6th Grade Math Vocabulary Terms

What is the absolute value of a number on a number line?

• The number's position relative to other numbers

• The distance a number is from zero on a number line

• The numerical value of a number without its sign

• The sum of a number and its opposite

Tags

CCSS.7.NS.A.1B

What does the area of a two-dimensional region represent?

• The perimeter of the shape

• The volume of the shape

• The number of unit squares that cover the shape without gaps or overlaps

• The length of the shape

Tags

CCSS.3.MD.C.5A

Two ratios a : b and c : d are equivalent if:

• You can add the same number to a and b to get c and d

• There is a number that you can multiply both a and b by to get c and d

• You can divide a by b to get c divided by d

• a equals b and c equals d

Tags

CCSS.6.RP.A.3A

What is the interquartile range (IQR) of a data set?

• The sum of Q3 and Q1

• The average of all data points

• The difference between Q3 and Q1

• The product of Q3 and Q1

Tags

CCSS.6.SP.B.5C

What is the mean in a data set?

• The middle value when the data is arranged in order

• The value when adding up all of the values in a data set and dividing by the number of values in the set

• The most frequently occurring value in the set

• The difference between the highest and lowest values in the set

Tags

CCSS.6.SP.B.5C

What does the mean absolute deviation (MAD) measure?

• The average of all data points in a set

• The middle value of a data set

• The spread in distribution; the mean of the distances of the data points from the mean of the distribution

• The sum of all values in a data set

Tags

CCSS.6.SP.B.5C

What is the median?

• The mean of a data set

• The middle value when the data values are listed in order

• The sum of all numbers in a set divided by the number of values

• The most frequently occurring number in a set

Tags

CCSS.6.SP.B.5C

What is the average, also known as the mean?

• The middle value when the data values are listed in order

• The most frequently occurring number in a set

• The value you get from adding all the numbers in a set and dividing by the number of values in the set

• The difference between the highest and lowest values in a set

Tags

CCSS.6.SP.B.5C

What does the height of a parallelogram represent?

• The length of any side of the parallelogram

• The length of the diagonal of the parallelogram

• The perpendicular segment reaching from the base to the opposite side

• The area of the parallelogram

Which of the following is an example of categorical data?

• The temperature in degrees over a week

• The number of students in a class

• The breeds of dogs

• The height of students in a class