| Term | Definition |
|---|
| polygon | straight sides |
| not polygons | curve |
| triangle (TRI) | 3 sides (Remember: bike with 3 wheels) |
| quadrilateral (QUAD) | 4 sides (Remember:4 coins) |
| pentagon (PENT) | 5 sides (Remember: famous military building) |
| hexagon (HEX) | 6 sides (Remember:spell 6 siX) |
| octagon (OCT) | 8 sides (Remember:animal with 8 legs) |
| decagon (DEC) | 10 sides (Remember:the months) |
| width | short side |
| height | measure how tall |
| base | bottom side |
| side | line on the outside |
| right angle | corner |
| area | flat, how many squares cover (label units^2) |
| angle | 2 lines meet at a corner |
| perimeter | add the sides, the distance around (label units) |
| distance | how far a line is (measure with a ruler, label units) |
| parallel | lines that can't cross |
| trapezoid | quadrilateral: 2 sides parallel, 2 sides NOT parallel |
| parallelogram | quadrilateral: all sides parallel |
| rectangle | parallelogram, right angles |
| rhombus | parallelogram: same sides |
| square | parallelogram: right angles AND same sides |
| credit card | plastic card, no need to use cash |
| interest | extra money that I have to pay because I borrowed money |
| cashier | person who work with money, like at Wegmans |
| payment | pay money to person that you owe, monthly |
| balance | how much money that I owe or have |
| due | owe and pay on time |
| late | miss payment and interest adds up |
| fee | penalty charge for late payment |
| charge | money for things you buy with a credit card |
| cash | real money |
| company | business that I borrow money from and I owe and have to pay back |
| earn | get money for work done (+) |
| spends | give money for buyiing (-) |
| per hour | each hour, multiply * |
| dollars | paper money $1, $5, $10 |
| saves | to keep money (not spend) |
| teacher | person who teaches Ex) Mr. DiVincenzo, Mrs. Mooney... |
| student | person who learns Ex) Christal, Richard... |
| principal | person who runs the school (is in charge, the boss) Ex) Mrs. Stappenbeck, Mrs. Heaney... |
| add | + to combine |
| count | 1, 2, 3, 4, ... |
| denominator | the number on the bottom of a fraction |
| difference | ( - ) the answer when you take away |
| fraction | part of a whole ex) 3/4 |
| multiples | Ex) 6: 6, 12, 18, 24, 30, 36... |
| multiply | * to add again and again (repeated addition) |
| numerator | the number on the top of a fraction |
| subtract | - to take away |
| sum | ( + ) the answer when you add |
| whole number | Ex) the 3 in 3_1/2 |
| address | shows location or where ex) A3 |
| alignment | moves words left, right or centered |
| border | the line around a cell |
| cell | box in Excel |
| column | cells lined up, up and down |
| Excel | a program |
| font | big, small, bold, italic, fancy script... |
| highlight | to pick a cell, turns the cell green |
| row | cells lined up, right and left |
| sort | order abc or zyx, or 123 or 321 |
| toolbar | buttons at the top, controls |
| add | + to combine |
| sum | ( + ) to combine |
| subtract | - to take away |
| difference | ( - ) to take away |
| multiply | * repeated addition, to add again and again |
| product | ( * ) repeated addition, to add again and again |
| divide | ÷ to share equally, put into equal groups, repeated subtraction |
| twice | 2 * |
| quotient | ( ÷ ) to share equally, put into equal groups, repeated subtraction |
| more than | + add and <--> change the order |
| less than | - subtract and <--> change the order |
| count | 1, 2, 3, 4, ... how many |
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