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Mathematics for IGCSE & O level - Geometrical Terms (Section 1)

1
What are the characteristics of a parallelogram?
Answer
A
C
2
If you cut out two congruent shapes, how will one shape fit on the other?
Answer
(B)
Exactly on top of the other
3
Which of the following describes an angle measuring more than 180°?
Answer
(D)
Reflex angle
4
Which shape always has four right angles?
Answer
(D)
Rectangle
5
A pyramid has a base and what type of faces?
Answer
(C)
Triangular
6
A triangular prism has how many triangular faces?
Answer
(B)
2
7
Which of the following statements is true for all isosceles triangles?
Answer
(C)
Two sides are equal
8
Which type of triangle has all three angles measuring less than 90 degrees?
Answer
(A)
Acute
9
What are the angles of the second triangle if the first triangle has angles of 35, 75 and 70?
Answer
(A)
35°, 75°, and 70°
10
A shape has four sides. It also has two pairs of parallel sides, but it is NOT a rectangle or a square. What is this shape?
Answer
(B)
Rhombus
11
Which type of lines remain the same distance apart and never meet?
Answer
(B)
Parallel
12
What is the plural of the word 'vertex'?
Answer
(D)
Vertices
13
What type of angle is formed when two lines intersect to form four right angles?
Answer
(D)
Right
14
Which 3-D shape has one vertex and one curved surface?
Answer
(B)
Cone
15
What is the name of a parallelogram with all sides equal?
Answer
(C)
Rhombus
16
An angle greater than 90° but less than 180° is a/an:
Answer
(B)
Obtuse angle
17
Lines that meet at right angles are said to be:
Answer
(B)
Perpendicular
18
Lines that are always the same distance apart and never intersect are:
Answer
(B)
Parallel
19
An angle that measures 180 degrees is called a:
Answer
(C)
Straight angle
20
In a circle, the distance all the way round is called ____.
Answer
(C)
Circumference
21
What is the name of a shape with 6 faces, all of which are squares?
Answer
(B)
Cube
22
What is the name given to the angle of 180°?
Answer
(C)
Straight angle
23
Which geometric shape is a quadrilateral with only one pair of parallel sides?
Answer
(C)
Trapezoid
24
What type of angle is formed when two lines intersect at a 90-degree angle?
Answer
(C)
Right
25
Which properties apply to a square?
Answer
A
B
D
26
Which type of angle is formed by two lines that are perpendicular to each other?
Answer
(B)
Right angle
27
Which are circle terms?
Answer
A
B
C
D
28
Which shapes are examples of a prism?
Answer
A
C
29
Which of the following is always a parallelogram?
Answer
(A)
Rhombus
30
A pyramid is made up of a base and what other type of faces?
Answer
(C)
Triangles
31
What is the measure of a right angle in degrees?
Answer
(B)
90°
32
In a regular polygon, what can be said about the angles?
Answer
(B)
All angles are equal.
33
Which shape is a prism?
Answer
(C)
Cube
34
What shape has 5 faces, 8 edges, and 5 vertices?
Answer
(C)
Square-based pyramid
35
What does the term 'regular polygon' imply?
Answer
(C)
All sides and angles are equal
36
Identify the shapes which are prism(s):
Answer
A
B
37
How many vertices does a rectangular prism have?
Answer
(C)
8
38
Which term describes lines that never intersect and are always the same distance apart?
Answer
(B)
Parallel
39
What is the sum of the interior angles of a hexagon?
Answer
(D)
720°
40
What is the name for a 3D shape with six square faces?
Answer
(B)
Cube
41
How many vertices does a cuboid have?
Answer
(C)
8
42
Which of the following is a characteristic of a trapezoid?
Answer
(B)
One pair of parallel sides
43
Which of the following statements are true about a rhombus?
Answer
A
B
D
44
Which of the following angles is greater than 180°?
Answer
(D)
Reflex angle
45
An angle that is greater than 0 degrees but less than 90 degrees is a/an:
Answer
(A)
Acute angle
46
Which statement describes the properties of a kite?
Answer
(C)
Two pairs of adjacent sides are equal
47
Lines that never meet are called:
Answer
(B)
Parallel
48
Which type of triangle has one angle equal to 90 degrees?
Answer
(D)
Right-angled
49
What is the total of all the interior angles in a quadrilateral?
Answer
(D)
360°
50
What is the sum of the interior angles of a quadrilateral?
Answer
(D)
360°