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Glossary for Alice Programming: math

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accumulator: A variable (called an accumulator) can be used to find the total of several items.
addition witch age: What ever age you say you are, the witch says she's older.
   The Witch is Older
counter: A counter is a variable that is initialized to 0, then add 1 to it when the thing you are counting occurs.
division, remainders goldcoins: Learn about division and remainders.
   The fish share the gold coins
division: Division is performed using the / operator.
function getDistanceTo: We use a function to find how far away something is.
   How far is the cave?
function getHeight: We use a function to find height. These functions are in the panel next to procedures
   How tall is the snow-woman?
function height: The height is one of the properties of all 3D objects. The function getHeight is used to retrieve its current value. The setHeight procedure is used to change the value. The width, height and depth properties will stay in proportion.
multiplication ball-cost: How much does one soccer ball cost? Then 3 would cost total=cost * 3
   Cost of 3 Soccer Balls
multiplication, monkey jump: Monkey jumps a bit higher each time by multiplying variable by 1.3
   Monkey jumps for banana
percentage, tip: The Mad Hatter calculates 15% tip.
   Finding a Tip
remainder goldcoins: Learn about division and remainders.
   The fish share the gold coins
remainder: Practice finding remainders.
   Remainder Drill
total: A variable (called an accumulator) can be used to find the total of several items.
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