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An angle in which its degree is perfectly between acute and obtuse.
What is a right (90 degree) angle?
100
Solve for x: Tan32 = 300/x
What is 187.46 Solved: x = 300Tan32 x = 187.46
100
The famous Greek mathematician who created a formula for finding the third side of a right triangle
Who is Pythagoras?
100
An ______ triangle has two sides of equal length, with the two angles at the base congruent to each other.
What is isosceles.
100
Why was the obtuse angle always upset?
What is: he was never right.
200
The degree of 1 angle of an equilateral triangle
What is 60 degrees?
200
What is the geometric mean of 8 and 18?
What is 12. Solved: X/8 = 18/X X^2 = 144 X = 12
200
The Dutch artist who created tessellations that look like realistic objects by using reflection, rotation, translation, and glide reflection.
Who is Escher
200
The ratio of the opposite leg divided by the hypotenuse leg is the ___ ratio.
What is sine.
200
There is a chain nailed to the wall. The chain is 10 feet long and the center of the chain dips down 5 feet from where each side of the chain is nailed to the wall. How far are the 2 ends of chain from each other?
What are the chains hanging from the same loop?
300
The measure of one of two supplementary angles where one is 96
What is 84 degrees?
300
A man on a boat sees a 200 foot lighthouse light at a 38 degree angle. How far is he from the bottom of the tower?
What is 256 feet?
300
Greek mathematician that established the irrational number Phi (hint) and found it's relativity in aesthetically pleasing sculptures.
Who is Phidias
300
___________ is when an object is reflected across a line of reflection.
What is reflection symmetry.
300
What do your eyes do when they see a tough geometry problem?
What is: dilation.
400
Missing angle of a triangle with an opposite side of 18 and an adjacent side of 15.
What is 50 degrees?
400
A circle has a diameter of 6 cm. What is its circumference? (exact answer)
What is: 6pi cm^2 Solved: C = 2pi(r) C = 2pi(3) C = 6pi
400
The Arabic Empire that began using algebra and geometry concepts in 3000 BC
What is the Egyptian Empire
400
A _____ triangle has a right angle.
What is: right.
400
How can you add eight 8's to get the number 1,000? (only use addition)
What is 888 + 88 + 8 + 8 + 8 = 1,000
500
Missing angle of a triangle with an adjacent side of 20 and a hypotenuse of 21.
What is 17.75 degrees?
500
A merchant can place 8 large boxes or 10 small boxes into a carton for shipping. In one shipment, he sent a total of 96 boxes. If there are more large boxes than small boxes, how many cartons did he ship?
What is 11 total cartons. Solved: 7 large boxes (7 * 8 = 56 boxes) 4 small boxes (4 10 = 40 boxes 11 total cartons and 96 boxes
500
Credited with inventing a way to measure irregular object's volume using water displacement
Who is Archimedes
500
_______ is when you can turn, flip, and/or slide a shape so that it fits exactly on the other.
What is congruence.
500
The most frequent digit between the numbers 1 and 1,000 (inclusive)?
What is: 1