| A | B |
|---|
| supply | how much you have of an item you are selling at your store |
| comma | between city and state Ex. Winder, GA |
| comma | after the date Ex. Oct. 15th, 2009 |
| demand | how much the consumer or buyer wants what you are selling |
| inflation | prices on everything goes up; this would be a great time to save your money because your money won't buy as much |
| deflation | all prices go down; this would be a great time to spend your money because it will buy more stuff |
| scarcity | not much of something so it is very expensive and in high demand |
| opportunity cost | when you have to make a choice about doing one thing or another Ex. If you have to choose between going to the Braves game or going to a Georgia game, then the one you go to is the opportunity and the other one is the cost. |
| capitalize | names, addresses, and months |
| period | after all abbreviations like Mr., St., and Oct. |
| Key parts of a word problem | 2 numbers and a key word |
| each | multiply or divide |
| per | usually multiply |
| percent | change to a decimal and then multiply |
| total | add |
| all together | add |
| spent | subtract |
| mode | the number you see the most |
| median | the middle number in a list (once they are put in order) |
| range | biggest minus smallest |
| mean | average; add all numbers together and then divide by the number of items in the group |
| sales tax | added to the price |
| discount | subtracted from the price |
| 's or s' | how you show ownership; this must be a part of your store name |
| "th" | divide Example: for 2/5th of 20 you would divide 20 by 5 then multiply times 2 |
| multiplying times a decimal (.60) | move the decimal to the left (based on the number of zeros in the decimal) |
| hyperbole | an exageration that helps the reader create a picture of what you are talking about; Ex. It rained so hard yesterday that it left dents in our cement sidewalk. |
| simile | comparing two things using "like" or "as"; remember that the comparison should include things the audience can relate to Ex. I was as scared as a small child left at home alone on a dark stormy night |
| idioms | phrases that have a nonliteral meaning like "let the cat out of the bag" |
| onomon........ | putting sounds in your writing Ex: ZZZZ.. or HaHa |
| credit | adding to |
| debit | subtracting from |
| balance | equal to |
| sales tax | the number of cents per dollar that the government charges Ex. 6% = .06 |
| area | length times width squared; can figure this out by counting the number of squares inside the object; square feet or ft2 |
| perimeter | add up all the sides; this doesn't have anything to do with the squares |
| survey | what you use to find out information about something |
| price | is impacted by the demand |
| best price | happens when supply=demand; at the end of the mall you have no one waiting in line to buy more and you have sold all of your product |
| imagery | descriptive writing that creates a picture in the reader's mind |
| kindergarten words | good, bad, small, tall, ugly, sweet, sour, poor, great, .... |
