VOCABULARY (UNIT 2: POWERS AND ROOTS)

Here you are some words and sentences that we have seen in this unit.

ENGLISH WORD/S DEFINITION TRASNLATION

base the number used as a factor in a power base

exponent the number that indicates how many exponente

times the vase is used as a factor

expanded form the way to write a number as a sum of forma polinmica

the values of each digit using powers
of ten

light-year the distance that light travels in one ao-luz

year

F. Cano Cuenca 1 Mathematics 1 ESO. Vocabulary (Unit 2: Powers and roots)

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average the result you get when you add promedio, media
several amounts together and divide
the total by the number of amounts

Astronomical Unit (AU) the average distance between the unidad astronmica
Earth and the Sun

square number the result of multiplying a whole nmero cuadrado

number by itself

cube number the result of multiplying a whole nmero cbico

number three times by itself

square root a number that when multiplied by itself raz cuadrada

is equal to a given number

F. Cano Cuenca 2 Mathematics 1 ESO. Vocabulary (Unit 2: Powers and roots)

 ENGLISH WORD/S DEFINITION TRASNLATION

cube root a number that when multiplied by itself raz cbica

three times is equal to a given number

trial and improvement the process of making repeated trials ensayo y mejora
(trial and error) or tests, improving the methods used, (ensayo y error)
until the right result is found

row a row of things or people is a number fila

of them arranged in a line

tile piece of baked clay which is fixed as a baldosa, azulejo

covering onto a floor, wall, or roof

edge the line where two surfaces meet arista

F. Cano Cuenca 3 Mathematics 1 ESO. Vocabulary (Unit 2: Powers and roots)

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The square of a sum is not the same as the El cuadrado de una suma no es lo mismo que la
sum of the squares of the addends. suma de los cuadrados de los sumandos.

The number of red blood cells in a human El nmero de glbulos rojos en un ser humano
being is 25 000 000 000. es 25 000 000 000.

The area of a square piece of land is 900 m2. El rea de un terreno cuadrado es 900 m2.

How many rows of tiles are there? Cuntas filas de baldosas hay?

F. Cano Cuenca 4 Mathematics 1 ESO. Vocabulary (Unit 2: Powers and roots)