Lesson Vocabulary practice

the side of a parallelogram from which the height is measured

• base(parallelogram)

• height(parallelogram)

• perpendicular

• corresponds to

the perpendicular distance from a base to the opposite side

• height(parallelogram)

• area

• length

• width

the amount of space inside a two-dimensional figure.

• dimension

• base

• area

• height

to make by combining parts parts

• width

• area

• decompose

• compose

to break into parts

• height

• base

• area

• decompose

the length in one direction, a figure may have one, two, or three of these.

• area

• dimension

• parallelogram

• height

a quadrilateral with opposite sides equal and parallel.

• height

• perpendicular

• parallelogram

• base

meeting to form right angles.

• perpendicular

• intersecting

• straight

• base

directly related to

• height

• base

• area

• corresponds to