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LPA Maths Y8T3H
LPA Maths Year 8 Term 3 Higher word list
Term | Definition |
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Polygon | A straight sided shape |
Pentagon | A five sided shape |
Hexagon | A six sided shape |
Octagon | An eight sided shape |
Decagon | A ten sided shape |
Quadrilateral | A four sided shape |
Parallelogram | Four sided shape with a long pair of parallel sides and a short pair of parallel sides. |
Rhombus | Four sided shape with two pairs of parallel sides and all sides the same length |
Rectangle | Four sided shape with a long pair of parallel sides and a short pair of parallel sides. All angles are 90 degrees |
Trapezium | Four sided shape with one pair of parallel sides |
Interior angle | Angle inside a shape |
Reflex | Angle greater than 180 degrees |
Acute | Angles smaller than 90 degrees |
Obtuse | Angle between 90 and 180 degrees |
Exterior angle | Angle between any side of a shape, and a line extended from the next side |
Parallel | Always the same distance apart and never touching |
Perpendicular | A right angles |
Equilateral | A sides the same length and all angles the same size |
Scalene | All sides are different lengths |
Isosceles | Two equal sides |
Theoretical | Probability you can predict |
Experimental | Estimated probability you find by testing |
Sample space | A list of all possible results |
Event | Something that happens |
Biased | A built in error |
Equally likely | Has the same chance |
Fair | Every result has the same likelihood |
Outcome | The possible results of an experiment |
Probability scale | A line showing all the possibilities from impossible to certain |
Likelihood | The chance it will happen |