- Cobb Middle
- Vocabulary
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Addends- values being added
Operator- the object that tells me what to do
Sum- answer to addition problem
Signs- objects that explain direction from zero
Integers- positive and negative whole numbers
Minuend- the amount being subtracted from
Subtrahend- The amount being subtracted
Difference- the remaining amount; answer to subtraction
Subtraction- add the opposite
Words that mean positive are up, forward, deposit, rise, rose, earned, gain
Words that mean negative are fall, withdrawal, lost, descend, below
Factors- The numbers being multiplied
Product- answer to the multiplication problem
Signs- Tell whether the number is positive or negative
Dividend- the number being divided
Divisor- The number doing the dividing
Quotient- The answer to a division problem
Mixed number- has a whole number and a part of a number combined
Improper fraction- numerator is bigger than denominator
Numerator- top number in fraction
Denominator- bottom number in fraction
Ratios- Comparing two numbers, usually seen as a fraction
Rate- Comparing two amounts, usually seen as a fraction with different units on top and bottom
Unit rate- a rate that has a denominator of 1
Money on top time on bottom
Rate of change- a rate that comes from how much values have changed
Proportion- fraction = fraction
Constant of Proportionality- value of the constant rate of change, variable k
equal- the same value
inverse- the opposite sign or operation