8th Grade - Unit 5 - Numbers and Measurements

Choose the correct word for the definition

A quantity of something, especially the total of a thing or things in number, size, value, or extent.

"the sport gives an enormous amount of pleasure to many people"

• Amount

• Average

• Length

• Height

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The measurement or extent of something from end to end; the greater of two or the greatest of three dimensions of a body.

"it can reach over two feet in _____"

• Amount

• Average

• Length

• Height

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A number expressing the central or typical value in a set of data, in particular the mode, median, or (most commonly) the mean, which is calculated by dividing the sum of the values in the set by their number.

• Amount

• Average

• Length

• Height

The measurement from base to top or (of a standing person) from head to foot.

"columns rising to 65 feet in height"

• Amount

• Average

• Length

• Height

A rate, number, or amount in each hundred.

• width

• weight

• probability

• percentage

the extent to which something is probable; the likelihood of something happening or being the case.

"the rain will make the_________ of their arrival even greater"

• width

• weight

• probability

• percentage

A body's relative mass or the quantity of matter contained by it, giving rise to a downward force; the heaviness of a person or thing.

"he was at least 175 pounds in weight"

• width

• weight

• probability

• percentage

The measurement or extent of something from side to side.

"the yard was about seven feet in width"

• width

• weight

• probability

• percentage

A particular order in which related events, movements, or things follow each other.

• width

• sequence

• probability

• sum

The total amount resulting from the addition of two or more numbers, amounts, or items.

• width

• sequence

• probability

• sum