STAAR Grade 6 Mathematics: Geometry

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  1. acute
    (of an angle) less than 90 degrees
  2. angle
    the space between two lines or planes that intersect
  3. area
    the extent of a two-dimensional surface within a boundary
  4. axis
    a straight line through a body or figure
  5. base
    the bottom side of a geometric figure
  6. coordinate
    a number that identifies a position relative to an axis
  7. dimension
    one of three coordinates that determine a position in space
  8. grid
    a pattern of regularly spaced horizontal and vertical lines
  9. height
    distance from the base of something to its top
  10. line
    a length between two points
  11. obtuse
    of an angle, between 90 and 180 degrees
  12. origin
    the point of intersection of axes on a coordinate plane
  13. parallelogram
    a quadrilateral whose opposite sides are parallel and equal
  14. perimeter
    a line enclosing a plane area
  15. plane
    an unbounded two-dimensional shape
  16. prism
    a polyhedron with two congruent and parallel faces
  17. proportion
    relation with respect to comparative quantity or magnitude
  18. quadrant
    any of the four areas into which a plane is divided
  19. rectangle
    a parallelogram with four right angles
  20. right
    having the axis perpendicular to the base
  21. segment
    the area of a circle bounded by a chord and an arc of the circle
  22. square
    a polygon with four equal sides and four right angles
  23. trapezoid
    a quadrilateral with one pair of parallel sides
  24. triangle
    a three-sided polygon
  25. volume
    the amount of 3-dimensional space occupied by an object
Created on Thu Jul 22 11:23:17 EDT 2021 (updated Wed Aug 25 09:16:17 EDT 2021)

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