4th Grade Math Vocabulary Pre/Post Test
  • 1. The middle number in an ordered set of numbers
A) median
B) mean
C) mode
D) factor
  • 2. The number by which a number is divided.
A) diameter
B) dividend
C) divisor
D) quotient
  • 3. Breaking apart problems into two simpler problems. Example (2 x 21) = (2 x 20) + (2 x 1)
A) identity property
B) commutative property
C) zero property
D) distributive property
  • 4. The answer to a multiplication problem.
A) product
B) dividend
C) factor
D) quotient
  • 5. A number written as the sum of the values of it digits. Example 2,000 + 400 + 20 + 5
A) standard form
B) word form
C) expanded notation
D) long equation
  • 6. A number multiplied by zero is zero
A) identity property
B) zero property
C) distributive property
D) associative property
  • 7. The numbers multiplied together to find a product.
A) factors
B) divisors
C) quotients
D) products
  • 8. The number or numbers that occur the most often in a set of numbers.
A) product
B) median
C) mean
D) mode
  • 9. Any number multiplied by 1 is that same number.
A) personal property
B) zero property
C) commutative property
D) identity property
  • 10. The answer to a division problem.
A) divisor
B) factor
C) dividend
D) quotient
  • 11. Factors can be multiplied in any order and the product remains the same.
    Ex. 2 x 3 = 3 x 2
A) distributive property
B) identity property
C) commutative property of multiplication
D) zero property
  • 12. The answer to an addition problem
A) factor
B) product
C) quotient
D) sum
  • 13. The numbers that are added together to find a sum.
A) factors
B) addends
C) quotients
D) divisors
  • 14. A factor that two or more numbers have in common
A) multiples
B) products
C) numbers
D) common factor
  • 15. The average of the data. Found by adding all of the data and the dividing by the number of data.
A) median
B) mode
C) range
D) mean
  • 16. The property used in addition or multiplication that says numbers can be grouped in different ways. For example: (2 + 3) + 5 = 2 + (3 + 5)
A) identity property
B) distributive property
C) associative property
D) commutative property
  • 17. A way of displaying objects in rows and columns.
A) graph
B) multiplication
C) data
D) array
  • 18. Then answer when subtracting two numbers.
A) quotient
B) sum
C) product
D) difference
  • 19. The measurement of how much a container can hold.
A) capacity
B) mass
C) temperature
D) length
  • 20. The number that is being divided. Generally the number that is inside the divide bracket or on top when written in fraction form.
A) divisor
B) factor
C) quotient
D) dividend
  • 21. The value of digit in a number based on where it is located.
A) place value
B) worth
C) tens
D) hundreds
  • 22. A figure formed by two rays or two line segments with a common end point.
A) ray
B) diameter
C) protractor
D) angle
  • 23. The point where two line segments meet.
A) vertex
B) ray
C) diagonal
D) edge
  • 24. The distance around a shape
A) area
B) congruent
C) perimeter
D) volume
  • 25. The greatest number in a set of data.
A) median
B) maximum
C) minimum
D) mode
  • 26. The smallest number in a set of data.
A) mean
B) mode
C) minimum
D) maximum
  • 27. The difference between the highest number and the lowest number in a set of data.
A) mean
B) minimum
C) median
D) range
  • 28. Two lines that meet or cross and form a right angle.
A) parallel
B) vertices
C) diagonal
D) perpendicular
  • 29. Two lines that meet or cross at any angle.
A) perpendicular
B) parallel
C) diameter
D) intersecting
  • 30. An angle that is greater than 90 degrees and less than 180 degrees
A) right angle
B) obtuse angle
C) straight angle
D) acute angle
  • 31. A number that has more than 2 factors
A) even
B) prime
C) composite
D) mixed
  • 32. To find a number result by adding, subtracting, multiplying or dividing
A) compute
B) identify
C) simplify
D) plot
  • 33. Information gathered by counting, measuring, questioning or observing and organized in a chart or graph.
A) data
B) bars
C) variable
D) properties
  • 34. A dot used to separate the ones place from the tenths place in numbers.
A) decimal
B) period
C) comma
D) multiplication symbol
  • 35. A unit used to measure angles.
A) meters
B) degrees
C) inches
D) periods
  • 36. Having the same value, being equal to.
A) similar
B) perpendicular
C) equivalent
D) variable
  • 37. A number sentence that contains an equal sign.
A) expression
B) variable
C) equation
D) fact family
  • 38. a group of mathematical symbols that represent a number. It can include numbers, variables, and operation symbols (=,<,>) . Ex. 7 > 3
A) fact family
B) expression
C) equation
D) math property
  • 39. A way of describing a part of a whole or group. It can also be used as a way to represent division. Ex. 5/2
A) fraction
B) variable
C) fact family
D) expression
  • 40. The number above the line in a fraction that is used to name the part of the whole
A) denominator
B) numerator
C) degree
D) variable
  • 41. Lines that will never cross or meet
A) diagonal
B) intersecting
C) perpendicular
D) parallel
  • 42. A 4 sided figure with 2 pair of parallel sides
A) pentagon
B) trapezoid
C) parallelogram
D) polygon
  • 43. a 2 dimensional figure made of 3 or more line segments that form a closed path.
A) perpendicular
B) circle
C) polygon
D) vertex
  • 44. a polygon that has 4 sides and 4 angles
A) pentagon
B) hexagon
C) quadrilateral
D) triangle
  • 45. A straight path that starts at one point and continues forever in one direction.
A) line segment
B) angle
C) ray
D) line
  • 46. having length and width. A flat shape.
A) cylinder
B) three dimensional
C) two dimensional
D) volume
  • 47. having length, width and thickness (depth). Solid objects.
A) three dimensional
B) perimeter
C) area
D) two dimensional
  • 48. a 4 sided shape with only one pair of parallel sides.
A) trapezoid
B) parallelogram
C) rectangle
D) pyramid
  • 49. the counting numbers and zero. numbers that do not include fractions or decimals (0, 1, 2, 3....)
A) integers
B) whole numbers
C) variables
D) fractions
  • 50. < is a mathematical symbol that means...
A) equal to
B) greater than
C) less than
  • 51. > is a mathematical symbol that means....
A) greater than
B) less than
C) equal to
  • 52. the first place value to the right of the decimal point, and it represents 1/10.
A) thousandths
B) oneths
C) hundredths
D) tenths
  • 53. the second place value to the right of the decimal point, and it represents 1/100.
A) thousandths
B) tenths
C) oneths
D) hundredths
  • 54. the third place value to the right of the decimal point and it represents 1/1000.
A) oneths
B) thousandths
C) tenths
D) hundredths
  • 55. An angle that is less than 90 degrees.
A) straight
B) right
C) acute
D) obtuse
  • 56. An angle that is 180 degrees and creates a straight line.
A) straight
B) acute
C) right
D) obtuse
  • 57. a number pair that names a point on a coordinate grid. Ex. (2,5)
A) ordered pair
B) points
C) vertices
D) variables
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