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Object

pimâmeyihtam

Definition: It is a thing, person, or matter to which thought or action is directed [6].

Odd

mitoni pahtos

Definition: In mathematics, the odd numbers are not divisible by two.

Odd numbers

ayacināwan

Definition: They are numbers not divisible by two. Examples of odd numbers are one, three, five, and so on.

It listed examples of odd numbers, such as one, three, five, seven, and nine.
Figure 13.1 Examples of odd numbers (illustration: Larissa Kitchemonia).

One

peyak

Definition:  It is the lowest counting number.

One bison on the screen. It is labelled as peyak.
Figure 13.2 Peyak in Cree means one (illustration: Ting Zhou)

Ones

papiyako

Definition: The place value located one place to the left of the decimal point in a number is ones. It shows how many ones are in a number [1].

It is a number one hundred twenty-three point four. The number one is at the hundreds, number two is at the tens, the number three is at the ones, and the number four is at the tenths.
Figure 13.3 Decimal place value.

Operation 

oyȇyhtamȏ akihtȃsȏwin

Definition: In mathematics, it is a procedure used to combine numbers, expressions, or polynomials into a single result [1].

Examples

Four basic operations:

  • Addition (+)
  • Subtraction (-)
  • Multiplication (×)
  • Division (÷)

Opposite

kwiskitakitew

Definition: It refers to two things located or facing directly across. Two opposite numbers are the two numbers that are equidistant from the origin on a number line but in opposite directions from the origin [4].

The additive reverse of number three is negative three.
Figure 13.4 The opposite value three and negative three.

Order

îyaskohtascikȇwin

Definition: Place numbers or objects in a sequential arrangement. For example, least to greatest or heaviest to lightest [1].

It is a set of nesting dolls, which contains four wooden figures. From left to right, their sizes increase, which represent the term "ascending order".
Figure 13.5 Example of ascending order (illustration: Larissa Kitchemonia).

Order of operations

oyastewaw akīcikīwina

Definition: A specified sequence in which mathematical operations are expected to be performed [1].

Explantion

An arithmetic expression is evaluated by following these ordered steps:

  1. Simplify within grouping symbols such as parentheses or brackets, starting with the innermost.
  2. Apply exponents—powers and roots.
  3. Perform all multiplications and divisions in order from left to right.
  4. Perform all additions and subtractions in order from left to right.

A common way to remember this is to use the acronym BEDMAS: Brackets, Exponents, Division, Multiplication, Addition, Subtraction.
Division and multiplication (and addition and subtraction) are to be completed in the order they appear from left to right in the expression or equation [1].

For example,

5 – (2 + 11) × 3 + 52 ÷ 4

= 5 – 13 × 3 + 25 ÷ 4

= 5 – 39 + 6.25

= – 34 + 6.25

= – 27.75

Ordered pairs

nāh-nāway

Definition: Two numbers, in order, that are used to describe the location of a point on a coordinate plane, relative to a point of origin (0,0) [3]. It is written as (x, y). The first number “x” is the horizontal coordinate, and the second number “y” is the vertical coordinate.

Example

The point (2, 6). On a coordinate plane, we move two units to the right of the origin on the horizontal axis (x-axis) and six units up on the vertical axis (y-axis). This point (2, 6) will be placed at the location shown in the figure below.

The point (2,6) is placed on a coordinate plane. From the origin, it moves two units to the right on the x-axis and six units to the top on the y-axis.
Figure 13.6 The point (2,6) on a coordinate plane.

Output

ispayow

Definition: In mathematics, output is the variables coming out of a function.

A rectangle box is representing math function. Several balls represent input to go into the math function. Several squares come out of the box representing the output.
Figure 13.7 The input and output in a math function.

Outside

wayawitimihk

Definition: Beyond the boundary of or limits [5].

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