Vocabulary for Operations for
Kindergarten - Third Grade; Fourth - Fifth Grade; Sixth Grade

Kindergarten - Third Grade

add, addition

minus missing

addend

minuend

total

all

exact

sum

amount

instead

subtraction

base ten blocks

given information

sign

basic facts

equal

plus

between

equivalent

model
both

estimate

multiplication
column

fact

operations

combine

fewer

place value (ones, tens…)

commutative property

greater than

product

compare

group

regroup

compute

identify

related facts

difference

increase

rounding

digit

least

skip counting

division

left overs

solve

double

less

subtract
 

many

 

Fourth Grade and Up

actual

factor

prime factorization

adjacent

geometric pattern

problem

alternative

if….then

property

approximately

infinite set

proportion

array

insufficient information

quotient

associative property

magic square

ratio

at least

multiple

remainder

at most

multiplication

repeating decimal

calculate

member

rule

cardinal

multiplier

score

common multiple

natural number

statement

composite number

natural order

terminate

decimal

place value

times

decimal point

prime

value

determine

   

distributive property

   

dividend

   

divisor

   

extrapolate

   

Sixth Grade

generalization

scientific notation

square root

system

universal set

upper limit

 

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