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SHAPES 8-3/8-6 vocab
SHAPES & FIGURES
Question | Answer |
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POLYGON | CLOSED FIGURE MADE UP OF LINE SEGMENTS |
REGULAR POLYGON | HAS SIDES OF EQUAL LENGTH AND ANGLES OF EQUAL MEASURE. |
TRIANGLE | SHAPE HAS 3 SIDES |
QUADRILATERAL | ANY POLYGON WITH 4 SIDES |
PENTAGON | A POLYGON WITH 5 SIDES |
HEXAGON | A POLYGON HAS 6 SIDES |
OCTAGON | A POLYGON OF 8 SIDES |
EQUILATERAL TRIANGLE | A TRIANGLE WHOSE ALL SIDES ARE EQUAL |
ISOCELES TRIANGLE | A TRIANGLE WITH ONLY 2 SIDES THAT ARE EVEN |
SCALENE TRIANGLE | A TRIANGLE IN WHICH NO SIDES ARE EQUAL IN LENGHT. |
RIGHT TRIANGLE | A TRIANGLE IN WHICH ONE ANGLE FORMS A RIGHT ANGLE |
ACUTE TRIANGLE | A TRIANGLE WITH AN ANGLE THAT MEASURES 0 TO 90 DEGREES |
OBTUSE TRIANGLE | A TRIANGLE WITH AN ANGLE THAT MEASURES 90 TO 180 DEGREES |
PARALLELOGRAM | A QUADRILATERAL WITH BOTH PAIRS OF OPPOSITE SIDES PARALLEL OR THAT NEVER CROSS. |
TRAPEZOID | A QUADRILATERAL THAT HAS EXACTLY 1 PARALLEL SIDE |
RECTANGLE | A PAALLELOGRAM WITH 4 RIGHT ANGLES |
RHOMBUS | A PARALLELOGRAM WITH ALL SIDES THE SAME LENGTH |
SQUARE | A RECTANGLE WITH ALL SIDES THE SAME LENGTH |
GENERALIZATION | A GUESS OR A GENERAL STAEMENT |