Area
the definition of area
What is the space inside the shape?
the definition of perimeter
What is the distance around a shape, the rim?
the definition of the word polygon
What is a closed shape with many angles and straight sides?
the measurement in between two whole numbered inches
What is a half inch?
two lines that run side by side like train tracks and will never cross
What are parallel lines?
the area of and octagon thats sides are all 5 inches long
What is 40 square inches?
the most commone way to calculate the perimeter of a polygon
What is to add up the length of all the sides?
shapes that have four sides
What are quadrilaterals?
the system of measurement we use in the United States
What is the Standard or Customary System?
the information collected that can be organized in a line plot
What is data?
the two dimensions we need to multiply to find the area
What are length and width?
the appropriate way to label perimeter
What is units (inches, feet, centimeters)?
the three parts that make up a polygon
What are sides, angles and vertices (vertex)?
the measurement system used throughout most of the world
What is the Metric System?
the defintion of a rectangle
What is a polygon with 4 right angles and opposite sides are parallel and equal length?
to take apart or separate a shape
What is decompose or partition?
the perimeter of a rectangular dog pen that is 4 feet by 8 feet
What is 24 feet?
a triangle with 2 sides the same length
What is an isoceles?
What is a composite unit?
the number, or interval, on a line plot
What is scale?
polygons whose sides all meet at right angles
What are rectilinear figures?
The perimeter of a hexagon whose sides are all 4 inches
What is 24 inches?
the name of a 7 sided polygon
What is a heptagon?
the number of feet in a mile (within 300 feet)
What is 5,280 feet?
the name for the longest and shortest measurement
What is the maximum and the minimum?