5th and 6th Grade

TAKS Math Vocabulary

What is the place value of the 6 in the number

4,386,217.509

Thousands

When adding or subtracting decimals you must ________

Line up the decimal points.

Two lines that never intersect are called _______

Parallel lines

If 1 quart is equal to 2 pints,

then 5 quarts is equal to ___ pints?

10

A fraction is a _______.

part of a whole.

A flat surface is called a ___

Plane

A ____ is a grid used to locate points.

Coordinate plane

What is the median of a set of numbers?

The middle number.

To find the median you must _____

Put the numbers in least to greatest order.

What type of angle measures less than

90 degrees?

ACUTE

What type of angle measures exactly 90

degrees?

RIGHT

What type of angle measures between 90

degrees and 180 degrees?

OBTUSE

Sum is a keyword for __

Addition

Less than is a keyword for __

Subtraction

Difference is a keyword for __

Subtraction

Per is a keyword for ___

Division

If you roll a six-sided number cube, what is the probability it will

land on a prime number?

3 out of 6 OR 1 out of 2

To convert from a small unit to a big unit

you use which operation?

Division

To convert from a big unit to a small unit you use which operation?

Multiplication

How many days are there in 9 weeks?

63

What is the formula for finding the area of a

rectangle?

Area = length x width

Which unit of measure is

most appropriate

when determining the distance between two

cities?

Mile

or

kilometer

Which is the most appropriate unit of measurement for the

capacity of a teaspoon?

A.Liter

B.Gallon

C.Kiloliter

D.Milliliter

Milliliter

Which unit of measure is most appropriate for the amount of

water in a bathtub?

A.Ounces

B.Quarts

C.Pints

D.Gallons

GALLONS

What is a good measurement of the

weight of a textbook?

A kilogram

When do you use multiplication?

When you want to combine When you want to combine two or more groups that are two or more groups that are

equal in value.equal in value.

How do you read the number 33.204?

Thirty three and two hundred four thousandths

____ is the measure of how

many square units a figure covers.

AREAAREA

What shape is shown here?

How many faces? SIX

Vertices? Eight

Edges? 12

When a figure turns around a point it

makes a

ROTATION

What is the name of this

shape?

PENTAGON

Which measurement is best represented by using the width of your fingernail?

A Centimeter

The line segment where two faces

meet is called the _____

EDGE

What type of angle is shown here?

ACUTE

When a figure flips or forms a mirror image it

makes a -

REFLECTION

A flat surface is called a ____

FACE

When two rays meet at a common endpoint, they

form an __________

ANGLE

How do you read the number 0.08?

Eight hundredthsEight hundredths

The figure shown here is called a ?

CUBECUBE

How many faces? 6

How many edges?

12

How many vertices? 8

What shape is shown here?

CYLINDERCYLINDERHow many bases does a cylinder have?

22

When a figure slides to a new position it has formed a _____

T

R

A

S

L

A

T

I

O

N

What shape is shown here?

HEXAGONHEXAGON

The distance around an object is called

the ____

PERIMETER

What measurement best represents the

length of a small paper clip?

INCH

The point where two edges meet is

called a

VERTEX

What is the name of this shape?

Octagon

Any closed figure is called

aPOLYGONIf all sides of the polygon

are congruent it is a ___ polygon

REGULAR

What type of lines intersect and form

right angles?

Perpendicular

What type of angle is shown below?

A Right Angle

If two figures have the same shape and same size they are called ___

Congruent

What is the name of this shape?

Triangular Prism

Any four sided figure is called a:

Quadrilateral

What type of angle is shown here?

OBTUSE

Which operation do you use when you need to separate a whole object into several equal parts?

DIVISION

What is the place value of the 5 in the number

3,257,891?

Ten Thousands

How do you read this number?

Three million, two hundred fifty seven

thousand, eight hundred ninety one.

How do you read this number with place

value?

317.028Three hundred

seventeen and twenty eight thousandths.

What are all of the factors of 24?

1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 12, 24

In the number sentence, 4 x 3 = 12, which number could be called a factor?

The 4 or the 3.

A product is ____

The answer to a multiplication

problem.The product of 6 and 2

is 12.

A quotient is an answer to a _______

problem.DIVISION

What is a PRIME number?

A number that has only 1 and itself as

factors.

What is a composite number?

A number that has more than 2 factors.

Which of the numbers are not prime?

1, 2, 3, 6, 9, 12, 14, 21, 39

6, 9, 12, 14, 21, 39

What is the least common multiple of 4

and 5?

List the multiples:

4: 4, 8, 12, 16, 20, 24

5: 5, 10, 15, 20, 25

20 is the LCM of 4 and 5

Which number is less than 6.525?

A.6.62

B.6.5024

C.6.58

D.6.53

B. 6.5024

Marcus has $124. He buys a gift of equal value for each of his 5 friends. How much does he spend on each friend?Should you add, subtract, multiple or divide to answer

this problem?

DIVIDE

Should you add, subtract, multiply or

divide?

Kyle spends $48.35 on a pair of shoes and $12.50 on a hat. What is the total amount he spent?

add

Should you add, subtract, multiply or

divide?

Janie buys 8 dolls. Each doll cost $12.75. How

much does she spend on the 8 dolls?

MULTIPLY

Should you add, subtract, multiply or

divide?

Carrie has $85. She spends $14.25 on a shirt. How much money does she

have left?

SUBTRACT

What quadrilateral is described below?

Opposite sides are parallel.

Opposite sides are congruent.

All angles are right angles.

RECTANGLE

What quadrilateral is described below?

Opposite sides are parallel.

All sides are congruent.

RHOMBUS

What quadrilateral is described below?

Opposite sides are parallel.

All sides are congruent.

All angles are right angles.

SQUARE

What quadrilateral is described below?

Only one set of opposite sides are parallel.

TRAPEZOID

_____ is the number of cubic units it takes to

fill an object.

VOLUME

The mass of an object refers to its

_____

WEIGHT

CAPACITY is the measure of ____

How much a container can hold.

What is the range in a set of numbers?

The difference between the largest

and smallest number in a set.