Unit 6 Vocabulary

Acute Angle

• an angle with a measure greater than 0° and less than 90°

• the total number of square units needed to cover a two-dimensional surface

Angle

• the figure formed by 2 rays or line segments that share an endpoint

• an arrangement consisting of equal rows and equal columns

Area

• the total number of square units needed to cover a two-dimensional surface

• always the same distance apart

Array

• an arrangement consisting of equal rows and equal columns

• exactly the same amount of value

Centimeter (cm)

• a metric unit of length equal to 1/100 of a meter

• the bottom number of a fraction

Congruent

• the same shape AND size

• the property of a shape that can be folded so that the two halves match exactly

Denominator

• the top number of a fraction

• the bottom number of a fraction

Dimension

• the length, width, or height of a figure

• the total number of square units needed to cover a two-dimensional surface

Divide

• a number expressed as some number of equal parts of a whole

• to break or split into equal parts

Equal

• a mathematical statement asserting that two quantities have the same value

• of exactly the same amount or value