The SAT Math Test: Additional Topics in Math, List 1

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  1. acute
    (of an angle) less than 90 degrees
  2. area
    the extent of a two-dimensional surface within a boundary
  3. bisect
    cut in half or cut in two
  4. congruent
    coinciding when superimposed
  5. cylinder
    a solid bounded by a round surface and two parallel planes
  6. degree
    a measure for arcs and angles
  7. diameter
    the length of a straight line through the center of a circle
  8. ellipse
    a closed plane curve with an oval shape
  9. hyperbola
    an open, symmetrical plane curve with two branches
  10. hypotenuse
    the side of a right triangle opposite the right angle
  11. isosceles
    (of a triangle) having two sides of equal length
  12. obtuse
    of an angle, between 90 and 180 degrees
  13. perimeter
    a line enclosing a plane area
  14. prism
    a polyhedron with two congruent and parallel faces
  15. pyramid
    a polyhedron having a polygonal base and triangular sides
  16. radius
    a straight line from the center to the perimeter of a circle
  17. rectangle
    a parallelogram with four right angles
  18. scalene
    having three sides of different lengths
  19. symmetry
    exact reflection of form on opposite sides of a line
  20. theorem
    a proposition deducible from basic postulates
  21. trapezoid
    a quadrilateral with one pair of parallel sides
  22. volume
    the amount of 3-dimensional space occupied by an object
Created on Wed Sep 14 17:54:28 EDT 2022 (updated Thu Sep 15 17:14:09 EDT 2022)

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