Triangle Vocabulary
Quiz Wednesday, 3/17
Triangle Sum Theorum - States that the measure of all three angles in a triangle add up to 180°.
Acute Triangle - A triangle which has 3 angles that each measure less than 90°.
Acute Triangle - all angles measure less than 90°.
Obtuse Triangle - A triangle that has one angle measuring more than 90°.
Obtuse Triangle - One angle measures more than 90°.
Right Triangle - A triangle with a right angle (a right angle measures 90°).
Right Triangle - Includes a 90° angle
Equilateral Triangle - A triangle with 3 congruent sides and 3 congruent angles. Each angle measures 60°.
Equilateral Triangle - All angles are congruent, and all sides are congruent.
Isosceles Triangle - A triangle with at least 2 congruent sides.
Isosceles Triangle - At least 2 sides are congruent.
Scalene Triangle - A triangle with no congruent sides. Each side has a different measurement.
Scalene Triangle - All sides are a different length.