Chapter 13 Math Vocabulary

a number with one or more digits to the right of the decimal point

• Decimal

• Fractional

• Integer
• Whole number

a symbol used to separate dollars from cents in money amounts, and to separate the ones and the tenths place in a decimal

• dollar sign
• cent symbol
• comma
• decimal point

one of one hundred equal parts

• hundredths

• quarters

• fifths

• tenths

one of ten equal parts

• tenth
• twentieth
• fifth
• quarter

two or more decimals that name the same amount

• Equivalent decimals
• Decimal approximations
• Similar decimals
• Identical fractions

to describe whether numbers are equal to, less than or greater than each other

• compare

• differ

• divide

• add/subtract

two or more fractions that name the same amount

• Similar fractions
• Proportional fractions
• Identical fractions
• Equivalent fractions

a number that names part of a whole or part of a group

• fraction
• decimal
• integer
• whole number

a particular arrangement or placement of things one after another

• collection
• series
• order

• arrangement

the value of a digit in a number based on the location of a digit

• place value

• whole number

• fractional value

• integer