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Geometry of 2D shapes

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Definition
Area   The number of square units needed to cover a given surface  
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Trapezoid   A quadrilateral with exactly one pair of parallel sides  
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Perimeter   The distance around a polygon  
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Circumference   The distance around a circle  
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Surface Area   The sum of the areas of the faces or surfaces of a three-dimensional figure  
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Prism   A polyhedron that has two congruent polygon shaped bases and other faces that are parallelograms  
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Volume   The number of cubic units needed to fill a given space  
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Parallelogram   A quadrilateral with two pairs of parallel sides  
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Diameter   A line segment that passes through the center of a circle and has end-points on the circle or the length of that segment  
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Radius   A line segment with one end-point at the center of a circle and the other end-point on the circle or that length of the segment  
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area of a rectangle   length x width  
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area of a parallelogram   base x height  
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area of a trapezium   ((a +b) x h)/2  
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area of a circle   3.142 x radius x radius  
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Area of a triangle   A = (b x h) divided by 2  
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Circumference of circle   Pi x d  
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Perimeter of a rectangle (and parallelograms)   A = 2(L x W)  
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Triangle Area =   1/2 x base x perpendicular height  
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Square Area =   base x base  
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Rectangle Area =   base x height  
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Parallelogram Area =   base x perpendicular height  
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Trapezium Area =   1/2 x height x (top + bottom)  
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Circle Area =   π x r squared  
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Area (rhombus)   bxh  
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Acute Triangle   A triangle with 3 acute angles  
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Right Triangle   A triangle that has a 90 degree angle (right angle)  
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Obtuse Triangle   A triangle with one angle that is greater than 90 degrees.  
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Square   Four equal sides and four right angles  
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Rhombus   A parallelogram with four equal sides  
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Trapezoid(US)/Trapezium(UK)   A quadrilateral with exactly one pair of parallel sides  
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Pentagon   5 sided polygon  
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Octagon   8-sided polygon  
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Nonagon   9 sided polygon  
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Decagon   10 sided polygon  
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Heptagon   7 sided polygon  
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Hexagon   6 sided polygon  
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