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Mathematics
6th Grade
06/02/2009

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Acute Angle
Definition
An angle that measures less than 90 degrees
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Right Angle
Definition
An angle that is exactly 90 degrees
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Obtuse Angle
Definition
An angle that is over 90 degrees
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Straight Angle
Definition
An angle that is exactly 180 degrees
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Angle
Definition
Has two sides and a middle point called a vertex
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Bisect
Definition
To seperate something into two equal parts
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Complementary Angles
Definition
Two angles whose sum equals 90 dregrees
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Supplementary Angles
Definition
Two angles whose sum equals 180 degrees
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Congruent
Definition
When the measure of two angles is equal
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Perpindicular
Definition
When two line segments intersect at a right angle
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Congruent Figures
Definition
Figures that have the same size and shape
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Similar Figures
Definition
Figures that have the same shape, but not the same size 
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Corresponding Parts
Definition
The parts of Congruent Figures that "match"
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Degree
Definition
The most form of measurement for angles
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Equilateral Triangle
Definition
All sides and angles of the triangle are congruent
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Scalene Triangle
Definition
A triangle with no congruent sides
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Isosceles Triangle
Definition
A triangle with at least two congruent sides
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Rotational Symmetry
Definition
When a figure can be rotated and look exactly the same before it reaches a 360 degree rotation
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Rectangle
Definition

A figure with:

All opposite sides congruent

All angles Right

And all opposite side parallel

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Square
Definition

A figure with:

All sides congruent

All angles right

and all opposite sides parallel

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Parallelogram
Definition

A figure with:

Opposite side congruent and parallel

and all angles congruent

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Rhombus
Definition

A figure with:

All sides congruent

Opposite sides parallel

And opposite angles congruent

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Heptagon
Definition
A figure with 7 sides
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Hexagon
Definition
A figure with 6 sides
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Line of Symmetry
Definition
The line that seperates a figure into 2 matching halves
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Line Symmetry
Definition
When the halves of a figure match
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Octagon
Definition
A figure with 8 sides
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Pentagon
Definition
A figure with 5 sides
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Quadrilateral
Definition
A figure with 4 sides
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Side
Definition
Lines that share a common endpoint
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Vertex
Definition
The common endpoint of an angle
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Regular Polygon
Definition
A polygon with all congruent sides and angles
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Polygon
Definition
A closed, 2-dimensional figure with 3 sides or more
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