These cards will help you memorize your geometry dictionary.
130171620 | Square | 4 equal sides. 90 degree angles. | |
130171621 | Rectangle | quadrilateral. 90 degree angles. | |
130171622 | Quadrilateral | 4-sided polygon | ![]() |
130171623 | Perimeter | distance around a figure | ![]() |
130171624 | Area | number of square units it takes to cover a figure | ![]() |
130171625 | Base | bottom of a figure | ![]() |
130171626 | Height | the line that makes a 90 degree angle with the base | ![]() |
130171627 | Right Angle | 90 degree angle | ![]() |
130171628 | Triangle | 3-sided polygon | ![]() |
130171629 | Acute Triangle | 3-sided polygon, each angle is less than 90 degrees | ![]() |
130171630 | Obtuse triangle | 3-sided polygon, 1 angle greater than 90 degrees | ![]() |
130171631 | Right Triangle | 3-sided polygon. One 90 degree angle. | ![]() |
130171632 | Isosceles Triangle | 3-sided polygon. 2 congruent sides. | ![]() |
130171633 | Equilateral Triangle | 3-sided polygon. 3 congruent sides. 3 60 degree angles. | ![]() |
130171634 | Scalene Triangle | 3-sided polygon. No congruent sides | ![]() |
130171635 | Leg | the 2 sides that make the right angle in a right triangle | ![]() |
130171636 | Hypotenuse | side opposite the right angle in a right triangle | ![]() |
130171637 | hypotenuse | side opposite the right angle in a right triangle | ![]() |
130171638 | parallelogram | 4-sided quadrilateral. 2 pairs of parallel lines | ![]() |
130171639 | parallel lines | lines that will never intersect | ![]() |
130171640 | trapezoid | 4-sided quadrilateral. 1 pair of parallel lines | ![]() |
130171641 | congruent | same size, same shape | ![]() |
130171642 | rhombus | 4 equal-sided polygon | ![]() |
130171643 | segment | line between two points | ![]() |
130171644 | vertex or vericies | the point where 2 lines meet | ![]() |
130171645 | polygon | many-sided figure, closed, straight line segment | |
130171646 | regular polygon | polygon with congruent sides and congruent angles | ![]() |
130171647 | irregular polygon | polygon without all congruent sides | ![]() |
130171648 | straight angle | angle measuring 180 degrees | ![]() |
130171649 | circle | infinite set of points equidistant from a centerpoint | ![]() |
130171650 | radius | half the diameter | ![]() |
130171651 | diameter | distance across a circle through the center point | ![]() |
130171652 | pi | ratio of circumference of a circle to its diameter, irrational; = 3.14 | ![]() |
130171653 | circumference | distance around a circle | ![]() |
130171654 | semi-circle | half of a circle | ![]() |
130171655 | inscribed | a figure drawn inside another | ![]() |
130171656 | circumscribed | a figure drawn within a circle | ![]() |
130171657 | complementary angles | angles whose sum equals 90 degrees | ![]() |
130171658 | Supplementary angles | angles whose sum equals 180 degrees | ![]() |
130171659 | interior angle | angles inside of a polygon | ![]() |
130171660 | exterior angle | angle made when you extend one of the sides of the polygon outside from the polygon | ![]() |
130171661 | regular polygon | a polygon with congruent sides and congruent angles | ![]() |
130171662 | pentagon | 5-sided polygon | ![]() |
130171663 | hexagon | 6-sided polygon | ![]() |
130171664 | heptagon | 7-sided polygon | ![]() |
130171665 | octagon | 8-sided polygon | ![]() |
130171666 | nonagon | 9-sided polygon | ![]() |