2. Számolás – Top 3000 (41) – altémák

Számolás* (41)

add verb /æd/ 2 hozzáad, összead (számol) [T]

If you add three and four you get seven.

The restaurant will add 10% to your bill for service.

calculate verb /ˈkæl.kjʊ.leɪt/ [T] kiszámít; úgy számol (, hogy ...)

Have you calculated the cost of the project?

He's calculated that it would take him two years to save up enough for a car.

At some stage we need to calculate when the project will be finished.

count verb /kaʊnt/ 1 megszámol [T]

The teachers counted the students as they got on to the coach.

Count your money carefully to make sure it's all there.

We're still waiting for the votes to be counted (up).

count verb /kaʊnt/ 2 (hangosan) számol, elszámol (vmeddig) [I]

Can you count to ten in French?

double verb /ˈdʌb.l̩/ [I or T] megdupláz, kettővel megszoroz; megduplázódik

The government aims to double the number of students in higher education within 25 years.

Company profits have doubled since the introduction of new technology.

estimate verb /ˈes.tɪ.meɪt/ [T] becsül, felbecsül (mennyiséget, költséget, stb.)

Government sources estimate a long-term 50% increase in rail fares.

They estimate that the journey will take at least two weeks.

It was difficult to estimate how many trees had been destroyed.

The number of dead is estimated at over three hundred.

addition noun /əˈdɪʃ.ən/ 2 összeadás, hozzáadás (számok/mennyiségek) [U]

Twice a week the children are tested in basic mathematical skills such as addition.

average noun /ˈæv.ər.ɪdʒ/ 1 (matematikai) átlag, átlagérték [C]

Prices have risen by an average of 4% over the past year.

average noun /ˈæv.ər.ɪdʒ/ 2 átlag (tipikus, szokásos mennyiség, mérték) [C or U]

An 8-hour working day is about the average.

The audience figures were lower than average for this sort of film.

The quality of candidates was (well) below/above average.

I expect to spend an average of £20 on a meal in a restaurant.

calculation noun /ˌkæl.kjʊˈleɪ.ʃən/ [C or U] számítás, kiszámítás

I did some quick calculations to see if we could afford it.

estimate noun /ˈes.tɪ.mət/ [C] becslés (mennyiségé, költségé, stb.); árajánlat, költségvetés

The number of people who applied for the course was 120 compared with an initial estimate of between 50 and 100.

This is only a rough estimate.

figure noun /ˈfɪg.ər/ [C] 1 szám, számjegy

Can you read this figure? Is it a three or an eight?

Write the amount in both words and figures.

I looked quickly down the column of figures.

He earns a six-figure salary.

limit noun /ˈlɪm.ɪt/ [C] határ, korlát, korlátozás (lehetséges/megengedett legnagyobb érték)

Is there a limit on the amount of money you can claim?

I think we ought to put a limit on the amount of time we can spend on the project.

There's a limit to the number of times I can stop what I'm doing just so I can help him!

We set a time limit of thirty minutes for the test.

number noun /ˈnʌm.bər/ 1 szám, számjegy [C]

Think of a number smaller than 100.

Do you know what number their house is?

That's item number three on the agenda.

proportion noun /prəˈpɔː.ʃən/ rész, hányad; arány [C]

Children make up a large proportion of the world's population.

The class consists of men and women in roughly equal proportions.

rate noun /reɪt/ [C] 1 mérték; arány, arányszám

the rate of unemployment

The birth rate has fallen.

The drug has a high success/failure rate.

sample noun /ˈsɑːm.pl̩/ [C] 1 minta (a sokaságból) (statisztikai minta)

a random sample of voters

a nationally representative sample of 200 schools

statistic noun /stəˈtɪs.tɪk/ [C] statisztika

Statistics show that skin cancer is becoming more common.

sum noun /sʌm/ [C] összeg (pl. pénz-)

Huge sums of money are spent on national defence.

