Math Roots

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Math Roots

• By Niki Tilicki

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CIRCUM

• Meaning around
• Example
• Circumference tells the distance around a circle

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CENTI

• Meaning hundred
• Example One hundred centimeters make up a meter

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Equi

• Meaning equal
• Example Equivalent this means that something
  either a term or a shape is equal

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HemiSemi

• Meaning half
• Example a hemisphere is half of a sphere. We
  live in the Northern hemisphere of the Earth.
• A semicircle is a half circle.

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Milli

• Meaning Milli means 1000
• Example a millisecond is 1/1000 of a second.

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Poly

• Meaning many
• Example a polygon is a figure with many sides. A
  polynomial is an term in math used when there are
  more than one part.

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UniMono

• Meaning One
• Example If you practice, you can ride a unicycle
  a one wheeled bike
• Mono-vision contacts allow you to see out of one
  eye and read out of the other. (A monomial would
  be a term with one kind)

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BIDIDUO

• Meaning Two
• Example A bicycle has 2 wheels. When you dissect
  an angle, you break it into two parts. A
  terrific duo would have two parts.

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Tri

• Meaning Three
• Example A triangle has 3 sides.

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QuadTetra

• Meaning four
• Example
• A quadrilateral is a shape with 4 sides
• Tetra is the Greek term for four.

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QunitPent

• Meaning 5
• Example
• When quintuplets are born, there are 5 babies.
• A pentagon has 5 sides.

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Hex

• Meaning 6
• Example
• A hexagon has six sides

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SeptHept

• Meaning 7
• Example
• A heptagon has seven sides
• a heptachord is a seven-stringed musical
  instrument
• A septennium is a period of seven years

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Oct

• Meaning 8
• Example An octogon has 8 sides and an octopus
  has 8 legs.

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Non

• Meaning 9
• Example
• A nonagon has nine sides

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Dec

• Meaning 10
• Example A decimeter is 10 centimeters
• A decagon has 10 sides
• December used to be the 10th month and then the
  Greeks changed this

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Lat

• Meaning Side
• Example When something is bilateral, it has 2
  sides.

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Words that use roots

• The following slides have math vocabulary that
  use roots.

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Exponent

• Meaning Placed out
• Ex out Pon Placed
• Example When we use an exponent we bring a
  number to a new level 10 to the second power is
  100

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Fraction

• Meaning The latin term fractus meaning broken
• Example A fraction is a part of a whole.

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Geometry

• Meaning Geo Earth Metro measure
• Example Geometry is the way we measure things on
  earth shapes etc.

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Percent

• Meaning By the hundred
• Per by Cent hundred
• Example all percents come from 100.

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Zero

• Meaning Empty
• Example When you have nothing you could be
  empty