6th Grade Math Vocabulary

2. property the terms stay in the same location but the parenthesis can move location when adding or multiplying 3 numbers
4. property two terms can change location in an addition or multiplication problem without changing the answer
6. an equation stating two ratios are equal
7. a way to compare two things using a :, to, or /
9. two numbers when multiplied have a product of 1, used when dividing fractions
10. lines lines that cross at a 90 degree angle
12. a math phrase with no equal sign
14. the number part of a term that contains a variable
17. pieces of information collected by asking questions, measuring, or making observations about the real world
18. value the distance between a number and zero on a numberline
19. a letter that represents an unknown number or value
20. number one that contains both a whole number and a fraction
21. property multiplying by one or adding zero to a number results in the the number
22. an amount out of 100
23. number the whole number greater than one with exactly two factors, one and itself
25. property the product of zero and any number is zero

1. the number of square units a figure encloses, found by multiplying base and height of a rectangle
3. range the distance between the first and third quartiles of the data set, representing the spread of the middle 50% of the data values
5. represents the center of a numerical data set by first putting data in order from low to high and finding the exact middle
8. fraction a fraction in which the numerator is greater than or equal to its denominator
11. property multiplying a number by a sum or difference is the same as multiplying that number by each term in the sum or difference and then adding or subtracting the corresponding parts
13. the rate for one unit of a given quantity
15. a number that shows how many times a base is used as a factor
16. a mathematical sentence that includes an equal sign
21. operations operations that undo each other
24. the item in a data set that occurs most frequently