"A" IN MATH
The word that refers to the amount of space inside a rectangle, circle, or other shape.
What is area?
This word is shouted on a film set to signal that recording has begun and actors should start performing.
What is action?
This colorful pyrotechnic display lights up the sky on holidays like the Fourth of July and New Year's Eve.
What are fireworks?
Elvis Presley famously sang, "You can do anything, but lay off of my..." these.
What are blue suede shoes?
This evergreen is often decorated with lights, ornaments, and a star or angel during the winter holiday season.
What is a Christmas tree (spruce, pine or fir)?
In geometry, this curved part of a circle can also describe a section of a rainbow.
What is an arc?
Directors call out this word when they want filming to stop or a scene to end.
What is cut?
Students are often expected to complete this assignment after the school day has ended.
What is homework?
These casual sandals get their name from the sound they make while walking.
What are flip flops?
This diagram shows how generations of relatives are connected through parents, grandparents, and ancestors.
What is a family tree?
These vertical and horizontal imaginary lines are labeled 'x' and 'y' and help organize information on a graph.
What are axes?
Actors study this written document containing dialogue, scenes, and stage directions.
What is a script?
When something happens with perfect regularity, you might say it runs "like" this.
What is clockwork?
These sport shoes have studs on the bottom to provide traction on grass or dirt fields.
What are cleats?
Legend says young George Washington admitted, "I cannot tell a lie," after chopping down one of these.
What is a cherry tree?
Before calculators and computers, this counting tool used rows of beads that were moved to solve arithmetic problems.
What is an abacus?
French for “again,” an audience may shout this word when they want a performer to return for another song or performance.
What is encore?
Television channels like ABC, CBS, and NBC are examples of this type of broadcasting organization
What is a network?
As of 2024, these magical shoes worn by Dorothy in The Wizard of Oz became the most valuable piece of movie memorabilia ever sold.
What are ruby slippers?
The sap from this tree is boiled to make a popular pancake topping.
What is a maple tree?
This branch of math uses letters and symbols to represent unknown numbers and solve equations.
What is algebra?
Once the name of a popular video rental store, this term now describes a lavishly produced film expected to attract a huge audience.
What is a blockbuster?
A task that other people do not want to do, it often involves actions that are sneaky, unfair, or morally wrong.
What is dirty work?
This slip-on shoe got its name because students once tucked a one-cent coin into the slot across the front.
What are penny loafers?
This unusual desert tree gives its name to a California national park and a 1987 album by the band U2.
What is Joshua Tree?