Moli Stone Math Vocabulary

a symbol used to represent numbers and numerals

• digit

• character

• letter

• symbol

the answer to a subtraction problem

• sum

• product

• difference

• quotient

the amount for the grouping or regrouping that is done in a numeration system

• base

• scale

• factor

• unit

the number in a subtraction problem that gives the total amount before anything is subtracted

• minuend

• subtrahend

• difference

• total

an idea of an amount

• number

• quantity

• value

• total

the value of a digit depending on its place in a number

• place value

• digit value

• numerical position

• value assignment

a table of the sums of the basic facts (0-9)

• addition table

• multiplication table

• subtraction table

• division table

the number in a subtraction problem that gives the amount that is subtracted

• minuend

• subtrahend

• difference

• remainder

the answer to an addition problem

• difference

• product

• sum

• quotient

when one number is more than another

• less than

• equal to

• greater than

• approximately equal to