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Measurement Vocab
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Area | the amount of space the shape covers; measured in square units |
| Perimeter | is the distance around a figure |
| Base | the bottom line of a 2D shape |
| Cube | a 3D shape when all faces are the same size |
| Composite shapes | are a combination of 2D shapes |
| Decompose | to break down a shape into different shapes |
| Formula | a mathematical rule that is written with symbols |
| Height | how tall a shape is from the bottom to the top; has to be a straight line |
| Length | how long a shape is from one side to the other |
| Parallelogram | a shape with two pairs of parallel lines |
| Quadrilateral | any shape with four sides |
| Rectangle | a shape with four straight lines and four right angles |
| Rectangular Prism | a 3D shape that has 6 faces, two of which are rectangles |
| Trapezoid | a four sided shape that has only one pair of parallel sides |
| Width | distance across from side to side |
| Volume | the amount of space an object takes up |
| pi | 3.14 |
| arc | a part of a circle between and including two endpoints on the circle; named by its endpoints |
| centre of a circle | the point in the plane of a circle equally distant from all points on the circle |
| radius of a circle | a line segment from the centre of a circle or sphere to any point on the circle or sphere; half of the diameter |
| perimeter | the distance around the boundary of a 2-dimensional figure |
| circumference | the perimeter of a circle |
| diameter | a line segment that passes through the centre of a circle or sphere and has endpoints on the circle or sphere |