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Spell Bee Word: Calculator


What does calculator mean?

Word: Calculator

Part of Speech: Noun

Meaning: Calculator means a small electronic machine that works out sums with numbers quickly and without mistakes.

How do you spell calculator?

Syllables: cal - cu - la - tor

Tricky part: The second beat is cu, with a u, and the word ends in or, not er, even though the end sounds like ter.

Watch out for: calculater, calcalator, calculeter

Memory tip: A calculator is a machine that does a job, and many doers end in or: actor, doctor, calculator.

Calculator in a sentence

Example 1: Papa checked the electricity bill on his calculator.

Example 2: We are not allowed to use a calculator in the maths test.

Example 3: The shopkeeper's calculator has big buttons and a tiny solar panel.

Fun Fact

The word goes back to the Latin calculus, a small pebble, because people once counted with little stones.

Practise the CREST Way

Spell-o-Spell

Choose the correctly spelt word:

a) telescoap
b) sharpner
c) dictionery
d) calculator

Show answer

d) calculator. Sharpener has an e after the p, telescope ends in ope, and dictionary ends in ary.

Mingle-Mangle

Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters:

tluacorcal

a) calcultaor
b) calculator
c) calcualtor
d) calcuatlor

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b) calculator. The last two letters are the or of actor; place the other eight in front of them.

Word Cookie

Find the extra letter in the word:

calcullator

a) a
b) c
c) u
d) l

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d) l. Each l in calculator stands on its own, with a vowel on either side.

Word Cookie

Insert the correct letters to form a word:

c_lcul_tor

a) a, a
b) a, e
c) u, a
d) e, a

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a) a, a. Calculator has an a in its first beat and another in its third.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which job would a shopkeeper do with a calculator?

a) measure a length of cloth
b) add up a customer's bill
c) weigh a bag of rice
d) check the date of a festival

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b) add up a customer's bill

2. A calculator shows its answer on a small ____.

a) lens
b) dial
c) speaker
d) screen

Show answer

d) screen

Associated Words

humorousdiscussfearcostumemysterious
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