Daily Life - Learning Simple Math(0076)

A:

Alright, children, let's review. Tommy! Pay attention!

B:

Sorry Miss Kadlec.

A:

Okay, Crystal, now tell me, what's four plus eleven?

C:

Um...fifteen!

B:

Miss Kadlec always asks Crystal; she's such a teacher's pet.

A:

Okay...and what about fifty six minus sixty?

C:

Um... negative four!

A:

Very good... twelve times twelve?

B:

Very good. Suck up.

C:

One hundred and forty four!

A:

Zero divided by one?

C:

Zero!

A:

How did you know that? Okay, smarty pants, the square root of two!

B:

Bet you're not going to get that one, know-it-all.

C:

Um...one point four one four two one three five...

Key Vocabulary

review

verb

go over what have been learned

plus

Preposition

add (+)

teacher's pet

common noun, singular

the student a teacher likes best

minus

Preposition

take away; subtract (-)

times

principle verb, present simple

multiply; (x)

suck up

common noun, singular

a person who always tries to make the teacher or boss like him or her

divided by

verb

separate to some parts

smarty pants

common noun, plural

a person who tries to show he is so smart

square root

common noun, singular

the number got when a number is multiplied by itself

I'll bet

phrase

I think something is likely to happen

know-it-all

common noun, singular

the person claims or pretends to know everything

Supplementary Vocabulary

equation

common noun, singular

a math problem where each side is equal (3+6=9)

operation

common noun, singular

a mathematical process such as +, x, -, etc.

multiplication

common noun, non-variable

the process of adding a number to itself a certain number of times

addition

common noun, non-variable

the process of adding two numbers together

subtraction

common noun, non-variable

the process of taking one number away from another

division

common noun, non-variable

the process of divining something into parts