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Math Vocabulary

Published on Nov 23, 2015

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PRESENTATION OUTLINE

AREA

ANY PARTICULAR EXTENT OF SPACE OR SURFACE

PERIMETER

A FIGURE IS THE TOTAL DISTANCE AROUND THE EDGE OF THE FIGURE.
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LEGS

IN A RIGHT TRIANGLE, A LEG IS EITHER OF THE TWO SIDES THAT FORM THE RIGHT ANGLE.

RATIONAL NUMBER

A RATIONAL NUMBER IS ANY NUMBER THAT CAN BE EXPRESSED AS THE QUOTIENT OR FRACTION P/Q OF TWO INTEGERS, WITH THE DENOMINATOR Q NOT EQUAL TO ZERO. SINCE Q MAY BE EQUAL TO 1, EVERY INTEGER IS A RATIONAL NUMBER.

IRRATIONAL NUMBER

AN IRRATIONAL NUMBER IS ANY REAL NUMBER THAT CANNOT BE EXPRESSED AS A RATIO OF INTEGERS.

HYPOTENUSE

IS THE LONGEST SIDE OF A RIGHT-ANGLED TRIANGLE, THE SIDE OPPOSITE OF THE RIGHT ANGLE.

SQUARE ROOT

A NUMBER THAT, WHEN MULTIPLIED BY ITSELF, WILL RESULT IN A GIVEN NUMBER.
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PYTHAGORAS

IS A RELATION IN EUCLIDEAN GEOMETRY AMONG THE THREE SIDES OF A RIGHT TRIANGLE. IT STATES THAT THE SQUARE OF THE HYPOTENUSE (THE SIDE OPPOSITE THE RIGHT ANGLE) IS EQUAL TO THE SUM OF THE SQUARES OF THE OTHER TWO SIDES.
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RIGHT TRIANGLE

HAS ONE 90 DEGREE ANGLE AND TWO ACUTE (

RIGHT ANGLE

A RIGHT ANGLE IS EQUAL TO 90 DEGREES.
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CONJECTURE

IS A STATEMENT THAT IS BELIEVED TO BE TRUE BUT NOT YET PROVED.