Mathematical Terms: Crossword Puzzle
Across
- 2. angle An angle that is between 90° and 180°
- 4. a solid formed by rotating a right triangle around one of its legs
- 6. neither parallel nor at right angles to a specified or implied line
- 7. The highest power of the variable in a polynomial
- 8. 2 is____1 and 3
- 11. Lying on the same straight line
- 13. term a term that hasn’t been solved yet
- 16. The boundary line of a circle or the length of such a boundary line
- 18. A line segment that passes through the center of a circle and has its two endpoints on the circle
- 20. a straight line that extends from a point
- 22. A geometric object that has no dimension and is used to indicate a location
- 23. An additional geometric figure that is constructed to assist in solving a problem or producing a proof
- 25. The length of the boundary around a shape or a figure
- 26. Lines that intersect
- 28. angles The pair of angles opposite each other formed by two intersecting lines
- 30. a suggest or assume the existence
- 31. a general conclusion that has been proved
- 33. the extent or measurement of a surface or piece of land
- 34. The distance from the center of a shape to any point on its circumference
- 35. the space, that is usually measured in degrees, between two intersecting lines or surfaces at or close to the point where they meet
- 36. A straight line or a plane that divides a line, a plane, an angle, or a shape into two equal parts
- 41. A flat surface that can extend forever in length and width but has no thickness. The surface of a calm sea and a flat valley are all physical models of a plane
- 42. A polyhedron whose one face is a polygon and the other faces are triangles with one common vertex
- 43. The side opposite the right angle in a right triangle
Down
- 1. A planar surface of a solid figure
- 3. a closed solid bounded by a surface on which all points are equidistant from a central point called the center
- 4. A can-shaped solid figure
- 5. angles angles that have a common ray coming out of the vertex going between two other rays
- 6. 2 or more that add up with another angle
- 9. A solid bounded by at least four polygonal faces
- 10. The point on a line segment that divides the given line segment into two congruent parts
- 12. angle angle that measures 90°
- 14. polygon a set of points some of whose chords include points that are in the set
- 15. A set of logical arguments used to deduce or prove a mathematical theorem from a set of axioms
- 16. A pair of angles that add up to 90°. As shown, 1 is the complementary angle of 2
- 17. polygon a set of points any of whose chords do not include any point that is not in the set
- 19. A line segment where two faces of a polyhedron meet
- 21. angle an angle less than 90 degrees but more than 0 degrees
- 24. Planar figures or solid shapes that have the same shape and size
- 27. A pair of numbers that describe the position of a point on a coordinate plane by using the horizontal and vertical distances from the two reference axes
- 29. pair The two supplementary adjacent angles formed by two intersecting lines
- 30. lines that don’t intersect
- 32. A space figure with two parallel polygonal bases that are the same shape and the same size
- 37. Points or lines that all lie in the same plane
- 38. rays two rays with a common endpoint that form a line
- 39. A point at which the two or more rays of an angle meet
- 40. segment Part of a line between two points called endpoints
- 44. A closed plane figure bounded by at least three line segments