Ready reckoner

#Algebra
Numeracy : standard of literacy and numeracy.
Numerate: a student should be literate and numerate.
Innumerate
Arithmetic(1): he isn't very good at arithmetic.
Figure= arithmetic: are you any good at figures ? I don't have a head for figures.
Arithmetic(2); a quick bit of mental arithmetic, there's something wrong with your
arithmetic.
Mental arithmetic.
Arithmetical: arithmetical calculation.
Sum(4): to do a sum in your head, I'm good at sums, if I've got my sums right it's
twenty.
Computation: an error in the computation.
Problem(2): the teacher set us fifty problem to solve
Factor(2): factors of twelve.
Factorial
Factorize
Figure(2): write the figure '7', a six figure salary.
Number= figure: high or low number, 26 make it thirty that's a good round number.

Simultaneous equations
Term(5)

Iterate
Iteration
Recursive
Recursion

Annualized: the inflation stood at annualized rate of five percent.

APR: annualized percentage rate.
Accumulative(2): the sum of the previous month and the accumulative total of the
previous six months.
=Cumulative(2)
Figure(1): the latest figure, viewing figures has dropped dramatically, experts put
the figure at 100.
Average out at sth: sometimes I pay some times he pays it seems to average out, the
cost should average out at six dollars per.

Aggregate(adj): aggregate demand/investment/turnover

(British English) an aggregate win over their rivals
Aggregate(v): the results are aggregated with the first round to decide the winner,
aggregation of data
Aggregate(n): an aggregate of 10 points, the three small parties gained an
aggregate of 25 percent of the vote.
Add up | add sth up: add up all the figures I owe you, the waiter can't add up.
Tot sth up: the trip isn't cheap at all when you tot up all the costs.
Total(v2): each student's points were totaled up and entered in a list.
Tally(v2): when we tallied up the costs of moving we decided against it.
Altogether(2): you owe me three altogether.
In all= altogether: there were five of us in all on dinner, that will be three
dollars in all.
Grand total: that makes a grand total of 220 dollars,.
Running total: I'm trying to keep a running total of what I'm spending.
Tally: he wants to improve on his tally of three goals, keep a tally of how much
you spend while you're away, with 87% of the votes counted the unofficial tallies
shows his leading his rivals.
Subtotal
Total: total cost.
Total(v1): the costs totaled more than a million.
All round: she bought drinks all round.
Gross: gross weight/ profits etc
Gross(adv): she earns $78900 gross a year.
Per
Apiece: he and I scored a goal apiece, the largest stones weigh over a tonne
apiece.
A pop: We can charge $50 a pop.
A throw: The tickets for the dinner were 50 a throw.
Per head: the meal worked out at $60 per head
To(13): there are 2.5 cm to an inch, this car does thirty miles to the gallon.
The(8): you get paid to the hour.
By(11): the pay by the hour, we sell it by the meter, they only rent by the day.

HCF: highest common factor.

Lowest common multiple.
HCD
LCD: least common denominator.
Fraction= rational number.
Mixed number.
Proper fraction 1/4
Improper fraction
Vulgar fraction 6/8
Decimal fraction: 0.51
Repeating decimal = recurring decimal.
Place(14): th number is correct to three decimal places.
Decimal place: the figure is true to two decimal places.
Decimal point.
Decimalize: to decimalize a fraction.
Surd= irrational number.
Prime number
Ordinal number
Cardinal number
Significant figure.
Digit: it's a four digit number.
Numerical= numeric: numerical data, results are expressed in a descending numerical
order, numerically speaking.
A(6): a thousand.
Calculable
Determinable: the sex of the child becomes determinable after the third months of
pregnancy
Calculate= work out
Figure sth out= work out: we figured out the cost of the trip.
Work out at sth: it will work out cheaper if we travel by bus.
Work sth out: to work out the answer
Reckon sth up: he reckoned up the cost of the everything in his mind.
Reckoning: by my reckoning you still owe me two dollars.
Determination(3): the figure depends on accurate determination of the pressure.
Put sth at sth: the damage was put at a million dollar.
Average sth out at sth.
Compute: the losses were computed at a million dollar.
Reckon(4): I could see him reckoning the cost as I spoke to him, the costs were
reckoned at 500 millions, they reckoned that the journey will take two hours.
Figure(v): we figured the attendance at 1500.
Gauge(v2): precision instruments can gauge the diameter to a fraction of a
millimeter.
Number crunching
Crunch(v4): the officials are still crunching the numbers.
Slide rule
Abacus

Approximate(v): a formulate to approximate the result.

