Grade 5 Mathematics

Vocabulary Word Wall Cards

Mathematics vocabulary word wall cards provide a display of mathematics content words and
associated visual cues to assist in vocabulary development. The cards should be used as an
instructional tool for teachers and then as a reference for all students. The cards are designed
for print use only.

Table of Contents
Number and Number Sense Straight Angle
Decimal Place Value Acute Triangle
Round Right Triangle
Mixed Number Obtuse Triangle
Equivalent Equilateral Triangle
Prime Number Scalene Triangle
Composite Number Isosceles Triangle
Even and Odd Numbers Rectangle: Right Angle
Square: Right Angle
Computation and Estimation Parallelogram
Fraction: Addition Rhombus
Fraction: Subtraction Trapezoid
Least Common Multiple Translation
Greatest Common Factor Reflection
Unit Fraction Multiplication Rotation
Addition Subdivide
Subtraction Combine
Multiply: Product
Divide: Quotient Probability and Statistics
Sample Space
Measurement and Geometry Line Graph
Area: Square units Fundamental Counting Principle
Perimeter: Units Line Plot
Volume: Height, Width, Length Stem-and-Leaf Plot
Equivalent Measurements: Kilometer, Meter, Mean
Centimeter Mean: Fair Share
Equivalent Measurements: Kilogram, Grams Median
Equivalent Measurements: Liter, Milliliters Mode
Millimeter: Centimeter Range: Measure of Spread
Chord
Diameter Patterns, Functions and Algebra
Radius Patterns
Circumference Expression
Acute Angle Variable Expression
Obtuse Angle Equation
Right Angle Equality
Inequality
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Decimal
Place Value
Position
Hundredths
Thousandths
Tenths
Ones

3 . 7 2 1

decimal point
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Round

1.2 1.3
1.24
Round 1.24 to the
nearest tenth.

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Mixed Number

whole fraction

16 6
=1 = 1.6
10 10

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Equivalent
75 3
=
100 4

3
0.75 =
4
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Prime Number
has exactly two different
factors, 1 and itself
Prime numbers to 100
2 3 5 7 11
13 17 19 23 29
31 37 41 43 47
53 59 61 67 71
73 79 83 89 97

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Composite
Number
has factors other than one
and itself

factors of 6: 1, 2, 3, 6
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Even and Odd
Numbers
4 – even

3 - odd

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Fraction:
Addition
1
2
3
+
8

7
8

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Fraction:
Subtraction
5
8
1
4

3
8

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Least Common
Multiple
Multiples of 12 Multiples of 18
1 x 12 = 12 1 x 18 = 18
2 x 12 = 24 2 x 18 = 36
3 x 12 = 36 3 x 18 = 54
4 x 12 = 48

LCM is 36.

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Greatest
Common Factor
Factors of 12 Factors of 18
1 x 12 = 12 1 x 18 = 18
2 x 6 = 12 2 x 9 = 18
3 x 4 = 12 3 x 6 = 18
1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 12 1, 2, 3, 6, 9, 18

GCF is 6.

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Unit Fraction
Multiplication
1
How much is x 6?
2

1
×6=3
2
1
How much is 6 x ?
2

1 6
6 × = =3
2 2

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Addition
4.65 + 1.24 = 5.89
sum

+
plus

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Subtraction
4.65 – 1.24 = 3.41
difference

minus

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Multiply:
Product

32 × 48 = 1,536

product

×
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Divide:
Quotient

20 280
14 280 = 20
14
280 ÷ 14 = 20

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Area:
Square Units
the number of square units needed to cover
a surface or plane figure

lxw
4 x 3 = 12
Area = 12 square units

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Perimeter:
Units
the measure of the path or distance around
any plane figure in units

3+4+3+4
Perimeter = 14 units

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Volume:
Height, Width, Length
the measure of capacity of a 3-D figure,
measured in cubic units

height
width
length

lxwxh
5x3x2
Volume = 30 cubic units

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Equivalent
Measurements:
Kilometer, Meter, and
Centimeter

1 kilometer (km) = 1,000 meters (m)

1 meter (m) = 100 centimeters (cm)
1 centimeter (cm) = 10 millimeters (mm)

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Equivalent
Measurements:
Kilogram and Grams

