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Math Vocab
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Angle Bisector | A ray that divides an angle into of equal measure |
| Arc | part of circle |
| Hexagon | A polygon with 6 sides |
| Irregular polygon | A polygon where the sides aren't congruent |
| line | A series of points that extends in two opposite directions with out end |
| plane | A flat surface that extends indefinately in all directions |
| isoceles triangle | a polygon with 2 congruent sides |
| scalene triangle | a triangle with no congruent sides |
| Acute angle | An angle with a measure between 0 and 90 |
| Acute triangle | a triangle with three acute angles |
| adjacent angles | angles that share a vertex and a side but have no interior points in common |
| angle | an angle is formed by two rays with a common endpoint called a vertex |
| central circle | an angle whose vertex is the center of a circle |
| chord | a segment that has both endpoints in the circle |
| circle | the set of points in a plane that are all the same distance from a given point called the center |
| circle graph | a graph of data where the entire circle represents a whole. Each wedge, sector, represents part of a whole |
| compass | a geometric tool used to make circles or arcs |
| complementary angles | Two angles are complementary if the sum of their measures is 90 |
| congruent angles | angles that have the same measure |
| congruent sides | congruent sides have the same length |
| decagon | a polygon with 10 sides |
| diameter | a segment that passes through the center of a circle and has both enpoints on the circle |
| equalateral triangle | a triangle with three congruent sides |
| intersecting lines | two lines that cross each other |
| midpoint | the midpoint of a segment is the point that divides the segment into two segments of equal length |
| obtuse angle | an angle with a measure greater than 90 |
| obtuse triangle | a triangle with one obtuse angle |
| octagon | a polygon with 8 sides |
| parallel lines | lines in the same plane that never intersect |
| parallelogram | a quadrilateral with both pairs of opposite sides parallel |
| pentagon | a polygon with 5 sides |
| perpendicular bisector | a segment bisector that is perpindicular to the segment |
| perpendicular lines | lines that intersect to form a right angle |
| point | a location that has no size |