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advertise |
When you advertise for something, it means you are looking for a certain thing and you put up a notice somewhere, like in a newspaper or online list. In the notice, you tell people you are looking for this thing. Sometimes people advertise for things they want to buy from other people. Sometimes they advertise for a certain kind of person who they can pay to do some work for them. Let's say you want to buy a good but cheap bicycle, you could advertise for one in the newspaper. If somebody has one they want to sell, they will answer your notice. [1/3 definitions] |
agree |
If two things match, we sometimes say they agree. If you have the same answer to a question as someone else, then your answers agree. [1/5 definitions] |
answer |
When you give someone an answer, you say or write something back to them after they have asked a question. An answer often gives the information that someone wants to know, but answers are not always right or exactly what someone wants to hear. [3/4 definitions] |
arithmetic |
When you do arithmetic, you work with numbers to find answers to questions. When you add numbers together to find an answer, you are doing one kind of arithmetic. The other kinds are subtracting, multiplying, and dividing. |
ask |
to put a question to. [1/5 definitions] |
associative property |
in addition and multiplication, the characteristic that allows you to add or multiply a group of numbers in any order and get the same answer. For example, in multiplication, (5 x 2) x 7 is equal to (7 x 2) x 5. |
average |
An average is a number. You get an average by adding two or more numbers together and then dividing the answer you get by the number of numbers that you added. For example, when you add three numbers together and then divide that answer by three, you get an average of all the numbers. If you add five and seven and three, you get fifteen for your answer. Then, when you divide fifteen by three, you get an average of five. [1/5 definitions] |
awhile |
If you want to sit awhile, you want to sit for a short time. If you wait awhile before you answer the door, you don't answer it right away. You wait for a little bit. |
Buddhism |
Buddhism is one of the major religions of the world. Most people whose religion is Buddhism live in East Asia and Southeast Asia. People who follow Buddhism are called Buddhists. It might be better to say that Buddhism is a way of thinking about how to live one's life instead of saying that it is a religion. This is because most Buddhists do not believe that their great teacher, Buddha, is a god. In fact, Buddhists do not believe in one, all powerful God who created the world. Still, people call Buddhism a religion because it tries to answer some of the important questions about life and death that religions try to answer. |
calculation |
the process of getting an answer to a number question by adding, subtracting, multiplying, or dividing. The answer that is reached at the end of this process can also be called a calculation. |
call on |
When a teacher calls on a student in class, they ask the student to give an answer, or they give the student permission to speak. If a student raises their hand in class, it is usually a signal for the teacher to call on them. [1/2 definitions] |
case1 |
A case is something that the police work on and try to find an answer to. [1/3 definitions] |
compute |
When you are figuring out the answer to something using a computer, we say you are computing the answer. [1/2 definitions] |
conclusion |
A conclusion is a kind of opinion or answer. When you have come to a conclusion, you have reached an answer or opinion about something after carefully thinking through the facts that you know about it. [1/2 definitions] |
confusion |
When you feel confusion, you can't find order and sense. You don't know what to do or which way to go. Even if you think hard, you may not be able to find any answer. |
crack |
When you crack something like a very difficult problem, you find the answer to it. [1/8 definitions] |
data |
Data are bits of information. When scientists want to learn about something, they ask questions about it and gather all the information they can that might help them answer their questions. Each little piece of information is part of their data. |
deduction |
the process of finding an answer by using what is already known to be true. [1/3 definitions] |
determine |
When you determine something, you find out or decide the answer to a question by studying something very carefully. [1/3 definitions] |
distributive property |
in mathematics, a characteristic of numbers that allows you to multiply a group of numbers and get the same answer you would get if you multiplied each member of the group and then combined the answers. For example, 4 x (8 + 1 + 5) is equal to (4 x 8) + (4 x 1) + (4 x 5). |
division |
When you are doing division with numbers, you are doing an action to find out how many times one number can fit into another number. For example, you can find out how many fives can go into 10. This is called a division problem. For this division problem, the answer is 2. [1/4 definitions] |
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