Spelling
it Right
maths 1Remember to use
LOOK
THINK
COVER
WRITE
CHECK
and pay special
attention to the
difficult bits
Click here for:
List of exercises
Advice
Home Page
Contact us
Spelling words in Maths
Here are some words that you'll come across inMaths lessons.
Using the chart as a guide, try to memorize all of them.
Look back at exercises mem1 and mem2 before you start.
| WORD | SYLLABLES | DIFFICULT BITS |
| addition | add-i-tion | remember -dd- |
| approximately | ap-prox-i-mate-ly | -pp- |
| average | a-ver-age | -age unclear vowel sound |
| calculate | cal-cu-late | |
| centimetre | cent-i-me-tre | |
| circumference | cir-cum-fer-ence | begins like circle |
| co-ordinate | co-ord-i-nate | remember hyphen: o-o |
| diameter | di-a-me-ter | ending: -ter (not tre) |
| digit | dig-it | -g- for the j sound |
| equilateral | e-qui-lat-er-al | don't leave out 2nd -e |
| estimate | es-tim-ate | |
| fraction | frac-tion | |
| guess | one syllable only | don't forget silent -u- |
| horizontal | ho-riz-on-tal | -tal (not tle) |
| isosceles | i-sos-ce-les | -sc- -les |
| measure | mea-sure | mea- tricky vowel sound |
|
More Maths words on maths2 |
|
USA
Spelling Books UK Spelling Books |
<--- Click the
appropriate link on the left for my list of recommended spelling
books available from Amazon. Roger Smith |