WGU D127 - Mathematics for
Elementary Educators III Exam Study
Guide
line - Answer✔✔-A straight one-dimensional figure that extends infinitely in both directions.
perpendicular - Answer✔✔-Describes lines intersecting each other to form a 90 degree, or right,
angle.
circle - Answer✔✔-The set of all points that are equidistant from a point.
radius - Answer✔✔-The distance from the center of a circle or sphere to any point on the outer
edge.
isosceles trapezoid - Answer✔✔-Quadrilateral with one pair of parallel opposite sides (the
bases) and another pair of equal opposite sides.
interior angle - Answer✔✔-An angle inside a shape between two joined sides.
square - Answer✔✔-A quadrilateral with four equal sides and four 90° angles.
regular polygon - Answer✔✔-A polygon with equal sides and equal angles.
central angle - Answer✔✔-Shape formed when 2 lines or rays meet with vertex meets only the
center point of the circle.
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hypotenuse - Answer✔✔-The largest side of a right triangle, opposite the right angle. Only right
triangles have a hypotenuse.
kite - Answer✔✔-Quadrilateral with two sets of adjacent equal sides and one set of equal
opposite angles.
reflex angle - Answer✔✔-Angles greater than 180°.
vertical line - Answer✔✔-A line that runs up and down on the coordinate plane, parallel to the
y-axis. It has no run, or change in x-value.
parallel - Answer✔✔-Two lines, line segments, rays, or planes that are the same distance from
one another and never intersect.
trapezoid - Answer✔✔-Quadrilateral with one pair of parallel opposite sides.
bisect - Answer✔✔-To divide into two equal parts.
isosceles triangle - Answer✔✔-A triangle with two equal sides and two equal corresponding
angles.
angle - Answer✔✔-The amount of rotation (often measured in degrees) needed to make one
line segment, ray, or line identical with another line segment, ray, or line.
inscribed angles - Answer✔✔-Shape formed when 2 lines or rays meet with a vertex that meets
the circumference of a circle.
vertex - Answer✔✔-A point where two line segments meet to form an angle.
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irregular polygon - Answer✔✔-A polygon whose sides are not all equal and whose angles have
different measures.
straight angle - Answer✔✔-An angle that measures 180 degrees.
line segment - Answer✔✔-Shortest distance between two points; completely straight with two
endpoints.
rectangle - Answer✔✔-Quadrilateral with four right angles, equal opposite sides, and two sets
of parallel opposite sides.
sector - Answer✔✔-A portion of a circle defined by two radii and an intercepted arc.
triangle inequality theorem - Answer✔✔-For every triangle, the sum of any two sides is always
greater than the third side.
parallelogram - Answer✔✔-Quadrilateral with opposite, parallel, equal sides and equal opposite
angles.
ray - Answer✔✔-A line with a single endpoint (or point of origin) that extends infinitely in the
other direction.
acute angle - Answer✔✔-Angles less than 90°.
equilateral triangle - Answer✔✔-A triangle with three equal sides and three angles of 60
degrees each.
x-axis - Answer✔✔-The horizontal line that passes through the origin on a coordinate plane.
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