

• sum

• product

What is the term for the numbers being added together in an addition problem?

• addends

• factors

• multipliers

• summands

What is the term for the number being subtracted in a subtraction problem?

• minuend

• difference

• addend

• subtrahend

What is the term for the number being subtracted from in a subtraction problem?

• subtrahend

• difference

• minuend

• addend

What is the term for the process of finding the total of two or more numbers?

• subtraction

• multiplication

• division

• addition

What is the term for the process of taking one number away from another?

• subtraction

• addition

• division

• multiplication

What is the term for the symbol used to represent addition?

• plus sign

• divide sign

• multiply sign

• minus sign

What is the term for the symbol used to represent subtraction?

• minus sign

• dash

• negative sign

• subtract sign

What is the term for the numbers being subtracted in a subtraction problem?

• minuend

• addend

• subtrahend

• difference