Maya's Kitchen Math: Junior Chefs Crack Expressions | Free Printable Vocabulary Worksheet with Answer Key

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Match 8 key Expressions vocabulary words to their definitions. Junior Chefs theme keeps kids engaged. Answer key included (CCSS.MATH.6.EE.A.1).

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What is included

✓ 8 key Expressions vocabulary words

✓ Scrambled definitions to match

✓ Junior Chefs theme to keep kids motivated

✓ Bonus challenge — write sentences using vocabulary

✓ Answer key on page 2

✓ Print-ready PDF — Letter size

✓ standard difficulty level

About This Activity

Maya scribbled a secret recipe formula onto her flour-dusted notepad.

Teacher Tip

Have students write their own 'recipe expressions' — for example, 3x + 2 means '3 batches of cookies plus 2 extra' — then swap and evaluate a classmate's expression by substituting a given value for x, connecting substitution directly to scaling a junior-chef recipe.

Vocabulary Words

EXPRESSIONA math phrase combining numbers and symbols, like a recipe without an equals sign.

VARIABLEA letter standing in for an unknown amount, like x cups of mystery ingredient.

EXPONENTA small raised number showing how many times to multiply a value by itself.

BASEThe number being multiplied repeatedly, like the main ingredient in every dish.

COEFFICIENTThe number placed directly in front of a variable, telling you how many portions to make.

FACTORA number multiplied with another to build a product, like layering flavors together.

TERMA single number, variable, or their product — one distinct piece of a math expression.

EVALUATETo substitute numbers for variables and calculate the final result of an expression.

About this Grade 6 Expressions Vocabulary Worksheet

This printable vocabulary match worksheet helps Grade 6 Math students learn key Expressions terms. The Junior Chefs theme makes vocabulary practice engaging while students build academic language skills. Includes answer key and bonus writing challenge (CCSS.MATH.6.EE.A.1).