Ch 1 - Terms

Wrote the Elements, a groundbreaking math book, around 300 B.C. in Egypt. What is the name of this mathematician?

• Euclid

• Pythagoras

• Archimedes

• Aristotle

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CCSS.1.G.A.1

CCSS.2.G.A.1

A triangle with three sides of equal length is called a ________.

• equilateral triangle

• isosceles triangle

• scalene triangle

• right triangle

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CCSS.4.G.A.2

Geometric drawings using only a straight edge and a compass are called ________.

• construction (geometric)

• sketching

• tracing

• freehand drawing

Lines that form right angles, 90 degrees, are called ________.

• perpendicular

• parallel

• intersecting

• skew

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CCSS.HSG.CO.A.1

The method used for drawing conclusions from a limited set of observations is called ________.

• inductive reasoning

• deductive reasoning

• abductive reasoning

• analogical reasoning

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CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RL.11-12.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.1

The method used to draw conclusions from statements already accepted as true is called ________.

• deductive reasoning

• inductive reasoning

• hypothesis testing

• random sampling

A part of a line bounded by two points is called a ________.

• line segment

• ray

• angle

• vertex

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CCSS.HSG.CO.A.1

Points that lie on the same line are described as ________.

• collinear

• concurrent

• coplanar

• parallel

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CCSS.4.G.A.1

CCSS.HSG.CO.A.1

Points that do not lie on the same line are described as ________.

• noncollinear

• collinear

• concurrent

• coplanar

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CCSS.HSG.CO.A.1

Points that lie on the same plane are described as ________.

• coplanar

• collinear

• concurrent

• parallel

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CCSS.HSG.CO.A.1