1 kilogram (kg) = 1,000 grams (g)

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Equivalent
Measurements:
Liter and Milliliters

1 liter (l) = 1,000 milliliters (ml)

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Millimeters:
Centimeters
millimeter (mm)

centimeter (cm)

10 millimeters (mm) = 1 centimeter (cm)

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Chord
a line segment connecting any
two points on a circle

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Diameter
a chord that passes through the
center of a circle

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Radius
a line segment joining the center
of a circle to any point on the
circle

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Circumference
the distance around or
“perimeter” of a circle

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Acute Angle

less than 90º

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Obtuse
Angle

greater than 90º, but less

than 180º

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Right Angle

exactly 90º

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Straight
Angle

.
exactly 180º

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Acute
Triangle

all angles less than 90º

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Right
Triangle

one 90º angle

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Obtuse
Triangle

one angle greater than

90º

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Equilateral
Triangle
3 3

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Scalene
Triangle

2 6

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Isosceles
Triangle

5 5

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Rectangle:
Right Angle
7

 4 right angles
 opposite sides are parallel
and congruent

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Square:
Right Angle
3

3 3

 4 right angles
 4 congruent sides
 2 pairs of parallel sides

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Parallelogram
7

4
4

 opposite sides are parallel and

congruent

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Rhombus 3

 4 congruent sides
 2 pairs of parallel sides
 opposite angles are
congruent

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Trapezoid

 exactly one pair of parallel

sides

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Translation
an image formed by moving
every point on the preimage the
same distance in the same
direction

pre-image

image

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Reflection
an image formed by reflecting the
preimage over a line called the
line of reflection

pre-image image

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Rotation
an image formed by rotating the
preimage about a point called the
center of rotation

pre-image image

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Subdivide

trapezoid

parallelogram

triangle

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Combine

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Sample Space
pepperoni
Pizza Choices

thin crust cheese

mushrooms

pepperoni

thick crust cheese

mushrooms

Tree Diagram
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Line Graph
Temperature Over Time
Temperature (F)

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Fundamental
Counting
Principle
If Joe has 4 different color shirts
(green, blue, white, and yellow)
and 2 different color shorts (tan
and black), then he has 4 x 2 or 8
different outfits to wear.

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Line Plot
Number of Pets
x x
x x x

1 2 3 4 5

x represents 1 student

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Stem-and-Leaf
Plot
Stem Leaf
1 7, 8
2 2, 4, 5, 6, 9
3 3, 7, 9, 9
4
5 0
Key: 1| 8 means 18

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Mean
fair share or
average

6, 9, 8, 8, 9

6 + 9 + 8 + 8 + 9 = 40
40 ÷ 5 = 8

mean = 8

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Mean:
Fair Share

4, 7, 6, 6, 7

The mean is 6.

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Median
the middle value of a data
set in ranked order
6, 7, 8, 9, 9

8 = median
5, 6, 8, 9, 11, 12

7 8 9 10 11

8.5 = median
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Mode
data that occurs most
frequently
6, 7, 8, 9, 9
9 = mode

6, 8, 10, 11, 15, 20

no mode

2, 2, 2, 3, 7, 9, 9, 9
2 and 9 = mode
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Range
the spread of a set of data

6, 7, 8, 9, 9

6 least value in the data set

9 greatest value in the data set

range = 9 – 6 = 3

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Patterns
8, 10, 13, 17, __

Rule: ______ Rule: ______ Rule: ______

Input Output Input Output Input Output
4 11 145 130 2 8
5 12 100 85 4 16
6 13 75 60 ? 20
10 17 50 ? 8 32

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Expression
a representation of a
quantity

12.8
14 × 351
45 ÷ 8

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Variable
Expression
an expression that contains
numbers, operations, and
variables

4+s
variable

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Equation
3 + 5 = 10 – 2

6–x=4

12 ÷ 4 = y

8n = 56

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Equality
=
400 – 177 = 399 – 176
25 x 5 = 250 ÷ 2
1.8 x 5 = 18 ÷ 2

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Inequality
≠
5 + 6 ≠ 11 – 5
8 2
9– ≠ 2 ×3
9 3
0.5 x 7 ≠ 3.5 + 5
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