A | B |
Diameter | The distance across a circle through its center |
Point | Undefined term named with a capital printed letter |
Line | Undefined term named by a lower case script letter |
Plane | Undefined term named by an upper case script letter |
Postulate | An axiom |
Congruent | Same size and shape |
Equal | Same size |
Similar | Same shape, proportional size |
Theorem | A true statement that follows as a result of other true statements |
Right Angle | =90 degrees |
Point | The intersection of 2 lines |
Solve an equation | Find the value of the variable that makes a statement true |
Slope | Steepness |
Rise Over Run | Slope |
Change in Y over Change in X | Slope |
Rate of Change in a Graph | Slope |
Change in Y | Rise |
Change in X | Run |
Independent Variable | X |
Dependent Variable | Y |
Line Segment | All the points between the endpoints |
Ruler Postulate | Put one endpoint on zero and the other can be on a positive real number |
Origin | (0,0) |
Segment Addition Postulate | A is between B & C and BA + AC = BC |
Pythagorean Theorem | a^2+b^2=c^2 |
Distance Formula | Used to find length |
Circumference | The perimeter of a circle |
Line | The intersection of 2 planes |
Equilateral | Same length sides |
Equiangular | Same size angles |
Area of a Triangle | 1/2bh |
Area of a Rectangle | bh |
Area of a Square | side^2 |
Area of a Circle | Pi*r^2 |
Circumference of a Circle | d*Pi |
Diameter | 2r |
Bisect | Cut into 2 equal parts |
Midpoint | A point that bisects a segment |
Acute | >0 degrees and <90 degrees |
Obtuse | >90 degrees and <180 degrees |
Reflex | >180 degrees and <360 degrees |
Circumference | 2Pir |
Justify | provide reasoning and/or proof |
Explain | show reasoning |
Evaluate | Find the value of an algebraic expression for a given value of the variable |
Prime Number | Has exactly two positive factors, one and itself |
Prime Factorization | The expression of a number as the product of prime numbers |
Coefficient | A numerical factor ina term of an algebraic expression |
Coefficient | the "3" in 3a |
Triangle | 3-sided polygon |
Reciprocal | Multiplicative Inverse |
Opposite | Additive Inverse |
Area | Measured in squre units |
Ray | Part of a line with an endpoint and all points in the opposite direction |
Collinear | On the same line |
Coplanar | In the same plane |
Between | If AB + BC = AC, then B is this to A & C |
Endpoint | The beginning of a ray |
Geometry | A branch of mathematics that studies the physical world |