English as a Second Language Programs
Below are some math terms and other vocabulary that students will learn between 1st and 5th grades in Ann Arbor. Teachers will be able to help students and parents determine which terms they should know for each grade.

$1 bill
+0 facts
+0 shortcut
+1 facts
+1 shortcut
+9 facts
+9 shortcut
-0 facts
-0 shortcut
-1 facts
-1 shortcut
100 % box
2-dimensional (2-D)
3-dimensional
3-dimensional (3-D)
50/50 chance
-8 facts
-8 shortcut
-9 facts
-9 shortcut
a.m.
about 3 times circle rule
account balance
accurate
actual cost
actual distance
actual outcomes
actual results
acute angle
add
addend
addition facts
addition number story
addition/subtraction facts table
adjacent sides
air distance
algebraic expression
algorithm
altitude
altogether
ambiguous
amount
analog clock
angle
angle (of a triangle)
angle of separation
answer key
apex
arc
area
area model
arm span
array
arrow
arrow rule
arrowhead
as the crow flies
attribute
attribute blocks
autumnal equinox
average
axis
balance
ballpark estimate
bar graph
base
base (of a rectangular prism)
base line
base of a prism
base of a pyramid
base-10 blocks
basic facts
basic food groups
big cube
bill
billion
calculate
calculator
calendar
calibrate
capacity
capacity of a container
capacity of a scale
carbon dioxide
cardic output
Celsius scale
census
cent
center  
center (of a circle)
centi-
centimeter (cm)
century
certain
chance
chances are
change diagram
change-sign key
change-to-less number story
change-to-more number story
circle
circle (or pie) graph
circumference
classify
climate
clock face
clockwise
clockwise (right turn)
clockwise rotation
coins
column -addition method
column
combination
combine
common denominator
common factor
communicate
commutative property of multiplication
compare
comparison diagram
comparison number story
comparison shopping
compass
composite number
concave
concentric    circle
cone
congruent
construct
consumer
container
contour line
contour map
convex
coordinate
coordinate grid
corner
cost
counter clock-wise (left turn)
counting number
counting -up method
counting up to make change
credit
cube
cubic centimeter
cubic centimeter (cm3)
cubic unit
cubit
cup
cup( c )
curved surface
cylinder
data bank
data table
date
debit
debt
decade
deci-
decimal
decimal point
decimeter
decimeter (dm)
decrease
define
degree
degree Celsius (ºC)
degree Fahrenheit (°F)
degree marks
degree measure
denominator
deposit
depth
diagonal
diameter
difference
digit
digital clock
dime
dimensions
discount
displacement
display
distance
divided by
dividend
divisibility rule
divisible
divisible by
division
divisor
dodecahedron
dollar
dollar-and-cents notation
doubles fact
doubles facts
doubles-plus-1-facts
doubles-plus-2 facts
edge
elapsed time
endpoint
equal
equal grouping
equal groups
equal parts
equal sharing
equal-groups rotation
equally (more, less) likely
equally likely
equally likely outcomes
equator
equilateral triangle
equivalent
equivalent fractions
equivalent fractions rule
equivalent names
essay
estimate
estimated distance
estimation
even number
event
exact answer
exact change
exact cost
exchange
expanded notation
expected results
exploration
explorations
exponent
exponent key
exponential notation
expression
extended facts
extended multiplication facts
face
fact extension
fact family
fact power
fact triangle
factor
factor rainbow
factor string
factor tree
factors pair
facts table
Fahrenheit
Fahrenheit scale
fair
fair (pie or spinner)
false number sentence
fathom
favorable outcome
fair game
flat
flat surface
foot (feet)
for each
formula
fourths
fraction
fraction stick
fractional part
frame
frames-and-arrows diagram
frequency table
frieze pattern
full turn
full-circle protractor
function machine
gallon
geoboard
geometric solid
geometry template
geyser
glossary
gram
great span
greatest common factor
growth trend
guess
half
half-circle protractor
half-past (the hour)
half-turn
halves
hand
hand span
heads
heart rate
heavier
height
height (of a rectangular prism)
height of a prism
hemisphere
heptagon
hexagon
hexagonal prism
hexagonal pyramid
holder
horizontal
horizontal axis
hour hand
hundreds place
hundreds,100s
hundred-thousands
hundredths
image
impossible
improper-fraction
in balance (balanced)
in each
in number
in the black
in the red
inch (in.)
