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FOA2 - Unit 9
Quadrilaterals & Polygons
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| polygon | closed figure made up of 3 or more line segments that DO NOT cross has no curves |
| regular polygon | polygon with all sides and angles that are congruent |
| irregular polygon | polygon with sides and angles that are not congruent |
| parallel | two lines which are the same distance apart never intersect |
| perpendicular | two lines which form a right angle (90 degrees) |
| congruent figure | same shape and same size |
| supplementary | two angles whose sum is exactly 180 degrees |
| complementary | two angles whose sum is exactly 90 degrees |
| bisect | divide into 2 equal parts |
| quadrilateral | 4-sided |
| parallelogram | 4-sides, opposite sides are parallel and congruent, opposite angles are congruent diagonals bisect each other |
| rectangle | parallelogram AND 4 right angles |
| rhombus | parallelogram AND ALL sides are congruent |
| square | parallelogram AND 4 right angles AND ALL sides are congruent |