MATH/SCIENCE VOCABULARY SHEET

Commonly misspelled words for Spanish speakers

MATH

CHEMISTRY

PHYSICS

Special Notes for nonnative English speakers

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Commonly misspelled words in math and science for Spanish speakers

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English Spanish Common misspellings

Axis (axes) Eje (Ejes) Axe, Ax
Cosine Coseno
Degree (of a Grado Grade
polynomial)
Derivative Derivada Derivate
Derive Derivar Derivate
Divided by / Divided by = Dividido por See separate section on
Divided into Divided into = Dividido en division ***
Domain Dominio
Exercise Ejercicio Excercise
Factor Factorizar Factorize
Greater Than (>) Mayor que Mayor
Less Than (<) Menor que Minor
Inequality Desigualdad Inequation
Isolate (a variable) Despejar (un variable)
Multiply Multiplicar Multiplicate
Numerator Nominador Nominator
Pythagorean Theorem Teorema de pitágoras Pitagoras theory
Quadrilateral cuadrilátero
Radius (or radii) Radio (or radios) Radio or radios
Ratio Razon (e.g. 1:2) Radio
Remainder Resto Rest
Right triangle/angle Triangulo/ángulo recto Rectangular triangle
Series Serie Serie
Sine Seno
Subtract Sustraer/restar Substract, rest
Sum Suma
Zero Cero

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English Spanish Common Misspellings

Hydrogen Hidrógeno Hidrogen
Liters Litros
Nucleus Núcleo
Oxygen Oxígeno Oxigen
Stoichiometry Estequiometría Steichiometry
Valence Valencia

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English Spanish Common Misspellings

Archimedes Arquimedes Arquimedes
Break vs.brake Break = romper
Brake = frenar
Initial Inicial Inicial
Projectile Proyectil Proyectile
Trajectory Trayectoria Trayectory
Weight Peso
Special Notes for nonnative English speakers

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NOTE 1:

In the American system, the standard measure of volume is liters, not dm^3.

NOTE 2:

The American system of writing decimals is with a “.” not a “,”

For example:
½ = 0.5 and NOT 0,5

Likewise for writing numbers greater than 999, we use “,” rather than “.”

For example:

100,000 or 1,000,000

NOTE 3:

When writing ratios or proportions, we do NOT use “.”

There are three acceptable methods of writing a ratio in the American system:

1 to 2 1:2 1/2

**Note that 1.2 does not express a ratio in the American system.

NOTE 4:

PEMDAS is an abbreviation for order of operations (it stands for Parentheses,

Exponents, Multiplication, Division, Addition, Subtraction) and tells you in what order
you do each part of an equation.

FOIL is an abbreviation for multiplying two polynomials together (it stands for First,
Outer, Inner, Last). Eg. (x+1)(y+2): First x*y, Outer  2*x, Inner 1*y, then Last
1*2.

SOHCAHTOA is an acronym that helps people remember the trigonometric functions.

(Sin = Opp/Hyp, Cos = Adj/Hyp, Tan = Opp/Adj)

In mathematics the dividend is “the quantity to be divided”: in 6 ÷ 2 = 3, the divisor is 2,

the dividend is 6, and the quotient is 3.

LCD = Lowest Common Denominator

GCF = Greatest Common Factor
LCM = Least Common Multiple

Special Notes for non-native English speakers

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NOTE 1:

Un dibujo = a drawing (not a “draw”)

Jajaja = hahaha (as in laughter)