Exploring vocabulary - Muschla Gary R. 2012

Food and fuel
Math words

Food provides your body with nutrients. Your body uses these nutrients to grow, to repair itself, and for energy. Four important nutrients are proteins, fats, vitamins, and minerals. A fifth nutrient is your body’s main source of fuel. What nutrient is this?

To answer the question, complete each sentence below. Choose your answers from the words after the sentences. Write the letter of each answer in the space above its sentence number at the bottom of the page. One letter is provided.

1. For a figure to be a _____, it must have at least three sides and three angles.

2. You must include a point when writing a _____.

3. Ronnie helped his father _____ exactly how big the new shelves for his room could be.

4. We have to _____ about how much paint we need for the walls of the room.

5. Mrs. Jones assigned only one math _____ for homework last night.

6. A _____ tells how many parts of a whole you have.

7. The winners of the math contest in each class received prizes of _____ value.

8. No matter how hard Alana tried, she could not find the _____ to the multiplication challenge problem.

9. Danielle knows how to divide and easily finds the _____ of any division problem.

10. Eddie drew a _____ comparing the amount of rainfall for five cities.

Answers

H. equal

O. polygon

Y. estimate

A. graph

T. measure

R. fraction

C. solution

E. problem

D. decimal

B. quotient