Exploring Latin Number Roots and Their Vocabulary

The video tutorial explores Latin number root words, starting from 'Yuna' meaning one, to 'Bill' meaning thousand. It provides examples of words derived from these roots, such as unicorn, bicycle, tricycle, quadrilateral, quintuplet, sextant, septangle, octopus, November, decimal, century, and millipede. The tutorial also explains the origins of certain word parts, like 'corn' in unicorn and 'ocular' in binocular. Additionally, it touches on historical aspects, such as the Roman calendar and the United States Bicentennial.

What does the 'uni-' prefix in 'unicorn' signify?

• Two

• One

• Four

• Three

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What does 'bi-' in 'bicycle' imply?

• Three

• Four

• Two

• One

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What does the root 'tri-' in 'tripod' mean?

• Five

• Three

• Two

• Four

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How many sides does a quadrilateral have?

• Six

• Four

• Five

• Three

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If a woman has quintuplets, how many babies did she have?

• Five

• Six

• Four

• Three

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What was the original position of September in the Roman calendar?

• Ninth

• Tenth

• Eighth

• Seventh

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Which month was the eighth in the old Roman Calendar?

• December

• November

• September

• October

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What does 'dec-' in 'decade' stand for?

• One hundred

• Twenty

• Ten

• One thousand

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How many feet do centipedes typically have?

• More than 100

• 100

• 50

• 10

What would you do with a million dollars?

• Save it

• Donate it

• Spend it

• Invest it