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Spell Bee Word: Actuary


What does actuary mean?

Word: Actuary

Part of Speech: Noun

Meaning: Actuary means an expert who uses maths and statistics to work out risks and costs, usually for insurance companies.

How do you spell actuary?

Syllables: ac - tu - ar - y

Tricky part: Students who have only heard the word often write actuery or actury; after the t the vowels run u, then a, before the final ry.

Watch out for: actuery, actuarey, actury

Memory tip: Actuary ends exactly like January: -uary. Picture an actuary planning next year's insurance in January.

Actuary in a sentence

Example 1: My cousin is studying statistics because she wants to become an actuary.

Example 2: The actuary worked out how much the company should charge for car insurance.

Example 3: An actuary uses past data to predict future risks.

Fun Fact

The word comes from Latin actuarius, a clerk who kept records. In English it first meant a court registrar, long before it came to mean an insurance expert.

Practise the CREST Way

Spell-o-Spell

Choose the correctly spelt word:

a) dictonary
b) sanctuery
c) volantary
d) actuary

Show answer

d) actuary. Sanctuary needs ary, voluntary a u after the l, and dictionary an i after the t.

Mingle-Mangle

Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters:

ructaya

a) actuary
b) sanctuary
c) actually
d) accuracy

Show answer

a) actuary. Accuracy needs three c's, actually two l's and sanctuary an s and an n.

Word Cookie

Find the extra letter in the word:

acctuary

a) c
b) a
c) u
d) y

Show answer

a) c. Actuary starts with act, as in actor, with a single c.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. An actuary would most likely be asked to work out ____.

a) where to build a new road
b) how to repair a car engine
c) the best colour for a new car
d) how likely a driver is to crash

Show answer

d) how likely a driver is to crash

2. The plural of actuary is ____.

a) actuaries
b) actuarries
c) actuaryes
d) actuarys

Show answer

a) actuaries

Associated Words

Words that end in -ary: capillary, bursary, sedimentary, arbitrary, commentary, preliminary

More words from this list

belligerent, consent, dominate, geologist, knapsack, optimistic, rhinestone, treasurer

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