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    This document provides definitions and explanations of key geometry terms for a unit on congruent triangles and properties of isosceles and right triangles. It includes definitions for congruent polygons, the SSS, SAS, ASA, and AAS postulates for triangle congruence, CPCTC, and definitions of parts of isosceles and right triangles like legs, bases, vertex angles, hypotenuses, and legs. The purpose is to build vocabulary for understanding triangle congruence and triangle properties.

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    This document provides definitions and explanations of key geometry terms for a unit on congruent triangles and properties of isosceles and right triangles. It includes definitions for congruent polygons, the SSS, SAS, ASA, and AAS postulates for triangle congruence, CPCTC, and definitions of parts of isosceles and right triangles like legs, bases, vertex angles, hypotenuses, and legs. The purpose is to build vocabulary for understanding triangle congruence and triangle properties.

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    Beat The Computer!: Geometry Vocabulary For Unit 4

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    Beat the Computer!

    Geometry
    Vocabulary
    for
    Unit 4

    Chris Giovanello, LBUSD Math Curriculum Office, 2004


    Directions:
    •A slide will appear with a term
    •Say the definition aloud before
    the computer can answer (5 sec.)
    •You will hear a sound when the
    slide changes

    Chris Giovanello, LBUSD Math Curriculum Office, 2004


    congruent
    polygons

    Chris Giovanello, LBUSD Math Curriculum Office, 2004


    pg. 180

    congruent polygons:
    are polygons with congruent
    corresponding parts - their
    matching sides and angles
    B Y

    A X
    C Z
    D W
    Polygon ABCD  Polygon XYZW
    Chris Giovanello, LBUSD Math Curriculum Office, 2004
    SSS
    Side-Side-Side Postulate

    Chris Giovanello, LBUSD Math Curriculum Office, 2004


    pg. 187

    SSS
    If three sides of one triangle
    are congruent to three sides
    of another triangle, then the
    two triangles are congruent.
    H Q

    G P
    F R
     GHF   PQR
    Chris Giovanello, LBUSD Math Curriculum Office, 2004
    SAS
    Side-Angle-Side Postulate

    Chris Giovanello, LBUSD Math Curriculum Office, 2004


    pg. 188
    SAS
    If two sides and included angle of
    one triangle are congruent to two
    sides and included angle of
    another triangle, then the two
    triangles are congruent.
    B D

    C F
    A E
     BCA   FDE
    Chris Giovanello, LBUSD Math Curriculum Office, 2004
    ASA
    Angle-Side-Angle Postulate

    Chris Giovanello, LBUSD Math Curriculum Office, 2004


    ASA
    pg. 195

    If two angles and included side of


    one triangle are congruent to two
    sides and included angle of
    another triangle, then the two
    triangles are congruent.
    B P

    G K
    H N
     HGB   NKP
    Chris Giovanello, LBUSD Math Curriculum Office, 2004
    AAS
    Angle-Angle-Side Postulate

    Chris Giovanello, LBUSD Math Curriculum Office, 2004


    pg. 195
    AAS
    If two angles and nonincluded
    side of one triangle are congruent
    to two angles and nonincluded
    side of another triangle, then the
    two triangles are congruent.
    C T

    D G
    M X
     CDM   TGX
    Chris Giovanello, LBUSD Math Curriculum Office, 2004
    CPCTC

    Chris Giovanello, LBUSD Math Curriculum Office, 2004


    pg. 203

    CPCTC:
    corresponding parts of
    congruent triangles are
    congruent

    Chris Giovanello, LBUSD Math Curriculum Office, 2004


    legs of an
    isosceles
    triangle
    Chris Giovanello, LBUSD Math Curriculum Office, 2004
    pg. 211

    legs of an isosceles triangle:


    the congruent sides of an
    isosceles triangle

    Legs
    Chris Giovanello, LBUSD Math Curriculum Office, 2004
    base of an
    isosceles
    triangle
    Chris Giovanello, LBUSD Math Curriculum Office, 2004
    pg211

    base of an isosceles triangle:


    the side of an isosceles
    triangle that is not congruent
    to either of the other sides

    Base

    Chris Giovanello, LBUSD Math Curriculum Office, 2004


    vertex angle of
    an isosceles
    triangle
    Chris Giovanello, LBUSD Math Curriculum Office, 2004
    pg. 211

    vertex angle of an isosceles


    triangle:
    the angle formed by the two
    congruent sides of an
    isosceles triangle
    Vertex Angle

    Chris Giovanello, LBUSD Math Curriculum Office, 2004


    base angles of
    an isosceles
    triangle
    Chris Giovanello, LBUSD Math Curriculum Office, 2004
    pg. 211

    base angles of an isosceles


    triangle:
    the angles opposite the
    congruent sides of an
    isosceles triangle

    Base Angles
    Chris Giovanello, LBUSD Math Curriculum Office, 2004
    corollary

    Chris Giovanello, LBUSD Math Curriculum Office, 2004


    pg. 212

    corollary:
    a statement that follows
    immediately from a
    theorem

    Chris Giovanello, LBUSD Math Curriculum Office, 2004


    hypotenuse of a
    right triangle

    Chris Giovanello, LBUSD Math Curriculum Office, 2004


    pg. 217

    hypotenuse of a right
    triangle:
    the side opposite the right
    angle
    Hypotenuse

    Chris Giovanello, LBUSD Math Curriculum Office, 2004


    legs of a right
    triangle

    Chris Giovanello, LBUSD Math Curriculum Office, 2004


    pg. 217

    legs of a right triangle:


    the sides that are not
    opposite the right angle

    Legs

    Chris Giovanello, LBUSD Math Curriculum Office, 2004

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