Mathematics Vocabulary

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Vocabulary used in mathematics k - 6



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Equality

  • Equality is the basis for comparison (more, less, equal)

  • Equality is about comparing quantities

  • Equality is a relationship between 2 quantities

  • Equality is important because students don’t see that equality has to do with number of things and not the physical attributes such as size or mass when we are sorting by the attribute of quantity.

Equation

An equation is a statement showing that two mathematical expressions are equal. (Learn Alberta)