Hexagons (six sides) are shapes we use to tile floors or bees use for their honeycombs. The term polygon comes from the Greek language and means "many angles". If all sides are the same in length we call it a rhombus.
A parallelogram has opposite sides that are parallel and equal in length. If all sides of this rectangle have the same length we call it a square. They have many more shapes than triangles do.Ī quadrilateral with four right angles is a rectangle. Quadrilaterals are polygons with four sides. Angles with less than 90° are acute, those with more than 90° are called obtuse. It can be measured in degrees.Īngles that make square corners measure 90° and are called right angles. Two lines that come together and have the same starting point form an angle. A ray is a line that has a starting point and then goes on in a certain direction. A line is straight and has two arrowheads which show that it continues in both directions. The simplest objects in geometry are lines and angles. Plane geometry is also called two-dimensional geometry. Egyptian pyramids got their name from geometry and the biggest building in Washington is the Pentagon, a structure that has five sides.Ī plane is a flat surface like the top of a table. Pilots use geometry when they plan their routes and surveyors need geometry to make maps and measure areas of land. Houses are made up of geometrical shapes.
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Geometry shows us how we can construct or draw such forms and how to measure them. Some are two-dimensional like circles, squares or triangles, others are three-dimensional like cubes, balls or cones.
There are many different kinds of shapes. Geometry is a part of mathematics that deals with forms, shapes and the sizes of objects.