Approximation: it's just an approximation.
= approximant
Just about: she arrived just about six.
Calculate(2)= estimate: environmentalists calculated that 50% of species will die,
it's impossible to calculate the impact.
Assess(2)= estimate: they assessed the damage at a million, the assessed the amount
required.
Estimate(v)
Gauge(v3): it's impossible to gauge the extent of damage, to gauge the wind
strength from how wide the trees swung.
Projection: to make forward projection, backward projection, calculations are based
on a projection of current trends.
Extrapolate: these figures were obtained by extrapolating the data of the past
trend, you can't extrapolate this to other patients.
To the nearest sth: the figure was calculated to the nearest 6$.
As near as: there were 5000 as near as I could judge.
Near enough. We've been here for twenty years.
As near as damnit: it will cost you a million as near as damnit.
As near as it doesn't make a difference.
Or so: it will cause a million or so.
Or thereabouts
More or less: she won a million more or less.
Give or take= plus or minus.
Plus(adj): the total cost is $200 plus. See here: and counting.
In/ on/ of the order of sth: she earns something in the order of a million dollar a
year.
Odd(8): how old is she ? Seventy odd? He's worked there for some twenty odd years.
Round(3): make it thirty that's a nice round figure, well in round figures we spent
a thousand.
Round(v3): round sth up/ down to sth.
Not far off/ out/ wrong: your answer isn't far off. See: completely off the base.
Miscalculate: we miscalculated the figures, I miss calculated how much effort we
need.
Misjudge: I misjudged the distance.
Census: census is taken every ten years.

Break down: the expenditure breaks down as follows: such and such.
Let(10): let a equal so.

Strong(15): 5000 strong crowd. See: strength at: convention.

Count(1): she can't count yet, he can't count up to ten in Italian, count from
three.
Count(2): she counted (up) how many guest she invited, counting from today there
still two weeks to go.
Count(n1): do a quick count of the seats, if the votes were close there will be a
second count, the body count stands at five.
Count(n2): raise your leg and hold for a count of ten, he was pinned down for a
count of eight, on a count of three start running.
Headcount
Number= add up to: we numbered twenty, the crowd numbered more than thousand.
Add up to sth: the numbers add up to 100.
Rack sth up: in his career he racked up twenty wins.
Amount to sth: his salary amounts to a million, he gave some help but it didn't
amount to much.
Count sth out: I counted out three yellow bills.
Make(v15): that makes the third time he's lost the election.
Make(v14): one and two make three, two cents make one dollar.
Make(v17): I made it exactly 50$, what time do you make it?
Equate to: that increase equates 25%.
Amount to sth
Miscount: the votes has been miscounted.
Lose count of sth: she lost count and had to start again, she had lost count of
number of times she'd told him to be careful.
At the last count: she'd applied for 30 jobs at the last count.
And counting: the movies sales is up to $38 millions and counting.
Nth: this is the ninth time I'm telling you not to do it.
Outnumber

Subtract= take away X add

Take(12): take five from twelve and you're left with seven, five take (away) two is
three.
Deduct= subtract: five point deducted for wrong answer, coat will be deducted from
your wage.
Sum(2): the sum of two and two is four
And= plus
Less= minus: his salary is $200 less taxes, send me the price less discount.
Square(n4): four square is sixteen.
Square(v2): four squared is sixteen.
Square root:
Cube(n3): the cube of 5=125
Cube(v2): ten cubed is
Cube root
Root(7)
Power(14): four to power of three.
Raise(3): raise it to power three
Product: the product of two and four is
Times(1): five times two is three.
Antilog
Long division: we still do long division at school
Divide(8): divide 30 by six.
Divide(9): five divides into 30 six times.
Divisible: eight divisible by four.
Indivisible
Divisor.

