T1-9 Definitions

What is an amount?

• How much there is of something.
• The entire mountain-sized pile you get if you collect every marble in the world and weigh them twice.
• Having nothing at all.
• How fast something moves (speed).

Answer explanation

什麼是數量？數量是某物有多少。

What is a quantity?

• The number or amount of something.
• Enough apples to fill twenty buses stacked on top of each other and painted rainbow stripes.
• Zero of everything.
• A shape with four equal sides (square).

Answer explanation

什麼是數量？數量是物品的多少。

What is a portion?

• A part or share of the whole.
• One slice from an enormous cake big enough to cover a football field and still have leftovers.
• The entire whole thing.
• The line around a circle (diameter).

Answer explanation

什麼是部分？部分是整體中的一份。

What is a part?

• A piece of something bigger.
• A tiny gear inside a watch that sings the time every hour and does a little dance at noon.
• The complete whole.
• How tall something is (height).

Answer explanation

什麼是部分？部分是較大東西的一小塊。

What is a piece?

• A single bit taken from the whole.
• A puzzle section shaped like a dragon that keeps the other pieces company until the picture is done.
• The whole thing together.
• A measure of heat or cold (temperature).

Answer explanation

什麼是片/塊？片/塊是從整體取出的一小塊。

What is a bit?

• A very small amount.
• Just enough dust to cover a ladybug’s backpack after it hikes across the desert.
• A very large amount.
• How heavy something is (weight).

Answer explanation

什麼是一點？一點是非常少的量。

What is a number?

• A symbol that shows an amount.
• A magical string of digits long enough to wrap around Earth three times and still spell your name.
• A letter with no value.
• The total of many things added (sum).

Answer explanation

什麼是數字？數字是表示數量的符號。

What is value?

• How much something is worth.
• The shiny golden label you glue on a trophy before launching it to the moon for safekeeping.
• Having no worth at all.
• The space something takes up (volume).

Answer explanation

什麼是價值？價值是東西值多少。

What is a total?

• The whole amount after adding.
• Every jellybean you can find in ten candy stores plus the ones hiding under your bed.
• Just one part.
• A measure of length equal to 1 000 meters (kilometer).

Answer explanation

什麼是總計？總計是全部的合計。

What is a sum?

• The answer when numbers are added.
• The giant result you get after adding every star in the sky even if they keep twinkling new ones.
• The starting number before adding.
• One fourth of something (quarter).

Answer explanation

什麼是總和？總和是把數字相加的結果。