Paraprofessional Test with Study Guide
Mode - ✔The number that appears most frequently in a set of numbers. There may be
one, more then one, or none.
Fraction - ✔A way of representing part of a whole or part of a group by telling the
number of equal parts in the whole and the number of those parts you are describing.
X Axis - ✔On coordinate grid, the horizontal axis.
Order of operations - ✔Rules describing what sequence to use in evaluating
expressions: (1) evaluate within grouping symbols (2) do powers or roots (3) multiply or
divide left to right (4) add or subtract left to right
Rectangle - ✔A quadrilateral with two pairs of congruent, parallel sides and four right
angles
Graph - ✔A drawing that shows a relationship between sets of data.
Y Axis - ✔On a coordinate grid, the vertical axis.
Square - ✔A parallelogram with four congruent sides and four right angles.
Weight - ✔A measure of the heaviness of an object
Sum - ✔The result of addition
Standard unit of measurement - ✔A unit of measurement that is always the same
Place Value - ✔The value of the position of a digit in a number
Non- Standard unit of measurement - ✔A unit of measurement from the everyday
environment that differs
Median - ✔When the number are arranged from least to greatest, the middle number
of a set of numbers, or the mean of two middle numbers when the set has two middle
numbers.
Hundred chart - ✔A grid filled with numbers 1-100, great strategy for place value.
Difference - ✔The amount that remains after one quantity is subtracted from another
Mean - ✔A number found by dividing the sum of two or more addends by the number
of addends. Often referred to as the average.