Associative
Commutative
Aliquot
Quotient
Remainder: divide two into seven the remainder is 2.
Leave(v9): seven from 9 leaves three.
Go(v15): three goes into twelve five times, seven into five won't go, seven into
five won't go.
Divisor
Whole number.
Proportion(5)
Proposition(5)
Ratio: what's the man to woman ratio ?
Proportion(2): the ingredients are lime and water in the proportion 2:1, it's long
in proportion to its width.
Proof(3)
Operand
Operator
Functor
Canonical= canonic: the standard canonical form of a matrix.

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Geometry
Abscissa X ordinate
Cartesian X polar
Coordinate(n): the XY coordinate.
Axis(1/4): earths axis, axis of symmetry.
Axial: axial road.
Letter(v): the stars lettered alpha and beta.
Fractal
Dyad(2)

Mono: monorail, monogamy. See: holo.

Uni: uniform unilateral.
Di: dyad, dipole.
Bi: bilingual, bipartisan.
Tri: trireme
Tri: triathlon, triad.
Tetra: tetrad.
Quad

Penta: pentahedron, Pentad.

Quin.

Hexa: hexameter, hexagon, hexad.

Sex

Hepta: heptapole, heptad, heptathlon

Septa.

Octo: octagon
Octo: octave.

Ennea
Nove

Multi

#Decimal metric system prefixes.

Deca: decathlon. Deci: decimeter
Hecto: hectometer. Centi: centimeter.
Kilo. Milli.
Mega. Micro.
Giga nano
Tera pico
Peta Femto
Exa Atto
Zetta zepto
Yotta yocto

Million, Billion, Trillion, quadrillion, quintillion, sextillion, septillion,

cotillion, nonillion, decillion, undecillion, duo decillion, tredecillion,
quattuordecillion, quindecillion, sexdecillion, septendecillion, octodecillion,
novemdicellion, vigintillion.
Centillion 303
Googol 100
Googolplex
Single figures: the number of people who fail this year is in single figures,
inflation is now down to single figures.
Double figures= double digits: inflation is now in double digits, a double-digit
pay rise.
Six-figure: a six figure salary.

Unary X binary
Roman numeral
Arabic numeral.
Numeral
Decimal: decimal system

Times(2): three times / as much/ the length of/ larger,

Fold: to increase tenfold.

Centi(2): centimeter
Centi(1): centipede. See: tripede, quadrupeds, bipedal.

#Statistics
Decision theory
Game theory
Null hypothesis
Catastrophe theory
Standard deviation
Deviation: a compass deviation of 5 degrees.
Standard error
Margin of error: the survey has a margin of error of 2.5%.
Unadjusted: unadjusted figures which don't take tourism into account have shown
that there was a drop in employment.
Tolerance(3): they were working to a tolerance of 0.1 mm.
Covariant.
Geometric mean
Mode(6)
Geometric progression= geometric series.
Order of magnitude: the actual measurement was two orders of magnitude greater than
we expected, the problem is of the same order of magnitude for all concerned.
Universal set

Quadruplet
Quadruple, quarter, quintuple,
Quartile

Metric: metric measurements, metric size, metric units, the British currency went
metric in 1971.
Imperial system,
Customary measure
Imperial measure
Avoirdupois
Linear(3): linear measurement
Metrication
Metrology: physical and chemical metrology, the industrial metrology system of
quality control.
Notation: notations of music. See: terminology.
Numerology

Zero
Nought: a million is written with six noughts, nought point one, I give the program
nought out of ten for humor, this car can accelerate from nought to sixty in ten
seconds.
Null: a null result.
Nix: the team won nix this season.
Nil: Newcastle beat Leeds by four to nil (or: four nil)
Nada: what's it worth? Zero zilch nada.
Zilch: I arrived to this country with zilch.
Zip: we won four zip, he said zip all evening.
Bugger all: she's was bugger all help,
Unity
Unit: a column for the tens and a column for the units.

Ton: he was caught doing a ton.

