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Math Vocab
Question | Answer |
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Angle Bisector | A ray that divides an angle into of equal measure |
Arc | part of circle |
Hexagon | A polygon with 6 sides |
Irregular polygon | A polygon where the sides aren't congruent |
line | A series of points that extends in two opposite directions with out end |
plane | A flat surface that extends indefinately in all directions |
isoceles triangle | a polygon with 2 congruent sides |
scalene triangle | a triangle with no congruent sides |
Acute angle | An angle with a measure between 0 and 90 |
Acute triangle | a triangle with three acute angles |
adjacent angles | angles that share a vertex and a side but have no interior points in common |
angle | an angle is formed by two rays with a common endpoint called a vertex |
central circle | an angle whose vertex is the center of a circle |
chord | a segment that has both endpoints in the circle |
circle | the set of points in a plane that are all the same distance from a given point called the center |
circle graph | a graph of data where the entire circle represents a whole. Each wedge, sector, represents part of a whole |
compass | a geometric tool used to make circles or arcs |
complementary angles | Two angles are complementary if the sum of their measures is 90 |
congruent angles | angles that have the same measure |
congruent sides | congruent sides have the same length |
decagon | a polygon with 10 sides |
diameter | a segment that passes through the center of a circle and has both enpoints on the circle |
equalateral triangle | a triangle with three congruent sides |
intersecting lines | two lines that cross each other |
midpoint | the midpoint of a segment is the point that divides the segment into two segments of equal length |
obtuse angle | an angle with a measure greater than 90 |
obtuse triangle | a triangle with one obtuse angle |
octagon | a polygon with 8 sides |
parallel lines | lines in the same plane that never intersect |
parallelogram | a quadrilateral with both pairs of opposite sides parallel |
pentagon | a polygon with 5 sides |
perpendicular bisector | a segment bisector that is perpindicular to the segment |
perpendicular lines | lines that intersect to form a right angle |
point | a location that has no size |