MAATHS vocab 12/9-12/13

Perimeter

Distance around object

Area

Amount of space in a 2d shape

Polynomial

equation that has 4 terms

Binomial

Equation that has 2 terms

Trinomial

Equation that has 3 terms.

Quadratic

when the highest power of the equation is “2”

Rotation

Figure turns around a particular point, it can be on the graph or away from it.

Rigid transformation

Shape and size stay the same.

Translation

Figure that moves to a new location without changes in Orientation, Shape, or size.

Corresponding

Angles in the same place on different lines they are congruent.

Reflections

Shapes flip over the line of reflection size and shape stay the same.

Parallel

Two lines that never intersect and they have the same slope.

Perpendicular

Two lines that intersect at 90 degrees.

Reciprocal

of a fraction is found by ‘flipping” it so the numerator and denominator are swapped.

Horizontal line

has the slope of zero

Vertical line

are always undifined.

Dilation

shape stays the same and angles are congruent, but size can change.

Composite

Something made up of more than one thing.

Transversals

a line that crosses 2 or more lines

Vertex

Whenever a line meet to form an angle.

The (SSS) theorem

Side,side,side

SAS theorem

Side, angle, side

ASA

Angle, side, angle

AAS

Angle, Angle, Side

RHS

Right, Hypotenuse, side

congruent

Same shape, size, and angles they all are the same.

Similar

Same shape and same corresponding angles but size may be different.

Proportion

Something that can be scaled up or down.