Trillions of
Umpteen: I've told this story umpteen times, umpteen of them arrived, I told him
for the next umpteenth time.
Zillion
Gazillion
Squillion
Strong(14): strong military presence.

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#measurements
Kelvin
Celsius= centigrade: it's going to be a mild night around nine degrees Celsius,
precipitation the Celsius scale, temperatures in Celsius and Fahrenheit
Therm

#Area
Square(3): a carpet of four meters square.
Square(4): an area of 36 square miles.
Section(7)= 1 sq mile.
Acre: each house has acres of land around it.
Hectare= 2.5 acre.
Yardage: a large yardage of canvass.

#liquid size
Quart
Gill
Pint= 4 gills
Hectoliter = 100 liter.

Bushel= 8 gallons.
Ton: it weighs a ton
Tonne= metric tonne: 17 metric tones.
Karat= carat= 200 milligrams.
Hectogram= 100g
Grain(4): the analysis showed few grains of arsenic in the solution.
Ounce= oz= 28 grams.
Fluid ounce= fl oz: add 8 fl oz water.
Hundredweight cwt
Stone(7)= 6.3kilos: she's trying to lose a stone, he weighs over 15 stone.
Count(n3): a raised white blood cell count.
Point(10): they lost ten percent points.
Part(10): add three parts of wine to one part of water
Balance(n5)
Spring balance
Weigh bridge
Weighing machine
Scale(5)= scales: the scales of justice, bathroom/ kitchen/ weighing scales.
Tonnage: the total tonnage of bombs used.
Poundage: to carry extra poundage.
Pan(4)
Tip the scale: he tipped the scale at just over 80 kilos.
Weigh in at sth: her baby daughter weighed in at 4oz, both boxers weighed in at
server all pounds below the limit.
Weigh-in
Hold(4): I don't think the branch will hold your weight.
Load(3): modern backpacks spread the load over a wide area, load bearing wall.

#Speed
Nautical mile= sea mile
Knot

Tog
Lumen lm
Megaton
Erg
Karat: 18-karat gold.
Weber wb
Wattage
Amperage.
Force(12): a force 9 gale, a gale force winds.
Decibel: noise reached 120 decibel, his voice rose several decibels as he lost
patience with them.
Roentgen

#Devices
Barometer: the barometer is falling.
Glass(8)
Barograph
Bar
Millibar
Psi
Tachograph
Tachometer
Gauge: temperature/ fuel gauge.
Meter: the cab driver left the meter running while he waited us, a man came to read
the gas meter.
Meter(3): altimeter, calorimeter, speedometer
Counter(4): the needle on the rev counter soared.
Rangefinder
Dipstick
Plumb Line
Sound(v6)
Sounding: they took soundings of the canal. See: fathom.
Echo sounder.
Clinometer
Spirit level
Divider
Compass(2): a pair of compasses.
Theodolite
Set square= triangle
Protractor
Parallel ruler
Ruler
Detector: smoke detector
Laser gun
Audiometry
Biometric: biometric identification device compares a person's features such as
iris, face, fingerprint to those stored in its memory.
Sensor
Potentiometer(1/2)

Sextant
Trig point triangulation point.
Triangulation

Astronomical unit AU
Tape measure.= tape= tape measuring
Perambulator
Pedometer
Yardstick
Klick= click: the canyon was three klicks deep.
Furlong= 210 meter = 1/8 mike.
Foot(5): a six-foot high wall, I'm six foot nine', we're flying at 35000 feet.
Cubit.
Length(7): a length of rope/ wire/ strong, it's sold in lengths yen and twenty.
Fathom: the ship sank several fathoms deep, she kept her feeing tweet fathoms deep.
Head(3): she's a good head taller than her sister, the favorite won by a short
head.
Breadth= width: she east inmates the breadth of the lake to be20 meters.
Bore= gauge: a twelve-bore shotgun, a tube with wide/ narrow bore.
Calibre: a .22 caliber bullet, a high caliber bullet.
Caliper: a pair of calipers. See here: girth
Ply(n): a four-ply knitting yarn

Calibrate
Graduated= calibrated: a graduated jar.
Gradation= graduation: gradations in the thermometer.
Mark(n8): preheat that even to gas mark six.
Dial(n): an alarm clock with luminous dial, check the pressure on the dial.
Scale(4): how much does it read on the scale.
Scale(2): a five point pay scale, to evaluate performance on a scale from one to
ten, a scale of charges, salary scale.
Standard(4): a reduction in weight standards of silver coins, industry standards
Standard(adj2): standards sizes of clothes, these machines have standard size to
fit under kitchen units.

