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Geometric Shape Names
Many geometric shapes
are named based on the number of Blank 1 Вопрос 1 fouroctaveconnectTrianglesdifferentfive-pointedtripodsidesanglespentaOctagons that they
have. It’s helpful to remember the meaning of these number prefixes. It can be
a secret code that helps you know the meaning of other complex words that use
the same prefixes.
Blank 2 Вопрос 1 fouroctaveconnectTrianglesdifferentfive-pointedtripodsidesanglespentaOctagons have three sides and three angles. The prefix ‘tri’
means ‘three’. Words that use the prefix ‘tri’ usually have something to do
with three parts. For example, a Blank 3 Вопрос 1 fouroctaveconnectTrianglesdifferentfive-pointedtripodsidesanglespentaOctagons is a
camera stand that has three legs. A triathlon is a difficult sports event in
which the sportsmen take part in three Blank 4 Вопрос 1 fouroctaveconnectTrianglesdifferentfive-pointedtripodsidesanglespentaOctagons activities,
such as running, swimming, and bicycling.
Quadrilaterals have
four sides and four Blank 5 Вопрос 1 fouroctaveconnectTrianglesdifferentfive-pointedtripodsidesanglespentaOctagons . The prefix ‘quad’
means ‘Blank 6 Вопрос 1 fouroctaveconnectTrianglesdifferentfive-pointedtripodsidesanglespentaOctagons ’. A quadrant is a graphing chart
with four sections. The muscles in your arms that Blank 7 Вопрос 1 fouroctaveconnectTrianglesdifferentfive-pointedtripodsidesanglespentaOctagons in four places are called quadriceps.
Pentagons have five sides
and five angles. The prefix ‘Blank 8 Вопрос 1 fouroctaveconnectTrianglesdifferentfive-pointedtripodsidesanglespentaOctagons ’ means
‘five’. A pentagram is a Blank 9 Вопрос 1 fouroctaveconnectTrianglesdifferentfive-pointedtripodsidesanglespentaOctagons star.
Poetry measured in groups of five syllable pairs is called pentameter.
Blank 10 Вопрос 1 fouroctaveconnectTrianglesdifferentfive-pointedtripodsidesanglespentaOctagons have eight sides and eight angles. The prefix ‘oct’
means ‘eight’. An octopus has eight tentacles. A musical Blank 11 Вопрос 1 fouroctaveconnectTrianglesdifferentfive-pointedtripodsidesanglespentaOctagons has eight notes. Octuplets are eight babies who
are born at the same time to the same mother.