| A | B |
|---|
| product | times |
| quotient | division answer |
| difference | subtraction |
| sum | addition |
| median | middle number after in order |
| dividend | number inside box or biggest number |
| divisor | number dividing by |
| about | estimate |
| each | multiply or divide |
| all | add |
| total | add |
| equal | divide |
| perimeter | add all the sides together |
| area | multiply length times width |
| milli | very small |
| kilo | very big |
| meter | measure length |
| liter | measure liquid |
| gram | weight |
| ton | 2000 pounds |
| ounce | a liquid or weight |
| line graph | changes over time |
| bar graph | comparisons between things |
| circle graph | used when you are talking about parts of something like boys in a class |
| pictograph | make sure to see how much each picture equals |
| straight angle | 180 degrees - flip from one side to the exact opposite side |
| half circle | flip to the exact opposite side; 180 degrees |
| whole circle | 360 degrees |
| mode | the number you see the most |
| range | biggest number minus the smallest |
| estimate | about; as many zeroes as possible; ex. 3256 + 456 = 3000 + 500 |
| more | subtraction |
| left | subtraction |
| equivalent | equal = use cross multiplying or draw picture to see if they are taking up the same amount of space |
| mixed number | 3 1/4 |
| improper fraction | 34/5 - numerator is always bigger than the denominator |
| numerator | top number in a fraction |
| denominator | bottom number in a fraction |
| multiple | multiply by that number ; multiples of 4 are 4, 8, 12, 16.... |
| coordinates | across and then up; always start at 0; makes a backwards L |
| right angle | makes an L; 90 degrees |
| perpendicular lines | two lines that make an L or right angle |
| intersecting lines | lines that cross each other |
| parallel lines | lines that will never meet |
| obtuse angle | more than 90 degrees |
| acute angle | less than 90 degrees; makes a Pacman |
| vertex or vertice | the point in an angle |
| face | the sides of an object like a dice where there are 6 faces |
| edges | the sides like the sides of a table |
| line segment | two points connected by a line |
| quadrilateral | 4 sides |
| rhombus | slanted square; no right angles; 2 sets of parallel lines; all sides are equal |
| parallelogram | quadrilateral; no right angles; two sets of parallel lines |
| trapezoid | one set of parallel lines; quadrilateral; looks like a cutoff pyramid |
| acute triangle | a triangle where all the angles are less than 90 degrees |
| right triangle | a triangle with a right angle in it |
| adding decimals | line up the decimals based on place value before you add them; you add zeroes on the sides but never in the middle |
| multiplying decimals | the number of numbers to the right of the decimal |
| dividing decimals | just put the decimal straight up in the answer |
| tenth | first number to the right of the decimal; .4 |
| hundredth | second number to the right of the decimal; .04 |
| 3/10th | .3 or .30 |
| 1/4th | .25 |
| 34/100 | .34 |
| 1/2 | .50 |
| 6/10th | .6 or .60 |
| 3/4th | .75 |
| cross multiply | check this to see if equivalent |
| 3200 divided by 80= | 320 divided by 8 |
| 4000 divided by 500= | 40 divided by 5 |
| commutative property | 3 + 4 + 5 = 5 + 4 + 3 |
| associative property | 3 + (4 + 5) = (5+ 3) + 4 |
| distributive property | 4(3+6) = (4x3) + (4x6) |
| property of zero | multiply times zero equals zero - 4 X 0=0 |
| property of one | multiply times 1 always equals the same number - 3 X 1=3 |
| graph interval | space between numbers on a graph |
| multiplying decimals | count how many numbers to the right of the decimal |
| venn diagram | compare and contrast |
| kilogram | about 2 pounds |
| kilometer | half mile - long distances |
| triangle | 180 degrees |
| square | 360 degrees |
| fragment | a sentence that isn't complete; you feel like you are missing part of what was said |
| ears | best editing tool |
| cube | a dice |
| comma | between city and state |
| comma | in a list of more than two things; coke, pepsi, and water |
| comma | after Dear John, |
| comma | January 14th, 2011 |
| subject | first noun in the sentence |
| predicate | first verb |
| adverb | modifies or describes the verb; answers the question "HOW" and has "LY" |
| adjective | describes the noun and must be married to another word |
| compound sentence | two sentence together connected by "and, or.... |
| transition word | next, after, then, before, also, first |
| simple sentence | a sentence with a subject and a predicate |
| interrogative | question |
| imperative | command or request; go to the bathroom |
| exclamatory | excited |
| declarative | a statement of fact |
| pre- | before or ahead of |
| re- | again or back |
| trans- | across |
| inter- | between or among |
| in, il, im- | not |
| un- | not |
| sub- | under |
| spect | look, see |
| struct | build |
| astro | star |
| habit | to live |
| script | to write |
| legis | law |
| demo | people |
| dict | say, speak, tell |
| ex- | out of |
| antonym | opposites |
| synonym | the same |
| homophone | sound the same; dear and deer |
| tele- | a long way off |
| fact | can be proven |
| topic sentence | main idea and usually the first sentence |
| concluding sentence | the last sentence in a paragraph |
| supporting idea | other sentences that give more information about the main idea |
| title | tells you the main idea |
| plot | the problem in the the story |
| antagonist | who or what the main character is going up against |
| personification | making animals and other objects act like a person; talk, dress, tell time... |
| simile | compares using like or as |
| metaphor | comparison without like or as |
| idiom | phrase that doesn't mean what it says; slept like a log; you are such a couch potato |
| opinion | can't be proven and usually has adjectives like best, better, more beautiful... |
| main idea | in the title, in the first line, and seen throughout the entire story |
| sensory images | use your senses to describe how something is |
| pronouns | he, she, it, his, her, me, them, they, I.... |
| index | page numbers |
| glossary | definitions |
| table contents | parts of the book |
| appendice | extra stuff like tables or charts; put at the end of the book |
| foreshadowing | clues about what will happen in the future |
| hyperbole | a funny exageration |
| alliteration | George goes gaga for grape gum |
| folktales | pass down from generation to generation |
| fables | usually contain animals and teach a lesson or moral |
| fiction | not real |
| nonfiction | real |
| thesaurus | gives a list of other words you could use |
| adj | adjective |
| N | noun |
| Vb | verb |
| adv | adverb |
| possessive noun | Bob's bike; the ghost's house |
| when you take a rest | put a comma or period |
| main character | if they are a main character you could take them out of the story and the entire story would change |
| setting | where the story takes place |
| singular noun | one |
| plural noun | more than one |