Benchmark: tests at the age of seven provides a benchmark against which the child's
progress at school can be measured.
Benchmark(v): the journal was recently benchmarked against other IT journals,
projects are assessed and benchmarked against the target.
Barometer: infant mortality is a reliable barometer of socio-economic conditions.
See: signs: weather bell.
Yardstick: a yardstick by which to measure sth, exam results are not the only
yardstick to measure the performance of a school.
Gauge(n5): tomorrow's match against arsenal will be a gauge of the winning chances.
Notch: the food quality dropped a notch recently, my spirit lifted a few notches
when I heard the news.
Measure up= measure sth up: we spent the day measuring and deciding where the
furniture should go.
Gauge(v): precision instruments can measure the diameter to the fraction of a
millimeter.
Meter(v)
Measure(v2): the pond measures around two meters across, the field measure 3 ft by
5 ft.
Indicate(v7): when the temperature indicates 70 Fahrenheit turn off the oven.
Read(9): what does the thermometer read ?
Record(v5): the thermometer recorded a temperature of 45c.
Register(3): the thermometer registered 32C, the earthquake register d 7 on the
Richter scale, the stock exchange registered huge losses.
Sense(v2): the device can sense the presence of toxic gases.
Rule of thumb: as a rule of thumb you should cook it for 20 minutes.
Take(15): to take sbs temperature, I need to have my blood pressure taken.
Read(10): a man came and read the meter.
Reading(5): meter readings are taken every three months,
By(13): it measures 3 by 3.
At(9): the book retails at 3 dollars, price start at, the noise came at one minute
intervals.
Proportion(4): this method divides the task into manageable proportions, the
shortage will so reach crisis proportions, a room of fairly generous proportions.
Factor(n4): a suntan lotion with protection factor of 10.

Sensitive(6): the eye is a sensitive indicator of health, the stock exchange is

sensitive to political change, a sensitive instrument.
Sensitivity(6): the sensitivity of the test.
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#Body measures.

Put sth on(5)= gain: she looks like she's put on some wight, she must have put on
several kilos.
Biomass

Heft(v2): Anne took the old sword and hefted it in her hands.
Weight(v): she weighted out a kilo of tomato, weigh out all the ingredients before
using them.

Heft(n): she was surprised by the sheer heft of the package. See here: tonnage,
poundage.
Pounder: a three-pounder fish.

Lightweight: a lightweight jacket.

Light(adj3): she's a light as a feather.
Weightless: astronauts working in weightless conditions.

Weighty: weighty volume/ tome.

Overweight: a number of medical conditions are due to bring overweight, overweight
baggage.
Excess baggage: trying to lose weight? Here're some tips to get rid of that excess
baggage.
Middle age spread.
Lighten
Light(adj5): the potato delivery was several kilos light.
Underweight: she was several kilos underweight for her hight, the baby was
dangerously underweight at brith.

Middle weight.

#Clothes
Size(3): the jacket was the wrong size, it's not my size, the didn't have the
jacket in my size, she's a size twelve in inches, it's made in three sizes only, I
need a smaller size, what size do you take? She takes a size five on shoes, do you
have these shoes in a size a, try this for size, it can be cut for your size.

Size zero: the fashion industry's obsession with size zero, she's a size zero.

Girth: a man of enormous girth, he rested his hand on his broad girth, a tree with
one meter in girth.
Bust: what's the measurement of your bust madam, the dress was too big in the bust,
exercise to tune the bust.
Vital stat
Waistline: all this butter won't do good for my waistline,
Inseam= inside leg
Made to measure
Made to order
Bespoke= tailor made.