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Axis ……………………………………………………… 1 Multiplier ……………………………………………. 9

Base ……………………………………………………. 1 Origin ………………………………………………….. 10

Benchmark fraction …………………………….. 2 Parentheses ………………………………………… 10

Bisect ………………………………………………….. 2 Quadrant …………………………………………….. 11

Conversion factor ……………………………….. 3 Simplify ……………………………………………….. 11

Coordinate ………………………………………….. 3 Thousandths ……………………………………….. 12

Coordinate pair …………………………………… 4 Unit cube …………………………………………….. 12

Coordinate plane ………………………………… 4 Unlike denominators …………………………… 13

Cubic units ………………………………………….. 5 Volume of a solid ………………………………… 13

Decimal divisor ……………………………………. 5

Decimal fraction ………………………………….. 6

Exponent …………………………………………….. 6

Height …………………………………………………. 7

Hierarchy …………………………………………….. 7

Like denominators ………………………………. 8

Millimeter …………………………………………… 8

MSP Math Dictionary Grade 5 2016-2017 Page | 1

Axis: fixed reference line for the measurement of coordinates.

Word Definition Outline Example, Illustration,

Chart, or Table Real World

Connection/Context

Axis

Module(s): 6

horizontal number line: x-axis

vertical number line: y-axis

lines at the bottom and sides of graph

M. Pluchino

Base: one face of a three-dimensional solid, often thought of as the surface on which the solid rests.



Connection/Context

Base

Module(s): 5

face of a solid

side where object rests

K. Page


Benchmark fraction: common fractions that you can judge other numbers against.



Connection/Context

Benchmark fraction

Module(s): 3

common fraction

used to compare others to

K. White

Bisect: divide into two equal parts.



Connection/Context

Bisect Module(s): 5

divide or split

2 equal parts

K. Page


Conversion factor: the factor in a multiplication sentence that renames one measurement unit as another

equivalent unit.



Connection/Context

Conversion factor

Module(s): 2

makes equivalent units

K. Connolly

Coordinate: number that identifies a point on a plane.



Connection/Context

Coordinate

Module(s): 6

on number line

position of a point

describes distance from 0 (zero)

M. Pluchino


Coordinate pair: two number that are used to identify a point on a plane.



Connection/Context

Coordinate pair

Module(s): 6

written as (x,y)

x is first coordinate

y is second coordinate

parenthesis used as part of the written form

M. Pluchino

Coordinate plane: plane spanned by the x-axis and y-axis in which the coordinates of a point are distances

from the two perpendicular axis.



Connection/Context Coordinate plane

Module(s): 6

formed by two intersecting number lines

horizontal number line (x-axis)

vertical number line (y-axis)

origin is where the two lines intersect

M. Pluchino


Cubic units: cubes of the same size used for measuring volume.



Connection/Context

Cubic units Module(s): 5

a unit for measuring volume

in the metric system

A. Borsuk

Decimal divisor: the number that divides the whole and has units of tenths, hundredths, thousandths, etc.



Connection/Context

Decimal divisor

Module(s): 4

decimal number

being divided into another number

A retailer has 800 units of goods to sell. If one shipping box only holds 8.7 units, then how many customers can she ship her goods to? Round your quotient to the nearest whole number.

A. Borsuk


Decimal fraction: a proper fraction whose denominator is a power of 10.



Connection/Context

Decimal fraction

Module(s): 2

fraction

denominator (the bottom number) is a power of ten (such as 10, 100, 1000, etc)

A. Tuzzalo

Exponent: how many times a number is to be used in a multiplication sentence.



Connection/Context

Exponent

Module(s): 1

a symbol (number)

that is written above and to the right of a base (number) to show how many times the base is to be multiplied by itself

Mass of Earth

K. Connolly


Height: adjacent layers of the base that form a rectangular prism.



Connection/Context

Height

Module(s): 5

length from bottom to the top of a prism (object)

K. White

Hierarchy: series of ordered groupings of shapes.



Connection/Context

Hierarchy

Module(s): 5

series of things

grouped in order

A. Borsuk


Like denominators: denominators in two or more fractions that are the same.



Connection/Context

Like denominators

Module(s): 3

fractions

same denominators

we can add and subtract these fractions

A. Tuzzalo

Millimeter: a metric unit of length equal to one-thousandth of a meter.



Connection/Context

Millimeter (mm)

Module(s): 1

measurement

1/1000 of a meter

metric system

K. Connolly


Multiplier: a quantity by which a given number – a multiplicand – is to be multiplied.



Connection/Context

Multiplier

Module(s): 2

number

multiplying by

K. Page

Ordered pair: two quantities written in a given fixed order.



Connection/Context

Ordered pair Module(s): 6

written (x,y)

x-coordinate is first

y-coordinate is second

M. Pluchino


Origin: fixed point from which coordinates are measured; the point at which the x-axis and y-axis

intersect, labeled (0, 0) on the coordinate plane.



Connection/Context

Origin Module(s): 6

the point where the x and y axis meet on a coordinate plane

coordinates are (0, 0)

A. Borsuk

Parentheses: symbols used to relate order of operations.



Connection/Context

Parentheses Module(s): 1

symbol

pair things together

K. Schmitt


Quadrant: any of the four equal areas created by dividing a plane by an x-axis and y-axis.



Connection/Context

Quadrant

Module(s): 6

any of the four sections on a plane

created by the x and y axis

numbered counterclockwise 1-4 with roman numerals

A. Tuzzalo

Simplify: using the largest fractional unit possible to express an equivalent fraction.



Connection/Context

Simplify

Module(s): 4

lowest terms

reduce

S. Crangle


Thousandths: place value that is being one of a thousand equal parts.



Connection/Context

Thousandths

Module(s): 1

place value

three places to the right of the decimal

K. White

Unit cube: cube whose sides all measure 1 unit; cubes of the same size used for measuring volume.



Connection/Context

Unit cube

Module(s): 5

cube

all side lengths 1 unit

used to measure volume (cubic units)

P. Kopper


Unlike denominators: fractions with different denominators.



Connection/Context

Unlike denominators

Module(s): 3

two fractions

different bottom numbers (denominator)

K. Connolly

Volume of a solid: measurement of space or capacity.



Connection/Context

Volume of a solid Module(s): 5

measurement

inside an object

K. White

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