"A" IN MATH
To find the amount of space inside a rectangle, circle, or other shape, you calculate this.
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 is a firework?
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?
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 x and y types of this imaginary line help organize information on a graph.
What is an axis?
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 reliable machine or dependable employee might be described with this animalistic term borrowed from farming.
What is a workhorse?
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?