Fourth Grade Math Vocabulary
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- PLOT
- to place or draw inn, as is "plot" the coordinates
- ORDERED PAIR
- two numbers in a specific order used to locate a point on a grid
- DENOMINATOR
- the bottom number in a fraction
- NUMERATOR
- the top number in a fraction
- IMPROPER FRACTION
- a fraction where the numerator is larger than the denominator
- MIXED NUMBER
- a whole number and a fraction, 1 1/3
- POLYGON
- a closed shape of three or more line segments
- CONGRUENT FIGURES
- figures exactly alike in size and shape
- SIMILAR SHAPES
- figures that are alike in shape, but may be a different size
- LINE OF SYMMETRY
- a line that divides a figure into two equal parts--each side looks exactly alike
- INCH
- unit of measure 12 inches=1 foot
- FOOT
- unit of measure 12 inches=1 foot
- YARD
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unit of measure
1 yard=3 feet=36 inches - CENTIMETER
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a metric unit of measure
100 centimeters=1 meter - METER
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a metric unit of measure
100 centimeters=1 meter - PERIMETER
- the distance around a given shape or figure
- AREA
- the measure of the surface inisde a closed boundary
- NUMERAL
- the figure representing a number
- NUMBER SENTENCE
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a sentence made of numbers and a relation symbol(<,>,=)
an equation - EVEN NUMBER
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a whole number that can be divided into two equal parts
2, 4, 6,. . . - ODD NUMBER
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a whole number that cannot be divided into two equal parts
1, 3, 5,. . . - PRIME NUMBER
- a number whose only factors are 1 and that number
- ORDINAL NUMBER
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a number that gives order
first, second, third - ADDEND
- the number added to another in an addition problem
- SUM
- the answer in an addition problem
- DIFFERENCE
- the answer in a subtraction problem
- FACTOR
- a number that is multiplied by another number
- PRODUCT
- the answer in a multiplication problem
- DIVIDEND
- the number being divided in a division problem
- DIVISOR
- the number we divide by in a division problem
- QUOTIENT
- the answer in a division problem
- STANDARD FORM
- numbers written in the most familiar form
- MAXIMUM
- the largest amount
- MINIMUM
- the smallest amount
- MEDIAN
- the middle
- RANGE
- the difference between the maximum and the minimum