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Many times in
Math, you are asked to "Explain your answer". That's when it is
important to use the "right words"! The "right words" are math
vocabulary words, so let's learn some!
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Vocabulary Words for Grade Six Math |
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NUMBER SENSE and
OPERATIONS |
absolute
value, additive inverse, base, billion, cubed, distributive
property, exponent, exponential form, integer, multiplicative
inverse, negative number, parentheses, period, positive number,
rate, rational number, repeating decimal, standard form,
terminating decimal, trillion |
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ALGEBRA |
coefficient,
means of a proportion |
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GEOMETRY |
central
angle, chord, circumference, coordinate graph, diameter,
intersection, origin, Pi, quadrant, radius, sector of a
circle, square |
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MEASUREMENT
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cubic unit,
rectangular prism |
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STATISTICS AND PROBABILITY |
circle
graph, compound event, dependent event, element, median, mode,
range, sampling, subset, theoretical probability, union, Venn
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Yes, that is a long list of
vocabulary that you need to know, so now let's look at some ways to
learn and remember the definitions. One way to really remember words is
to create a word web like the following:
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Here is another organizer to help you
remember important words.
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