5th Grade Math Vocabulary Quiz

What are braces used for in math?

• To enclose sections of an expression

• To indicate the number of times a quantity is multiplied by itself

• To find the value of a numerical or algebraic expression

• To undo operations

What does coefficient mean?

• A number in front of a variable

• To enclose sections of an expression

• To find the value of a numerical or algebraic expression

• To undo operations

What does it mean to evaluate an expression?

• To find the value of a numerical or algebraic expression

• To indicate the number of times a quantity is multiplied by itself

• To enclose sections of an expression

• To undo operations

What is an exponent?

• A mathematical notation indicating the number of times a quantity is multiplied by itself

• A number in front of a variable

• To find the value of a numerical or algebraic expression

• To undo operations

What is an expression?

• A mathematical phrase that contains operations, numbers, and/or variables, but doesn't have an equal sign

• To indicate the number of times a quantity is multiplied by itself

• To find the value of a numerical or algebraic expression

• To undo operations

What is factorization?

• A number written as a product of its factors

• A number in front of a variable

• To find the value of a numerical or algebraic expression

• To undo operations

What are forms in math?

• Three-dimensional objects that have height, length, and width such as spheres, cylinders, cones, cubes, rectangular prisms, and pyramids

• To indicate the number of times a quantity is multiplied by itself

• To find the value of a numerical or algebraic expression

• To undo operations

What is an inequality?

• A mathematical expression which shows that two quantities are not equal

• A number in front of a variable

• To find the value of a numerical or algebraic expression

• To undo operations

What are inverse operations?

• Operations that undo each other

• To indicate the number of times a quantity is multiplied by itself

• To find the value of a numerical or algebraic expression

• To undo operations

What is the order of operations?

• PEMDAS (Parentheses, Exponents, Multiplication/Division left to right, Addition/Subtraction left to right)

• A number in front of a variable

• To find the value of a numerical or algebraic expression

• To undo operations