Weekly Academic Vocab
This word means "given, felt, or done in return," but can be seen in math when discussing fractions.
What is Reciprocal?
Honesty: Honesty is the best policy.
What is a Noun?
This is the product of 12 and 10.
What is 120?
How many months have 28 days?
They all have 28 days!
This word means "make less severe, serious, or painful."
What is Mitigate
Have: They have finished.
What is a verb?
A number squared that is 81.
What is 9?
When you stop to look, you can always see me. But if you try to touch me, you can never feel me. Although you walk towards me, I remain the same distance from you. What am I?
The Horizon
This word means "relevant or applicable to a particular matter"
What is Pertinent
Twelve: There were twelve minutes left on the clock.
What is an Adjective?
This is how many quarts are in a gallon.
What is 4?
You see a boat filled with people. It has not sunk. But when you look back, you don’t see a single person on the boat. Why?
They are all married!
This word means "present, appearing, or found everywhere."
What is Ubiquitous?
Happily: They happily celebrated their victory
What is an Adverb?
Of the 95 students in 6th grade, 3/5 went to holiday parties. This is the number of students that went to holiday parties.
What is 57 students?
What is always in front of you, but can’t be seen?
The Future
This word means "the action or fact of maintaining or supporting oneself at a minimum level."
What is Subsistence?
Towards: He ran towards the door.
What is a Preposition?
The price of an apple is $1.25 If you get a 20% discount,you would pay this.
What is 1 dollar?
Four cars come to a four-way stop, each coming from a different direction. They can’t decide who got there first, so they all go forward at the same time. All four cars go, but none crash into each other. How is this possible?
They all made right-hand turns.