STAAR Grade 5 Mathematics: Geometry

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  1. acute
    (of an angle) less than 90 degrees
  2. angle
    the space between two lines or planes that intersect
  3. area
    the extent of a two-dimensional surface within a boundary
  4. axis
    a straight line through a body or figure
  5. base
    the bottom side of a geometric figure
  6. coordinate
    a number that identifies a position relative to an axis
  7. dimension
    one of three coordinates that determine a position in space
  8. intersect
    meet or cross at a point; overlap
  9. line
    a length between two points
  10. obtuse
    of an angle, between 90 and 180 degrees
  11. origin
    the point of intersection of axes on a coordinate plane
  12. perimeter
    a line enclosing a plane area
  13. plane
    an unbounded two-dimensional shape
  14. quadrant
    any of the four areas into which a plane is divided
  15. segment
    the area of a circle bounded by a chord and an arc of the circle
  16. volume
    the amount of 3-dimensional space occupied by an object
Created on Fri Jul 16 09:44:07 EDT 2021 (updated Wed Aug 25 09:27:53 EDT 2021)

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