On retirement, he will receive the sum of £50 000 from the company.

total noun /ˈtəʊ.təl/ [C] végösszeg

That figure at the bottom of the column is the total.

A total of 21 horses were entered for the race.

We made £700 in total, over three days of trading.

accurate adjective /ˈæk.jʊ.rət/ pontos, hibátlan

accurate information/measurements

She was able to give the police a fairly accurate description of the man.

Her novel is an accurate reflection of life in post-war Spain.

We hope to become more accurate in predicting earthquakes.

approximate adjective /əˈprɒk.sɪ.mət/ körülbelüli

The train's approximate time of arrival is 10.30.

Can you give me an approximate idea of the numbers involved?

average adjective /ˈæv.ər.ɪdʒ/ 1 átlag-, átlagos (matematikai) [always before noun]

an average age/temperature

double adjective /ˈdʌb.l̩/ dupla, kettős

I'd like to book a double room.

Go through the double doors and turn left.

The word 'cool' has a double 'o' in the middle.

equal adjective /ˈiː.kwəl/ 1 egyenlő (szám, mennyiség, stb.)

The sides are of equal length.

The rent was equal to half his monthly income.

exact adjective /ɪgˈzækt/ pontos; precíz

The exact distance is 1.838 metres.

I'm afraid I can't give you exact details.

The exact location of the factory has yet to be decided.

They've lived here a long time - 25 years to be exact.

fixed adjective /fɪkst/ 1 rögzített, véglegesített (ár, kamatláb, stb.)

a fixed price

fixed interest rates

maximum adjective /ˈmæk.sɪ.məm/ maximális, csúcs-

maximum speed/effort/temperature

The bomb was designed to cause the maximum amount of damage.

medium adjective /ˈmiː.di.əm/ közepes (méret, mennyiség, minőség, stb.)

a girl of medium height

She bought a medium-sized car.

All shirts come in small, medium, and large.

minimum adjective /ˈmɪn.ɪ.məm/ minimum-, minimális; legkisebb; legkevesebb

There is a minimum charge of £5 for postage.

Eighteen is the minimum age for entering most nightclubs.

That's the minimum qualification required to teach English in most language schools.

rough adjective /rʌf/ 2 durva, hozzávetőleges, vázlatos

Write a rough copy first and check the grammar.

Can you give me a rough idea of the numbers?

about adverb /əˈbaʊt/ 1 körülbelül

It happened about two months ago.

"What time are you leaving work today?" "About five."

altogether adverb /ˌɔːl.təˈgeð.ər/ 1 összesen

There were twenty people there altogether.

That'll be £52.50 altogether, please.

exactly adverb /ɪgˈzækt.li/ 1 pontosan

The journey took exactly three hours.

Where are you staying exactly?

percent adverb /pəˈsent/ also: per cent (vhány) százalékkal/százalékban

You got 20 percent of the answers right - that means one in every five.

Only 40% of people bothered to vote in the election.

precisely adverb /prɪˈsaɪ.sli/ 1 pontosan; pont, pontban

The fireworks begin at eight o'clock precisely.

What do you think the problem is, precisely?

roughly adverb /ˈrʌf.li/ 1 durván, hozzávetőleg

There has been an increase of roughly 2.25 million.

Roughly speaking, it's 2.25 million.

We have roughly the same tastes.

twice adverb /twaɪs/ kétszer

I've already asked him twice.

You need to take two tablets twice daily.

There are twice as many houses in this area as there used to be.

The state is at least twice as big as England.

He's twice her size.

around preposition /əˈraʊnd/ 3 körül, körülbelül

around two months ago

around four o'clock

She earns around forty thousand a year.

plus preposition /plʌs/ plusz (összeadás)

What is six plus four?

The rent will be £75 a week, plus gas and electricity.

There will be two adults travelling, plus three children.

and conjunction /ænd/ 3 meg (számok kifejezése és összeadás)

It cost a hundred and twenty pounds.

Two and three equals five.

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