Unit 1 (Lessons 1 4) Math Vocabulary Words

Lesson 1:
Place Value - The value of where the digit is in the number.
Example: In 352, the 5 is in the "tens" position, so it shows a value of 50
Example: In 17.591, the 9 is in the "hundredths" position, so it shows a value of 0.09
Digit - A symbol used to make numerals.
0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 and 9 are the ten digits we use in everyday numbers.
Example: the numeral 153 is made up of 3 digits ("1", "5" and "3").
Numeral A symbol or name that stands for a number.
Examples: 3, 49 and twelve are all numerals
Hundredth - One part in a hundred equal parts.
1/100th
Example: 1 cent is a hundredth of 1 dollar
Tenth - One part in ten equal parts.
A tenth of these 100 blocks is highlighted.
Example: one tenth of 50 is 5

Lesson 2:
Expanded form - Writing a number to show the value of each digit.
It is shown as a sum of each digit multiplied by its matching place value (units, tens,
hundreds, etc.)
Number name The name of a number (One, Two, Three)

Skip counting - Counting forwards or backwards by a number other than 1

Example: Skip counting by 3 is: 3, 6, 9, 12, 15, 18, ...
Number pattern - A list of numbers that follow a certain sequence or pattern.
Example: 1, 4, 7, 10, 13, 16, ... starts at 1 and jumps 3 every time.
Another Example: 2, 4, 8, 16, 32, ... doubles each time
Greater than - Bigger.
The symbol > means greater than (the symbol < means less than).
Example: 5 > 3 shows that 5 is greater than 3
Less than - Smaller.
The symbol < means less than (the symbol > means greater than).
Example: 4 < 9 shows that 4 is less than 9
Equal - Exactly the same amount or value
Examples:
3 + 4 is equal to 7
1 Dollar is equal to 100 Cents
60 seconds is equal to 1 minute
The symbol is =

Lesson 3:
Value - In Money: how much something is worth.
Example: the value of this coin is one dollar.
In Mathematics: the result of a calculation.
Example: 3 4 gives the value of 12.
Column - An arrangement of figures, one above the other. Columns go up and down.

This is a column of numbers:

12
25
17
92
14
Row - Things lying side-by-side. Objects, People, Numbers, etc in a horizontal line.
Example: a row of numbers: 5, 7, 11, 20, 22
Add - To bring two or more numbers (or things) together to make a new total.
Here 1 ball is added to 1 ball to make 2 balls.
If you add 2 and 3 you get 5.
Subtract - To take one number away from another.
If you have 5 apples and you subtract 2, you are left with 3.
The symbol of subtraction is
Example: 5 2 = 3
Addition - Addition is finding the total, or sum, by combining two or more numbers.
Example: 5 + 11 + 3 = 19 is an addition
Subtraction - Taking one number away from another.
If you have 5 apples and you subtract 2, you are left with 3.
The symbol of subtraction is
Example: 5 2 = 3
Sum - The result of adding two or more numbers.
Example: 9 is the sum of 2, 4 and 3
(because 2 + 4 + 3 = 9).

Difference - The result of subtracting one number from another. How much one
number differs from another.
Example: The difference between 8 and 3 is 5.