F2F Class Notes (Jacob) [R]

Vocabulary

– = minus or subtract (subtraction)
eg 5 minus/subtract 2 equals 3

+ = add or plus (addition)
eg. 5 plus/add 5 equals 10

x = multiply or times (multiplication)
eg. 5 multiplied by/times 5 equals 25

÷ or / = divide (division)
eg. 10 divided by 2 equals 5

something is affected by something else = the first object is stable, and the other things have an affect on it.

BEDMAS = a rule for math about the order in which we calculate things
eg. BEDMAS = Brackets (), exponents 22 or 2^2,  Division, multiplication, addition, subtraction

% = percent sign
eg. today’s humidity is around 35 percent?
eg. What percentage in your budget is for marketing?

Don’t judge a book by its cover – don’t judge people or things

Emotion – what your feeling (happy, sad, angry)
eg. Nassar looks very emotionless in his picture.

Expression – being able to see someones emotion based on looking at their face
eg. A good poker face shows no expression.

Victims – people that have been negatively affected by someone/something
eg. The company cheated a lot of people and now has to pay its victims.

Aware – to know about
eg. Are you aware that tonight there will be a storm?

Awareness – knowing about something as a whole or increasing how many people are aware

Prevent – stop something, or don’t allow
eg. I prevented my companies from losing money

Settle – to finish a discussion/argument about something
eg. Okay, we can both agree on this. Then its settled.
eg. If you can agree on this price, then its settled.
eg. We spent a long time negotiating to settle this deal.

Settlement – something you (usually money) get after settling a deal, argument, discussion.
eg. The settlement paid them victims $500 million USD.

Campus – all the university property that it has for students.
eg. Jiaotong university has 3 campuses around Shanghai.


Grammar

10 divided by which/what number equals 2.5 = What/which number must you divide 10 by to get 2.5