6th Grade Geometry Vocabulary

Front

Meeting to form right angles.

Back

Perpendicular

Front

4 is the _______ of the parallelogram

Back

height

Front

The amount of space inside a closed two-dimensional figure. It is measured in square units.

Back

Area

Front

To find the area of a composite figure you can break the figure into parts. We refer to this as ______.

Back

Decomposing

Front

Which figure below is a Parallelogram?

Back

Front

A _________ is a two-dimensional closed figure made with three or more straight line segments that meet only at their endpoints.

Back

polygon

Front

A quadrilateral with opposite sides parallel and equal in length

Back

paralellolgram

Front

Formula for finding the area of a parallelogram

Back

bh

Front

Formula for finding the area of a triangle

Back

bh/2

Front

The formula for finding the area of a Trapezoid

Back

h(B1 + B2)/2