Vocabulary that begins with "C"

Calculator-a small electronic device that solves math problems.

Calyx-the green or leafy part of a flower.

Capillary- a single one of the smallest blood tubes in your body.

Carbohydrate-a nutrient rich in energy made of cabon, hydrogen, and oxygen.

Carry-the process of bringing a digit's value over to the next digit in an addition problem.

Cent-the root of many English words. It means 100.

Chemistry- the study of what things are made of, how they are classified, and how it's put together.

Chromatography- the separating of a mixture into different colors.

Circle-a closed shape that is perfecty round and flat.

Circle Graph-a graph that shows a whole as a circle cut into pieces representing percentages.

Circumference-the distance around a shape.

Combinations-possible waysto combind objeacts or possibilities without any regard to the way to which they are to be combined.

Common Denominator-a denominator that is a multiple of all fraction denominators in a particular addition or subtraction problem.

Cone-a closed, three-dimensional shape that starts as a circle and ends in a point.

Congruent-a math word for two or more shapes that are exactly equal.

Cube-a closed, six-sided, three-dimensional shape that has 12 equal edges and every angle a right angle.

Crystal-a solid found in the ground that has a specific shape and a repeating patternof sides and angles.

Cylinder-a closed, three-dimensional tube with circles on either end.

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