Geometry Gems
A triangle that features three sides of entirely different lengths.
What is a scalene triangle?
This number equals the total number of square inches found in a single square foot.
What is 144?
Jake has 6 oranges, Brett has 4, Mikey has 2, and Drew has 8. This is the average number of oranges they have.
What is 5?
Earning interest on your initial principal amount as well as on your previously accumulated interest is known as this.
What is compounding?
In algebra, this is a letter or symbol that stands in for an unknown numerical value.
What is a variable?
This term is used to describe two lines in the same plane that never intersect, no matter how far they extend.
What are parallel lines?
This calculation represents the value of 2^5.
What is 32?
Admission to an event is $5.00 plus one-half of its total ticket price. This is how much the ticket costs.
What is $10?
Video game designers plan 3D worlds using a coordinate system that relies on these three axes to determine an exact point in space.
What are x, y, and z?
In physics and math, this quantity is defined as having both a specific magnitude and a direction.
What is a vector?
The total number of degrees found in the interior angles of a standard hexagon.
What is 720 degrees?
The value you get when you calculate the product of the first three prime numbers.
What is 30?
If 5 chickens each lay an egg on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday only, it will take this many weeks to make a 30-egg omelet.
What is 2 weeks?
Natural objects, like ferns or snowflakes, often exhibit these complex geometric patterns that look similar at both small and large scales.
What are fractals?
Because they share a common vertex directly opposite one another, angles A and B are described as this specific type of angle.
What are vertical angles?
For a perfect sphere, this physical measure is calculated using the formula 4/3 * pi * r^3.
What is volume?
The sum of any positive integer and its exact negative counterpart.
What is zero?
When the number of people contributing equally to a group gift decreases from four to three, each remaining person must pay an additional $10. This is the total cost of the gift.
What is $120?
Gamblers and investors often use the shortened terms "perms" and "comms" to refer to these two structural ways of selecting sets, distinguished by whether order matters.
What are permutations and computations?
In Roman numerals, this single letter V represents a number.
What is 5?
In circles, this adjective means the opposite of concentric, and it can also describe an unusual or quirky person.
What is eccentric?
This is the simplified result when you reduce the algebraic fraction (8x^4) / (2x).
What is 4x^3?
Susan weighs p pounds. If she gains 17 pounds, she will weigh as much as Carol, who weighs 8 pounds less than Judy. If Judy weighs x pounds, this equation expresses Susan's weight (p) in terms of x.
What is p = x-25?
In official NBA rules, the three-point line is geometrically referred to by this short, three-letter word.
What is an arc?
This is the specific name for a rare number (like 1,260) that can be factored into two numbers containing the exact same digits (e.g., 21 x 60).
What is a vampire number?