ACT Math Vocabulary Study Island（数学词汇研究岛行动）.pdf

ACT Math Vocabulary Acute Altitude When referring to an angle acute The height of a triangle that makes means less than 90 degrees. When a 90-degree angle with the base of referring to a triangle, acute means the triangle. that all angles are less than 90 degrees. For example: Altitude Arc Circumference Part of the circumference made by The distance around the circle. a wedge of a circle. For example: Equivalent to the perimeter of a circle. The circumference is given Arc by c = 2πr where r is the radius. Coefficient Congruent ( ) A coefficient is the number in front Congruent means equal when of an x term, such as the 3 and 6 in referring to physical objects. It 2 “3x – 6x”. Coefficients can be means they have the same size and negative. shape. These are congruent angles: Consecutive Diagonal One after the other, like 3, 4, 5… The line between non-consecutive you can also have consecutive even corners in a polygon. For example: integers (2, 4, 6…) or consecutive odd integers (11, 13, 15…). Diagonal Diameter Difference The distance across a circle through The result when you subtract its center. It is also twice the radius. numbers. The difference between 7 and 4 is 3. Just remember “differe