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MATH (GEOMETRY) QUESTIONS WITH ACCURATE
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Acute Angle Accurate Answer - This is an angle whose measure is between 0 degrees and 90 degrees is called an ____ ____. Acute Triangle Accurate Answer - A triangle in which all of the angles are smaller than 90° is called an ____ ____. Adjacent Angles Accurate Answer - These are two angles in a plane which share a common vertex and a common side but do not overlap. Adjacent Supplementary Angles Accurate Answer - These are two angles that add up to 180° that share a common vertex. Alternate Exterior Angles Accurate Answer - These are two angles that are located outside two parallel lines on opposite sides of the transversal. Alternate Interior Angles Accurate Answer - These are two angles that are located between two parallel lines on opposite sides of the transversal. Altitude Accurate Answer - The height of a triangle. The segment drawn from a vertex to the opposite side forming a right angle. Angle Accurate Answer - These are two rays sharing a common endpoint. They are typically measured in degrees. Apothem Accurate Answer - A segment drawn from the center of a regular polygon perpendicular to the side of the polygon. Arc Accurate Answer - An ___ is a portion of a circle. There are three types of these: minor, major, and semicircle. A semicircle measures 180 degrees, a minor one is shorter than a semicircle, and a major one is longer than a semicircle. Arc Length Accurate Answer - This is the length of an arc of a circle. It is found by dividing the angle by 2 pi and then multiplying that by the circumference of the circle.
Area Accurate Answer - This is the space inside a geometric shape, such as a square or a circle. Area Of A Circle Accurate Answer - This is found by multiplying pi by the radius squared. Cartesian Accurate Answer - This is another name for the coordinate plane, named for the French mathematician Rene Descartes. Central Accurate Answer - An angle in a circle whose vertex is at the center of the circle is called a ______ angle. Circle Accurate Answer - The set of points in a plane that are equidistant from a given point form a ____. Circumference Accurate Answer - This is the distance around the outside of a circle. Circumference Of A Circle Accurate Answer - This may be calculated from its diameter using the formula: c = πd Or, substituting the radius for the diameter: c = 2 πr Where r is the radius and d is the diameter of the circle, and π (the Greek letter pi) is the constant 3.141 592 Complementary Accurate Answer - Two angles whose sum is 90 degrees are called _____________. Composite Accurate Answer - An irregular shape that can be split into familiar shapes such as rectangles, triangles, and circles is called a _____ figure. Conclusion Accurate Answer - This is the second part of a conditional statement. Conditional Statement Accurate Answer - A statement with a hypothesis and a conclusion. Congruent Accurate Answer - When two geometric figures (angles, rectangles, etc.) have the same size and shape, they are called ____.
Diagonal Accurate Answer - In a closed plane figure, a ____ is a segment which joins two non-consecutive vertices. For example, in rectangle ABCD, the segment AC would be one of these. Diameter Accurate Answer - This is a line segment between two points on the circle or sphere which passes through the center. Dilation Accurate Answer - A transformation that increases or decreased the size of a figure according to the scale factor. Dimensions Accurate Answer - The measurements of a shape, such as its length and width, are called its _______. Distance Formula Accurate Answer - The formula used to find the length between two points in a coordinate plane. English Unit System Accurate Answer - This is a mix of the American customary unit system and the British imperial system. This is a non-metric unit system. Equation Accurate Answer - The statement formed when an equal sign is placed between two expressions is called an _______. Equation Of A Circle Accurate Answer - This is a conic section. The standard form is (x - h)squared + (y - k)squared = (r)squared. Equation Of A Parabola Accurate Answer - This is a conic section. The standard form is (y - k)squared = 4a(x - h). Equiangular Triangle Accurate Answer - A triangle with all congruent angles is called _____. Equilateral Accurate Answer - This is a triangle with all sides equal in length. Euclidean Geometry Accurate Answer - A type of Geometry in which the parallel postulate holds true. Developed by Euclid.
Exterior Angle Accurate Answer - This is the angle formed with you extend a side of the polygon. It is adjacent to the interior angle of the polygon. Factor Accurate Answer - A number which divides evenly into a given number is called a ___ of that number. Factor Accurate Answer - To write a polynomial as a product is to _____ it. Graph Accurate Answer - When we plot all the points that satisfy an equation or inequality we ___ it. Graph Accurate Answer - The ___ of an equation is formed by all the points in the plane that make it true. Height Accurate Answer - A measurement of vertical distance, from bottom to top. Hour Accurate Answer - This is a measure of time, and it is made up of 60 minutes. Hypotenuse Accurate Answer - This is the longest side of a right triangle. It is also the side directly across from the 90-degree angle of a right triangle. Indirect Accurate Answer - When a quantity (such as a length) is measured using other known quantities and math, this is called ______________ measurement. Initial Point Accurate Answer - The starting point before a transformation has taken place. Interior Angles Accurate Answer - For a polygon, this is the angle formed inside a polygon by two adjacent sides. For parallel lines cut by a transversal, these are any of the four angles formed between two straight lines intersected by a third straight line. Interpret Accurate Answer - To explain the meaning of something or to understand something, such as collected numerical data.
