1. Math Roots By Niki Tilicki

2. CIRCUM Meaning – around Example: Circumference tells the distance around a circle

3. CENTI Meaning – hundred Example: One hundred centimeters make up a meter

4. Equi Meaning – equal Example: Equivalent – this means that something either a term or a shape is equal

5. Hemi Semi Meaning – half Example: a hemisphere is half of a sphere. We live in the Northern hemisphere of the Earth. A semicircle is a half circle.

6. Milli Meaning: Milli means 1000 Example: a millisecond is 1/1000 of a second.

7. Poly Meaning – many Example: a polygon is a figure with many sides. A polynomial is an term in math used when there are more than one part.

8. Uni Mono Meaning: One Example: If you practice, you can ride a unicycle – a one wheeled bike Mono-vision contacts allow you to see out of one eye and read out of the other. (A monomial would be a term with one kind…)

9. BI DI DUO Meaning: Two Example: A bicycle has 2 wheels. When you dissect an angle, you break it into two parts. A terrific duo would have two parts.

10. Tri Meaning: Three Example: A triangle has 3 sides.

11. Quad Tetra Meaning: four Example: A quadrilateral is a shape with 4 sides Tetra is the Greek term for four.

12. Qunit Pent Meaning – 5 Example: When quintuplets are born, there are 5 babies. A pentagon has 5 sides.

13. Hex Meaning – 6 Example: A hexagon has six sides

14. Sept Hept Meaning: 7 Example: A heptagon has seven sides a heptachord is a seven- stringed musical instrument A septennium is a period of seven years

15. Oct Meaning – 8 Example: An octogon has 8 sides and an octopus has 8 legs.

16. Non Meaning – 9 Example: A nonagon has nine sides

17. Dec Meaning: 10 Example: A decimeter is 10 centimeters A decagon has 10 sides December used to be the 10 th month and then the Greeks changed this…

18. Lat Meaning: Side Example: When something is bilateral, it has 2 sides.

19. Words that use roots The following slides have math vocabulary that use roots.

20. Exponent Meaning: Placed out Ex – out Pon – Placed Example: When we use an exponent we bring a number to a new level 10 to the second power is 100…

21. Fraction Meaning: The latin term fractus meaning broken Example: A fraction is a part of a whole.

22. Geometry Meaning: Geo – Earth Metro – measure Example: Geometry is the way we measure things on earth – shapes etc.

23. Percent Meaning: By the hundred Per – by Cent – hundred Example: all percents come from 100.

24. Zero Meaning – Empty Example: When you have nothing – you could be empty…