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Exploring Numbers and Divisions

Learn about words with roots in Greek and Latin that revolve around the number three, four, and ten. Enhance your vocabulary with terms like "trilogy," "quartus," and "decem."

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Exploring Numbers and Divisions

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  1. Vocabulary Lesson 2

  2. Tri - Tres • Tri = Greek Tres = Latin • Means “three” • Example sentence: Poseidon holds a trident, a three-pronged spear.

  3. Trilogy • Greek • A group of three literary or musical works that have a theme • The Hunger Games, Collins popular trilogy, contains these books: The Hunger Games, Catching Fire, and Mocking jay

  4. Logos • Greek • Word or speech • Every company had its own logo

  5. Quartus-Latin Quatuor- Latin • Fourth • Four • Four quarters make a dollar

  6. Centigrade • Latin • Referring to a thermometer scale of 100 degrees where water freezes at 0 degrees and boils at 100 degrees • Depending on how old you are, you might read 38°C as 38 degrees Celsius or 38 degrees centigrade

  7. Decem • Latin • Means “ten” • The water measured out to 4.5 deciliters

  8. Annus • Annus = Latin • Means- “year” • Example sentence: Will trained annually to be ready for his game.

  9. Bi Bi=Latin “two” Some animals are bisexual.

  10. Bicentennial • Bi=Latin • Means “two” • Centum=Latin • Means “hundred” • The bicentennial of the first ten amendments of the U.S. constitution was in 1989.

  11. Trisect • Latin • Means “to divide into three parts” • Example sentence: If you trisect a pizza, you cut it into three pieces.

  12. Secare • Latin • Means “to cut” • Example sentence: When you bisect a square, you end up with two rectangles.

  13. Quadrant • Latin • Means “a quarter of a circle or of its circumference” and “any of the four parts of an area divided by perpendicular lines” • Example sentence: There are 4 quadrants in a graph.

  14. Gradus • Latin • Means “step” • Example sentence: The centigrade scale is easier to make calculations with.

  15. Quartet - Quartus • Quartet= Latin Quartus= Latin • Means “a musical composition for four voices or instruments or a group of four players” • Example Sentence: Robert performed a piece with his quartet.

  16. Decathlon • Decathlon = Greek • Means- “an athletic contest in which each contestant takes part in ten events” • Example sentence: Dillion competed in a decathlon.

  17. Athlon • Athlon= Greek • Means- “contest” • Example Sentence: Mark competes in lots of triathlons.

  18. Triumvirate (Latin) a group of three, especially in authority Ex. The Roman rulers formed a triumvirate.

  19. Triumviri (Latin) • Board of three • The triumvirate included Mark Anthony.

  20. Vir (Latin) • Means man • Ex. The virility of the man was astonishing.

  21. Decimate (Latin) • to destroy a large part of • to kill one in every ten Ex. Dropping a large bomb will decimate everything near it.

  22. Quatrain • Latin • Means “a stanza or group of four lines of poetry” • Most nursery rhymes like “Twinkle, twinkle, little star” are written in quatrains.

  23. Centum • Latin • Means “Hundred” • The concert was held at Centennial Olympic Park.

  24. Centenary • Latin • Means “pertaining to a 100-year period” • The town held a centenary celebration.

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