NeSA Math Vocabulary Review

an angle that is smaller than 90 degrees

• acute
• obtuse
• polygon
• meter

an angle that is greater than 90 degrees

• obtuse
• acute
• hexagon
• parallel

a polygon with five sides

• pentagon
• hexagon
• trapezoid
• rhombus

metric unit of length, equal to one hundredth of a meter

• centimeter
• meter
• millimeter
• kilograms

unit of length in the metric system, equal to 100 cm

• meter
• centimeter
• pentagon
• kilogram

when two lines intersect and create 4 right angles

• perpendicular
• parallel
• rhombus
• pentagon

two lines that will never touch or intersect, they will always stay the same distance apart

• parallel
• perpendicular
• kilometer
• acute

metric unit of measurement equal to 1,000 meters

• kilometer
• meter
• millimeter
• centimeter

smallest metric unit, equal to one thousandth of a meter

• millimeter
• centimeter
• kilometer
• pentagon

quadrilateral, all sides are parallel

• paralleogram
• rhombus
• trapezoid
• parallel