Vocabulary
Angles
Geometry in Real Life
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Mystery Box
100
What is"a location in space/a dot on a piece of paper" called?
POINT
100
What type of angle is less than 90 degrees?
Acute Angle
100
What geometry vocabulary word was used in the design of these shoes?
Vertical angles, angles, lines, parallel lines
100
What do we can an angle that measures 90 degrees?
A right angle.
100
Suddenly multiple Innovator students are having technical problems. Who is to blame?
Bob the Gnome!
200
What are "segments that intersect (cross) at an angle of 90°" called?
Perpendicular Lines
200
What type of angle is greater than 90 degrees?
An obtuse angle.
200
Name two different types of angles in the previous picture.
Acute and Obtuse
200
What is a square?
A square is a quadrilateral with four right angles and all sides are equal.
200
A square has one side that is 12 cm long. What is its perimeter?
48
300
How many sides does a quadrilateral have?
Four
300
What food is this: You throw away the outside, then cook the inside, then eat the outside and throw away the inside. What is it?
Corn on the cob!
300
Name 3 jobs that use math and when/where they use it. Extra points if you can think of jobs that use geometry.
Car mechanic, Engineer, game programmer, teacher, electrician, carpenter, contractor, finance
300
What is a rhombus?
A quadrilateral with four equal sides and opposite sides are parallel and opposite angles are equal.
300
I am an odd number. Take away one letter and I become even. What number am I?
Seven (take away the "S")
400
Name three rules that determine whether a polygon is a polygon.
1. A closed shape.
2. No lines cross.
3. No rounded edges.
400
A right angle is divided in half. How many degrees is each of the smaller angles?
45 degrees
400
How many right angles are in the picture?
16 or 32 is acceptable.
400
What do you call a six-sided polygon?
A hexagon.
400
The perimeter of an equilateral triangle (all sides are equal) is 9 inches. How long is each side?
3 inches.
500
How do you define parallel lines?
Lines that never intersect and are always an equal distance apart.
500
How do you use a protractor?
1. Line up the baseline with a ray of the angle.
2. Slide the protractor until its center covers the vertex.
3. Read the number on the protractor that crosses the ray.
4. Ask yourself, is it an obtuse or acute angle?
500
List 3 places you see geometry at Atrium. Be specific.
Answers will vary.
500
Define a parallelogram.
A quadrilateral with TWO pairs of parallel sides.
500
What is a vertex?
A corner of a polygon or a point where lines meet.