Angle Vocabulary
Complementary and Supplementary
Basic Vocabulary
Vertical Angles
Linear Pairs
100

Two angles that add to 90 degrees are called ____________________.

Complementary Angles

100

What is the complementary angle of 25 degrees?

65 degrees 90 - 25 = 65

100

A flat surface that has no thickness is a ___________________.

Plane

100

Angle A and angle B are vertical angles. Angle A measures 30 degrees. What is the measure of angle B?

30 degrees

100

Angle A and angle B are a linear pair. Angle A measures 30 degrees. What is the measure of angle B?

150 degrees


200

Two angles that add to 180 degrees are called ______________.

Supplementary Angles

200

What is the complementary angle of 49 degrees?

41 degrees 90 - 49 = 41

200

The most fundamental building block in Geometry that indicates a location is a ___________________.

Point

200

Angle C and angle D are vertical angles. Angle C measures 72 degrees. What is the measure of angle D?

72 degrees

200

Angle C and angle D are linear pairs. Angle C measures 80 degrees. Angle D is 2x degrees. What is the measure of angle D?

100 degrees

300

A ray dividing an angle into two congruent angles is called a(n) __________________.

Angle Bisector

300

What is the supplementary angle of 103 degrees?

77 degrees 180 - 103 = 77

300

A midpoint is found by ______________ the endpoints.

Averaging

300

Angle X and angle Y are vertical angles. Angle Y measures 149 degrees. What is the measure of angle X?

149 degrees

300

Angles A and C are linear pairs. Angle A measures 133 degrees. Angle C measures (2x + 3) degrees. Find the measure of x.

22

400

Two angles which share a common ray are called ____________.

Adjacent Angles

400

What is the supplementary angle of 13 degrees?

167 degrees 180 - 13 = 167

400

The rule which tells us that two adjacent angles can be combined to form one "whole" angle is called __________.

Angle Addition Postulate

400

Angles A and B are vertical angles. Angle A measures (2x) degrees. Angle B is 60 degrees. Find the value of x.

30

400

Angle X and angle Y are linear pairs. Angle Y measures (2x + 18) degrees. Angle X measures (5x + 1) degrees. Find the value of x.

23

500

Two adjacent angles which form a straight angle are called a _____________ and are ______________.

Linear Pair; supplementary

500

What is the complement of 37 degrees?

53 degrees

500

The rule which tells us that two collinear segments which only share an endpoint can be combined to is called ________________.

Segment Addition Postulate

500

Angles A and C are vertical angles. Angle A measures (4 + 6x) degrees. Angle C is 40 degrees. Find the value of x.

6

500

Angles A and B are linear pairs. Angle A measures 171 degrees. What is the supplement of angle B?

171 degrees

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