各位同工（或中一家長），有否擔心學生上中一後應付不了英文的要求？這裡要介紹名為
PuzzleMaker 的網站。我嘗試根據香港中一上學期的幾節課做了以下好些填字拼圖，大都是個人認為中一生宜盡早掌握。各位同工，偶爾放在工作紙裡面倒也不錯。
Commonly used terms in questions
according to..., base on, refer to, among, apart from
VERB or others
calculate, evaluate, find, solve, complete, obtain, search
express, explain, represent, describe, indicate, consider, determine, convert
estimate, judge, decide
construct, measure, produce, extend, present, join, draw, connect
combine, split, classify
expand, simplify,
change, increase, decrease, reduce, rise, raise, fall, upward, downward,
arrange, ascending order of magnitude, descending order of magnitude
include, exclude, internal, external
NOUN or others
solution, answer, result, value,
half, quarter
exact, accurate, approximate
corresponding, proportional
each, per, whole, entire, ratio
new, initial, original,
daily, weekly, bi-weekly, monthly, quarterly, yearly, annual
respectively
whether, if
SYMBOLS
( ) , [ ], { } Parentheses, Square brackets, Braces
is equal to , is not equal to, is approximately equal to
is less than , is greater than / exceed,
is parallel to ,is perpendicular to
percentage
positive, negative
angle, triangle
because, since, therefore
...is congruent to..., ...is similar to...
Algaebra
Numbers
Whole number/ integer, natural number, decimal, digit
Factor, Multiple, prime factor
Prime number, Composite number
H.C.F. Highest Common Factor
L.C.M. Least Common Multiple
Arithmetic Operations
Addition – add.. to , plus, sum, total, summand, addend
Subtraction – subtract.. from, minus, difference, minuend, subtrahend
Multiplication – multiply.. by, times, product
Division – divide.. by, quotient, dividend, divisor, remainder
Fraction
Numerator, Denominator
Proper fraction, improper fraction, mixed number
Index
Index Notation, base, index, indices
a squared
a cubed
a to the power n,
the nth power of a
Geometry
Line
Side, height, high, base, longer base, shorter base, width, wide, breadth, length, long,
perimeter, hypotenuse, adjacent, opposite, curve, intersection, ray
Plane figure
polygon, triangle, square, rectangle, quadrilateral, trapezium, rhombus, kite, ellipse, circle
parallelogram, pentagon, hexagon, heptagon, octagon, figure, diagram, arrowhead,
diagonal, area, shaded region, dimension, regular, irregular
Triangle
scalene triangle, isosceles triangle, equilateral triangle
right-angled triangle, acute-angled triangle, obtuse-angled triangle
Solid
Prism, cube, cuboid, triangular prism, square prism, rectangular prism, trapezoidal prism,
cylinder, pyramid, cone, sphere, vertex, vertices, edge, volume, total surface area, face,
lateral faces, cross-section, curved surface
Angle
Degree, protractor, clockwise, anti-clockwise, vertex, vertices, arm, acute angle, right
angle, obtuse angle, reflex angle, straight angle, round angle, outer, inner, base angle,
interior angle, exterior angle, degree, minute, second,
Circle
radius, radii, diameter, arc, circumference, centre, compasses, protractor
Others
bar chart, broken-line graph, pie chart, scatter diagram
cost price, selling price, marked price, profit, loss, discount, gain, earn, suffer, sell, sold,
sale, buy, bought, purchase, dozen
principal, interest, interest rate, amount, deposit, withdraw, depreciate, account
reflection, rotation, translation, axis, image, enlarge, reduce
round off, round up, round down, decimal places
Useful Websites
Mathematics Games
http://www.math.ied.edu.hk/Links/game.htm
Arithmetic
http://mathworld.wolfram.com/topics/Arithmetic.html
Geometry
http://www.scienceu.com/geometry/facts/solids/handson.html
http://www.mathsnet.net/geometry/solid/index.html
Symmetry
http://www.mathsnet.net/transformations/index.html
http://mathworld.wolfram.com/Rotation.html
http://mathworld.wolfram.com/Reflection.html
http://mathworld.wolfram.com/Translation.html
KEYWORD: add, answer, bracket, difference, divide, equal, multiply, product, quotient, subtract, sum
KEYWORD: duration, height, length, price, speed, temperature, weight, width
KEYWORD: arithmetic, Fibonacci, formula, geometric, negative, positive, sequence, square,substitution, term, triangular
KEYWORD: acute, angle, circle,
KEYWORD: equation, root, setup, solution, solve, unknown
