lunes, 31 de octubre de 2016
VOCABULARY "THE TIME"
Time: time is the ongoing sequence of events taking place. The past, present and future.
Past: This expression is used when the long hand (minutes) is between 12 and 6 (passing through 1-2-3-4-5)
To: This expression is used when the long hand (minutes) is between 12 and 6 (passing through 7-8-9-10-11)
O´clock: We use o´clock when there are no minutes. It means when the long hand is exactly in 12.
Hour: Is represented by the short hand.
Minutes: Is represented by the long hand.
Elapsed: is the amount of time that passes from the start of an event to its finish or how much time goes by from one time to another.
Calendar: It shows the days of a month and the events through it.
Schedule: a schedule shows the time when something happens or when a task must be done.
Month: one month is 30 days.
Month: one month is 4 weeks.
Year: one year is 365 days.
Year: one year is twelve months.
Hour: one hour is 60 seconds.
Minutes: one minute is sixty seconds.
Week: one week is 30 days; sometimes 31 days and 29 days in February every 4 years.
Week: one week is 7 days.
Decade: one decade is 10 years.
Century: one century is 100 years.
Millennium: one millennium is 1,000 years.
lunes, 17 de octubre de 2016
VOCABULARY UNITS OF MEASUREMENT
Length: Distance, how far from end to end or from one point to another.
Mass: a measure of how much matter there is in an object.
Capacity: the amount that something can hold.
Conversion: a change in the form of a measurement, different units, without a change in the size or amount.
Matter: the substance of which any physical object consists or is composed.
Weight: the amount or quantity of heaviness or mass; amount a thing weighs.
Weigh: to determine the force that gravitation exerts upon a person or a thing by use of a balance, scale or other mechanical device.
Units of Mass: Kilogram (Kg); Hectogram (Hg); Decagram (Dag); Gram (g); decigram (dg); Centigram (cg), milligram (mg)
Units of Length: Kilometer (Km); Hectometer (Hm); Decameter (Dam); Meter (m); decimeter (dm); Centimeter (cm), millimeter (mm)
Units of capacity: Kiloliter (Kl); Hectoliter (Hl); Decaliter (Dal); Liter (l); deciliter (dl); Centiliter (cl), milliliter (ml)
domingo, 25 de septiembre de 2016
VOCABULARY DECIMALS
Place value: The multiple of ten telling how much a digit represents.
Decimal: a number that can represent a whole number and numbers between whole numbers.
Tenths: The second decimal place to the right of the decimal point; 1 of 10 equal parts.
Hundredths: The second decimal place to the right of the decimal point; 1 of 100 equal parts.
Thousandths: The third decimal place to the right of the decimal point; 1 of 1,000 equal parts.
Decimal point: A period separating the ones and tenths in a decimal number.
Whole number: The set of all counting numbers and zero.
Comparing: Less than, Greater than or Equal.
Ordering: Ranking numbers from least to greatest or greatest to least.
Standard form: the form in which numerals are usually written, with digits 0 through 9.
Expanded form: a way to write numbers by showing the value of each digit.
Word form: a way to write numbers by using words.
Align: to put in the order of numbers taking into account the decimal point.
lunes, 5 de septiembre de 2016
VOCABULARY FRACTIONS
Number Line: a line with numbers placed in the correct position.
Intervals: what is between two points or values.
Equivalent: fractions which have the same value, even though they may look different.
Non equivalent: no equivalent to each other.
Amplification: extending a fraction by using multiplication.
Simplification: reducing a fraction by using division.
Compare: Sometimes we need to compare two fractions to discover which is larger or smaller. There are two main ways to compare fractions: using decimals, or using the same denominator.
More than: greater than (>)
Less than: smaller than (<)
Equal: same value
Improper fraction: when numerator is greater than denominator
Proper fraction: when numerator is smaller than denominator
Mixed number: is a whole number and a fraction combined into one "mixed" number.
martes, 2 de agosto de 2016
VOCABULARY
Factors: numbers you multiply together
to get another number.
Multiples: the result of multiplying a
number by an integer, not a fraction.
Integer: are like whole numbers, but
they also include negative numbers (-1, -2, -3 etc.) but still no fractions
allowed.
Whole numbers: are simply the numbers 0,
1, 2, 3, 5 and so on.
Divisible: when one number can be
divided by another one and the result is an exact whole number. The remainder
is always zero (0)
Prime numbers: when the number can be
divided evenly only by 1 or itself.
Composite numbers: when it can be
divided evenly by numbers other than 1 or itself.
Fraction: it is a part of a whole.
Numerator: The upper part in a fraction
Denominator: the lower part in a
fraction
Equivalent: when 2 fractions or more look
different but they are the same if we amplify or simplify.
Amplify: when a fraction becomes bigger
using multiplication
Simplify: when a fraction is reduced
using division
Mixed number: Is a whole number and a
proper fraction combined.
Proper fraction: has a top number less
than its bottom number
Improper fraction: has a top number
larger than (or equal to) the bottom number
Conversion: To become a mixed number
into an improper or vice versa
Number line: a line where it contains zero
in the middle; positive from zero to right and negatives from zero to left.
Compare: To analyze to fractions and see
if they are equivalent or not.
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