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1
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pyramid

A

polygon for a base and triangular sides

pyramids are named by their polygon bases

2
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prism

A

2 parallel polygons for bases and rectangular sides

prisms are named by their polygon bases

cube is a special rectangular prism made of square bases and sides

2
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equilateral triangle

A

a triangle whose 3 sides are the same length and whose 3 angles are the same measure (60°)

3
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cone

A

circular base and a curved surface and one vertex (point) (when the curved surface is spread out flat, it is similar to a triangle)

3
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isosceles triangle

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a triangle with 2 sides are the same length and 2 angles are the same measure

4
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cylinder

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2 parallel circular bases and a curved surface (when the curved surface is spread out flat, it is in the shape of a rectangle)

4
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scalene triangle

A

a triangle with no sides are the same length and no angles are the same measure

5
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surface area

A

the total area of all the sides of a 3-D shape

5
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acute angle

A

an angle less than 90 degrees (90°)

6
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acute triangle

A

a triangle that has angles less than 90 degrees (90°)

6
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right angle

A

an angle that is exactly 90 degrees (90°)

7
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right triangle

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a triangle with an angle that is exactly 90 degrees (90°)

8
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obtuse angle

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an angle more than 90 degrees (90°)

9
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obtuse triangle

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a triangle with an angle that is more 90 degrees (90°)

10
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quadrilateral

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a figure with 4 sides

11
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rectangle

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a quadrilateral with 4 right angles and 2 pairs of parallel sides, opposite sides are the same length

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square

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a rectangle whose 4 sides are the same length

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parallelogram

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a quadrilateral with 2 pairs of parallel sides, opposite sides are the same length, two opposite angles are acute and two opposite angles are obtuse

14
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rhombus

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a parallelogram whose 4 sides are the same length

15
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kite

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a quadrilateral whose adjacent (side by side, sharing an angle) sides are the same length

16
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trapezoid

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a quadrilateral with exactly 1 pair of parallel sides

17
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congruent figures

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have the same size and shape

18
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similar figures

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have the same shape, but are different sizes

19
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polygon

A

a closed figure formed by 3 or more lines

20
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polygon 3 sides

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triangle

21
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polygon 4 sides

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quadrilateral

22
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polygon 5 sides

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pentagon

23
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polygon 6 sides

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hexagon

24
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polygon 7 sides

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heptagon

25
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polygon 8 sides

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octagon

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polygon 9 sides

A

nonagon

27
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polygon 10 sides

A

decagon

28
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sum of 3 angles of a triangle

A

180°

29
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sum of 4 angles of a quadrilateral

A

360°

30
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rotation

A

spin around a fixed point
full turn = 360°
1/2 turn = 180°
1/4 turn = 90°
1/3 turn = 120°
1/6 turn = 60°
1/8 turn = 45°

31
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translation

A

slide along a straight line

32
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reflection

A

flip over a line

33
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magnification

A

increase or decrease in size

34
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corresponding angles

A

angles that are in the same position in congruent or similar figures

35
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coordinate plane

A

formed by a horizontal line (x-axis) that intersects a vertical line (y-axis)

36
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coordinates (x, y)

A

the numbers in an ordered pair that describe the location of a point in the coordinate plane

37
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origin

A

the point where the x-axis and y-axis intersect (0, 0)

38
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parallel

A

lines that will never intersect

39
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perpendicular

A

lines that intersect at exactly 90°

40
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transversal

A

a line that cuts across a pair of parallel lines

41
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alternate angles

A

angles on opposite sides of a transversal, they are always congruent

42
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adjacent angles

A

side by side, have a common vertex and a common ray, if they are along a straight line, they add up to 180˚

43
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interior angles

A

angles that are inside the parallel lines

44
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exterior angles

A

angles that are outside the parallel lines

45
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vertical angles

A

opposite one another at the intersection of two lines, they are always congruent

46
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supplementary angles

A

two angles that add up to 180˚

47
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complementary angles

A

two angles that add up to 90˚

48
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perimeter

A

sum of the length of the sides

49
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radius

A

distance from the center of a circle to its edge (r = ½ d)

50
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diameter

A

distance from one side of a circle, through the center, to the other side (d = 2r)

51
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circumference

A

perimeter of a circle
C = 2πr = πd

52
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area

A

the number of square units inside a polygon

53
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formulas for area

A

A (triangle) = ½ bh
A (rectangle) = lw
A (square) = s2
A (parallelogram) = bh
A (trapezoid) = ½ h(b1+b2)
A (circle) = πr2

54
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formulas for surface area

A

SA of rectangular prism = 2lw+2lh+2wh = 2(lw+lh+wh)

SA of cube = 6s^2

SA of cylinder = 2πrh+2πr^2

55
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volume

A

amount of space enclosed in a solid (B is area of base)

volume of a cylinder = πr2h

volume of rectangular prism = lwh

volume of prism (general) = Bh

volume of pyramid (general) = 1/3 Bh

volume of cone = 1/3 Bh

56
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Hypotenuse

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the side of a right-angled triangle that is opposite the right angle

57
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Legs

A

the sides of a right-angled triangle adjacent to the right angle, they are shorter than the hypotenuse

58
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Pythagorean Theorem

A

a and b are legs, c is hypotenuse

c^2 = a^2 + b^2

59
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y-intercept

A

the point where a graph crosses the y-axis

60
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x-intercept

A

the point where a graph crosses the x-axis

61
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slope intercept form

A

y = mx + b

62
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slope

A

the steepness of a line on a graph, rise over run

63
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scale factor

A

the number used to enlarge or reduce similar figures

64
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net

A

a two-dimensional pattern that forms a three-dimensional solid when formed