Lesson 1

match the following term to its definition

• length in one direction

• compose

• meeting to form right angles

• dimension

• to make by combining parts

• decompose

• to break into parts

• Perpendicular

The amount of space inside a closed two-dimensional figure. Measured in square units.

the perpendicular distance from the base to the opposite side

• base

• length

• height

• width

a side of a parallelogram from which the height is measured

a quadrilateral with opposite sides parallel and equal in length

• parallelogram

• trapezoid

• rectangle

The base and height of a parallelogram must form a angle.

to make by combining parts

• decompose

• compose

• dimension

• area

directly relates to or matches something else

• dimension

• decomposes

• composes

• corresponds

can any side of a parallelogram be used as the base?

• yes

• no

length in one direction

• area

• base

• height

• dimension