Math Symbols and Terms (Algebra and Geometry)

Question 1

How many degrees do supplementary angles add up to?

Answer 1

180 degrees

Question 2

How many degrees do complementary angles add up to?

Answer 2

90 degrees

Question 3

What does the word “alternate” mean as in “alternate (interior/exterior)” angles?

Answer 3

on opposite sides of the transversal

Question 4

What is a transversal?

Answer 4

a line that cuts through two parallel lines

Question 5

What is an Arc?

Answer 5

a segment of the outside of a circle

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[https://byjus.com/maths/arc/]
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Question 6

What is a radius?

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Answer 6

a line that goes from the center of a circle to the outside

https://www.khanacademy.org/math/cc-seventh-grade-math/cc-7th-geomet

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Question 7

What are vertical angles?

Answer 7

angles across from each other in an X

Question 8

How many degrees do angles that are next to each other in a line add up to?

Answer 8

180 degrees

Question 9

Are vertical angles complementary (90), supplementary (180), or equal?

Answer 9

equal

Question 10

What operation should you use when you see parenthesis
[e.g. y= 3(4x + 1)] ?

Answer 10

parenthesis mean multiplication

Question 11

What operation should you use when you see the line in a fraction? ( 3 / x)

Answer 11

The line in a fraction means divide. So, 3/x means “3 divided by x”.

Question 12

What does the word congruent mean?

Answer 12

congruent means having the same length and size

https://www.cuemath.com/geometry/congruent/
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Question 13

What does the word “corresponding” mean as in “corresponding angles”?

Answer 13

in the same position

https://www.chilimath.com/lessons/geometry-lessons/corresponding-ang

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Question 14

What does the word “prime” mean (as in points)? How is it marked?

Answer 14

The new points (marked with an apostrophe) after a point or shape is moved on a graph

https://ohsrehak.weebly.com/uploads/5/4/6/9/54699399/9-2_translation

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Question 15

What is “perimeter”?

Answer 15

The distance around a shape added together

Question 16

What is “area”?

Answer 16

The space inside a shape

Question 17

Are corresponding angles complementary (90), supplementary (180), or equal?

Answer 17

equal

Question 18

What kind of circle is used in an inequality to represent greater than and less than? (open or closed circle?)

Answer 18

open

Question 19

What kind of circle is used in an inequality to represent “greater than or equal to” and “less than or equal to”? (open or closed circle?)

Answer 19

closed

Question 20

How do you find an average of something?

Answer 20

“Averaging” means to add up all the numbers and divide by how many numbers there are.

Question 21

In the equation of a line y=mx+b, what number is found in the “m” spot? (What does the “m” represent”)

Answer 21

The “m” is the slope

Question 22

In the equation of a line y=mx+b, what number is found in the “b” spot? (What does the “b” represent”)

Answer 22

The “b” is the y-intercept

Question 23

What is a y-intercept?

Answer 23

A y-intercept is the point where a line crosses the y axis.

Question 24

How many degrees are in a circle?

Answer 24

360 degrees

Question 25

How many degrees do the angles in a triangle add up to?

Answer 25

180 degrees

Question 26

What is the diameter of a circle?

Answer 26

A line that goes all the way through a circle (through the middle)

Question 27

When multiplying two same bases with exponents, what do you do to the exponents?

Answer 27

If the bases are the same, you add the exponents

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https://calcworkshop.com/exponents/adding-exponents/
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Question 28

When dividing two same bases with exponents, what do you do to the exponents?

Answer 28

If the bases are the same, you subtract exponents

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https://www.onlinemathlearning.com/subtracting-indices.html
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