6th grade lesson 1 vocabulary quiz
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base (of a parallelogram)
a side of a parallelogram from which the height is measured
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compose
to make by combining parts. You can put together numbers to make a greater number or shapes to make a new shape.
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parallelogram
a quadrilateral with opposite sides parallel and equal in length.
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corresponds to
directly relates to or matches something else
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height (of a parallelogram)
the perpendicular distance from a base to the opposite side
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area
the amount of space inside a closed two-dimensional figure. Area is measured in square units such as square centimeters.
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perpendicular
meeting to form right angles