increase
index
index of locations
input
inscribed square
interest
interior
intersect
interval
invention
inverse
is equal to
is greater than
is greater than >
is less than
is less than <
is more than
isosceles triangle
key
kilogram
kilometer
kite
label
landmark
larger
altitude (lines)
lattice
lattice method
lattice method (for multiplication)
lattice multiplication
leaf
least common multiple
length
length of factor string
letter-number pair
lighter
line
line graph
line of reflection
line of symmetry
line plot
line segment
line symmetry
linear measures
liter
liter (L)
long
longitude (lines)
longs
lost-and found-box
make change
magnitude estimate
make change by counting up
map direction symbol
map legend (map key)
map scale
math boxes
math message
mathematical tools
maximum
mean
measured distance
measurement
measurement unit
measures
median
memory
memory keys
mental arithmetic
meridian bar
meter
metric system
middle number
middle value
midnight
mile
milli-
milliliter (ml)
millimeter
millimeter (mm)
millions
minimum
minuend
minus
minute hand
mirror image
missing number
mixed number
mode
multiple of 10
multiples of equal groups
multiplication
multiplication counting principle
multiplication diagram
multiplication fact
multiplication/division diagram
multiplication/division facts table
multiplied by
museum
my reference book
mystery graph
name-collection box
near doubles
nearest centimeter
nearest half-centimeter
nearest half-inch
nearest inch
nearest part
negative number
nested parentheses
n-gon
nickel
nonagon
non-convex
nonstandard
noon
normal span
north pole
notation
number family
number grid
number line
number model
number pair
number scroll
number sentence
number-and-word rotation
number-grid-puzzle
number story
numerator
nutrients
obtuse angle
octagon
odd number
one
one (the whole)
ones, 1s
open number sentence
open sentence
operation symbol
opposite
opposite (of a number)
order
order of operations
ordered number pair
ordered pair
ordinal number
origin
ounce
outcome
out number
output
oxygen
pan balance
parallel
parallel line segments
parallel lines
parallel rays
parallelogram
parentheses
partial
partial quotient
partial-differences method
partial product
partial-products method
partial-sums method
partial-products algorithm
parts-and-total diagram
parts-and-total number story
pattern
pattern-block template
penny
pentagon
pentagonal pyramid
per
percent
percent circle
percent or fraction of discount
perimeter
perpendicular
perpendicular line segments
personal measurement reference
personal references
pi (π)
pie graph
pint
place
place value
plane figures
plotting the point
point
polygon
polyhedron
population
possible outcomes
pound
pound (lb)
power of 10
power of a number
precipitation
precision
predicated results
predict
preimage
prime factorization
prime meridian
prim number
prism
probability
probability experiment
probability of 0
probability of 1/2
probability of 1
probability meter poster
product
products
profile
program
pulse
pulse rate
pyramid
quadrangle
quadrillion
quart
quarter
quarter-after
quarter-before
quarter-past (the hour)
quarter-to (the hour)
quick common denominator (QCD)
quintillion
quotient
radius
random draw
range
rate multiplication stories
rate
rate table
ratio
ratio comparison
ray
reaction time
reasonable
recessed
rectangle
rectangle method
rectangular array
rectangular prism
rectangular pyramid
reflection (flip)
reflex angle
regular polygon
regular polyhedron
regular price
regular price or list price
regular tessellation
relation symbol
remainder
remaining
repeat key
repeating decimal
represent
rhombus
right angle
right triangle
rotation
rotation (turn)
rotation (turn) symmetry
rough estimate
round
round down
round to the nearest …
round up
rounding (to a certain place)
row
rule
ruler
rural
sale price
sale price or discounted price
sample
scale
scale drawing
scale factor
scalene triangle
scientific notation
sector
sequence
services
sextillion
side
side (of a triangle)
side (of an angle)
similar figures
similarity
simplest form
skip counting
slate
slide rule
slider
smaller
solution
solve
sort (the data)
south pole
span
speedometer
sphere
spring scale
square
square (of a number)
square array
square centimeter
square corner
square feet
square inch
square inches
square number
square product
square pyramid
square root
square-root key
square unit
square yards
standard
standard foot
standard notation
standard unit
stem
stem-and leaf plot
stimulus
straight
straight angle
straightedge
strategy
subtract
subtraction number story
subtrahend
sum
summer solstice
surface
surface area
survey
symbol
symmetrical
symmetry
table of contents
tails
tally chart
tally mark
tape measure
target heart rate
temperature
tens place
tens, 10s
tenth
ten-thousands,10,000s
tenths
terminating decimal
tessellate
tessellation
tessellation vertex
tetrahedron
thermometer
thirds
thousands,1,000s
thousandths
tiling
time
time-and-motion study
timeline
times
to make change
tool kit
total
total cost
trade (a base-10 long for 10 cubes)
trade-first (subtraction)
trade-first method
transformation
translation (slide)
translations
transparent mirror
transportation
trapezoid
tree diagram
trend
triangle
triangular prism
triangular pyramid
trillion
trip meter
true number sentence
turn
turn-around fact
turn-around rule
turn-around rule for multiplication
turn-around shortcut
typical
unit
unit box
unit fraction
unit percent
unit price
unit rate
unlike denominators
unsquaring a number
urban
U.S. customary system
value
variable
Venn diagram
vernal equinox
vertex (of a triangle)
vertex (of an angle)
vertex (vertices or vertexes)
vertex (vertices)
vertical
vertical (or opposite ) angles
vertical axis
(very, extremely) likely
(very , extremely) unlikely
volume
volume of a container
weigh
weight
what's my rule?
whole
whole (or one or unit)
whole box
whole number
width
winter solstice
withdraw
withdrawal
work triangle
x-by-y array
yard





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