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Math & Science Verbs & Terms

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Actto perform in or as if in a play; represent dramatically: act out a story
Activeto make active; cause to function or act
Addto find the sum of
Analyzeto examine methodically by separating into parts and then studying their interrelations; to make a mathematical, chemical, or grammatical; analysis of; break down into components or essential features; to examine carefully and in detail so as to identify causes, key factors, possible results, etc.
Answerto speak or write in response; reply to
Approximateto come near to; approach closely; to estimate
Askto put a question to; to seek and answer to
Applyto make use of as relevant, suitable, or pertinent; to use for or assign to a specific purpose; to put into effect; to put into operation; execute
Carryto effect or accomplish; complete; to determine or ascertain by mathematical methods; compute
Calculateto determine by reasoning, common sense, or practical experience; estimate; evaluate; gauge
Chooseto select from a number of possibilities; pick by reference
Classifyto arrange or organize according to class or category
Collectto bring together in a group or mass; gather
Communicateto impart knowledge of; make known
Compareto examine (two or more objects, ideas, etc.) in order to note similarities and differences; to consider or describe as similar, equal, or analogous
Connectto make logical or causal connection; to join, link, or fasten together; unite or bind
Constructto draw with suitable instruments and under specified conditions
Contrastto compare in order to show unlikeness or difference
Convertto obtain an equivalent value for in an exchange or calculation, as money or units of measurement
Defineto state the precise meaning of (a word or sense of a word, for example); to describe the nature of basic qualities of; explain
Demonstrateto prove, establish the validity of something; to describe, explain, or illustrate by examples, experiments or the like
Deriveto arrive at by reasoning; deduce or infer
Describeto give an account of in words; to tell in words what something or someone is like
Determineto conclude or ascertain, as after reasoning, observation, etc.
Developto elaborate or expand in detail
Displayto show or bring to the attention of another or others; to spread something out so that it may be most completely and favorably seen
Distinguishto divide into classes; classify; to recognize as distinct or different; recognize the salient or individual features or characteristics of
Divideto separate into equal parts by the process of mathematical division
Drawto sketch (someone or something) in lines or words; delineate; depict; to frame or formulate: to draw a distinction
Estimateto calculate approximately (the amount, extent, magnitude, position, or value of something
Evaluateto ascertain or fix the value or worth of; to examine and judge carefully; appraise; to calculate the numerical value of; express numerically
Exploreto look into closely; scrutinize; examine
Expressto represent by a sign or a symbol; symbolize
Extendto expand the influence of; to make more comprehensive or inclusive
Examineto inspect or scrutinize carefully
Factorto express (a mathematical quantity) as a product of two or more quantities of like kind
Findto locate, attain, or obtain by search or effort; to discover or ascertain through observation, experience, or study
Formulateto state as or reduce to a formula; to express in systematic terms or concepts
Generateto bring into existence; cause to be; produce; to act as base for all the elements of a given set
Giveto impart or communicate
Graphto draw (a curve) as representing a given function; to represent by means of a graph
Guessto arrive at or commit oneself to an opinion about (something) without having sufficient evidence to support the opinion fully; to estimate or conjecture correctly
Identifyto recognize or establish as being a particular person or thing; verify the identity of
Illustrateto make clear or intelligible, as by examples or analogies; exemplify
Implementto put into practical effect; carry out
Interpretto give or provide the meaning of; explain; explicate; elucidate; conceive the significance of; construe
Investigateto observe or inquire into in detail; examine systematically
Justifyto recognize or establish as being a particular person or thing; verify the identity of
Lista series of names or other items written or printed together in a meaningful grouping or sequence so as to constitute a record
Locateto determine or specify the position or limits of; to find by searching, examining, or experimenting
Lookto seek; search for
Maketo produce; cause to exist or happen; bring about; to draw a conclusion as to the significance or nature or to judge or interpret, as to the truth, nature, meaning, etc.
Measureto ascertain the extent, dimensions, quantity, capacity, etc. of, especially by comparison with a standard; to mark, layout or establish dimensions for by measuring
Modelto plan, construct, or fashion according to a model; to make conform to a chosen standard
Multiplyto find the product of by multiplication
Nameto identify; specify, or mention by name
Observeto regard with attention, esp. so as to see or learn something; to arrange in a desired pattern or structure
Orderto arrange (the elements of a set) so that if one element preceded another, it cannot be preceded by the other or by elements that the other precedes
Organizeto arrange in a coherent form; systematize; to arrange in a desired pattern or structure
Performto execute or do something
Planto formulate a scheme or program for the accomplishment, enactment, or attainment of
Predictto state, tell about, or make known in advance, especially on the basis of special knowledge
Readto interpret something that is written or printed; to look at carefully so as to understand the meaning of
Recallto bring back from memory; recollect; remember
Recognizeto identify as something previously seen, known, etc.; to identify from knowledge of appearance or characteristics
Recordto set down in writing or the like, as for the purpose of preserving evidence
Relateto tell; give an account of, or describe in some detail
Representto express or designate by some term, character, symbol, or the like
Reviewto look over, study, or examine again
Roundto reduce successively the number of digits to the right of the decimal point of a mixed number by dropping the final digit and adding 1 to the next preceding digit if the dropped digit was 5 or greater, or leaving the preceding digit unchanged if the dropped digit was 4 or less
Selectto choose in preference to another or others; pick out
Simplifyto make less complex or complicated; make plainer or easier
Sketchto make a rough drawing of
Solveto work out the answer or solution to (a mathematical problem)
Subtractto take (one number or quantity) from another
Summarizeto make a summary of; state or express in a concise form
Tellto reckon, calculate, consider, count
Testto administer or conduct a test
Transformto change the form of (a figure, expression, etc.) without in general changing the value
Understandto perceive the meaning of; grasp the idea of; comprehend; to have understanding, knowledge, or comprehension
Useto employ for some purpose; put into service; make use of
Verifyto ascertain the truth or correctness of, as by examination, research, or comparison
Workto bring about (any result) by or as by work or effort
Writeto express or communicate in writing; give a written account of; to execute or produce by setting down words, figures, etc.


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