Math Vocabulary

Periods

sections of numbers separated by commas, each containing a ones, tens, and hundreds place

Value

how much a digit is worth

Place Value

the place or position of a number written in standard form

Standard Form

the number written in digits

Word Form

The number written in words; what the number "reads"

Number

one or more digits with a definite value

digit

symbols: 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, and 9

Exponential Form

The number expressed as a power, with a base and an exponent

Sum

The answer to an addition problem

Equation

a number sentence with equal sign(s)

Addend

One of the numbers being added in an addition problem

Difference

The answer to a subtraction problem.

Product

The answer to a multiplication problem.

Divisor

The number divided into another number (the number doing the dividing)

Dividend

The number being divided (the number in the division house)

Quotient

The answer to a division problem.

Evaluate

To find the value of an expression; solve the problem.

Expanded Form

The number written as addends, the value of each place value written as addends.

Factor

One of the numbers being multiplied in a multiplication problem.