Obtuse Accurate Answer - This is an angle having a measure greater than 90° and up to 180°. Ordered Accurate Answer - This is a way of expressing a relationship between x and y in set notation. It is called an ____ pair. Origin Accurate Answer - This is the point where the x-axis crosses the y-axis. The coordinate location is the ordered pair (0,0). Parabola Accurate Answer - The graph of a quadratic equation is called a ____. Parallel Accurate Answer - Lines that do not intersect are called ____. Parallel Accurate Answer - Lines with the same slope are ___. Parallel Accurate Answer - Coplanar lines, rays, or segments that do not intersect are called ___. Parallel Lines Accurate Answer - The slopes of these lines are always the same. Perimeter Accurate Answer - This is the sum of the lengths of all the sides of a polygon, expressed in linear units. Perpendicular Accurate Answer - These are lines that intersect to form right angles. Plane Accurate Answer - This is a flat surface extending in all directions. Point Accurate Answer - The intersection of two distinct lines occurs at a ____. Point-Slope Form Accurate Answer - The equation of a line in this form y - y1 = m ( x - x1) is called the ____-_____form.
Polygon Accurate Answer - This is a closed plane figure formed by three or more line segments that do not cross over each other. Premise Accurate Answer - This is the first part of a conditional statement. Premise Accurate Answer - Also known as an assumption or a hypothesis, this is a statement whose truth is given at the beginning of an argument or proof. Pythagorean Theorem Accurate Answer - This is the mathematical relation relating the three sides, a, b, c, of a right triangle. Pythagorean Theorem Converse Accurate Answer - If the square of the length of the longest side of a triangle is equal to the sum of the squares of the lengths of the other two sides, then the triangle is a right triangle. Quadrant Accurate Answer - This is one of four sections formed by the intersection of the x-axis and y-axis on a Cartesian coordinate plane. Radical Sign Accurate Answer - The symbol for a square root is called the ______ sign. Radius Accurate Answer - This is a line segment between the center and a point on the circle or sphere. Ratio Accurate Answer - This another name for a fraction or quotient. It can also be written in the forms 'a:b' and 'a to b', where a and b are numbers. Rectangle Accurate Answer - This is a quadrilateral with four congruent angles (all 90°). Reflection Accurate Answer - This is flipping a figure over the axis of symmetry. Every point has a corresponding point in the new image on the opposite side of the axis of symmetry, except when the point lies on the axis. Reflectional Accurate Answer - An object where one half is the mirror image of the other half has _____ symmetry.
Similar Triangles Accurate Answer - These are triangles with congruent angles and proportional sides. Sine Accurate Answer - The ratio of the side opposite from an acute angle and the hypotenuse. Opposite/Hypotenuse Slope Accurate Answer - The ___ tells how fast a line rises or falls between any two points on that line. Algebraically it is expressed as (y2 - y1)/ (x2 - x1) for the line passing through (x1, y1) and (x2, y2). Slope Formula Accurate Answer - The formula used to find the rate of change between two points is called the ____ formula. Slope Intercept Accurate Answer - The equation y = mx + b is in ___-____ form. (2 words) Slopes Of Perpendicular Lines Accurate Answer - These are negative reciprocals of each other; the product of these will equal -1. Sphere Accurate Answer - To get the volume of a ____, multiply 4/3 by pi and then by the cube of the radius. Square Units Accurate Answer - Area (the space inside a plane figure, like a triangle or circle) is measured using __________ units. Straight Angle Accurate Answer - This is an angle with a measure of 180 degrees. Supplementary Angles Accurate Answer - Two angles whose measures add up to 180 degrees are called ____. Symmetry Accurate Answer - A line that divides a figure into two congruent halves is called a line of ____. Tangent Accurate Answer - The ratio of the side opposite from an acute angle and the side adjacent to an acute angle. Opposite/Adjacent
Tangent Accurate Answer - A line that intersects a circle in exactly one point. Terminal Point Accurate Answer - The ending point after a transformation has taken place. Theorem Accurate Answer - A statement which has been proven to be true is called a ____. Times Accurate Answer - A word used to show multiplication in a word problem. Transformation Accurate Answer - A reflection, rotation, translation, or dilation is called a _____. Translation Accurate Answer - A _________ of the plane is a transformation which shifts all the points in a plane figure, without altering the shape of the figure. Transversal Accurate Answer - A line which intersects two or more coplanar lines is called a ___. Triangle Accurate Answer - This is a polygon with three sides. Triangle Inequality Accurate Answer - The sum of the lengths of two sides of a triangle is always greater then the length of the third side. Triangle Sum Accurate Answer - The sum of the measures of the angles in any triangle is 180 degrees. This is the _____ _____ Theorem. Trigonometric Ratio Accurate Answer - The ratio of the lengths of two sides of a right triangle forms a ____ ratio. Triple Accurate Answer - A set of 3 nonzero whole numbers that form the sides of a right triangle are called a Pythagorean ___. Undefined Slope Accurate Answer - Vertical lines have _________ slope.
