1. Geometry Terms and Problem Solving
Mathegories
Geometry Game Board
Geometry Terms and Problem Solving
To play Mathegories follow the directions below.
Open the Mathegories PowerPoint document.
On the view menu, select “Slide Show”.
Click on the first slide to advance to the game board.
Playing in pairs or in teams, have one student select a category and a point amount.
Click on the number of the selection in that rectangle.
A question screen will appear.
Click on the screen when you are ready to advance to the answer screen.
If a team answers the question correctly they are awarded the number of points that the question was worth. If they miss the question the points are deducted. If they do not answer the question no points are deducted.
Click on the “Home” icon in the lower right hand corner of the answer screen to return to the game board before the other team selects the next question.
If you advance to the next screen by mistake just use the icon in the lower left corner to return to the previous page. Then click the “Home” icon.
If you select a question and the “Power Points” slide appears, the team may risk any number of points that they have accumulated so far. They must select the number of points before viewing the question. Just click on the slide to advance to the question.
Continue like this until all questions have been selected. The point amount will disappear from the game board after the question has been selected.
The winning team is the one with the most points.
Enjoy Mathegories!

2. Geometry
Terms
Circle
Stuff
Classifying
Polygons
About
Angles
Problem
Solving
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To play Mathegories follow the directions below.
Open the Mathegories PowerPoint document.
On the view menu, select “Slide Show”.
Click on the first slide to advance to the game board.
Playing in teams, have one student select a category and a point amount.
Click on the number of the selection in that rectangle.
A question screen will appear.
Click on the screen when you are ready to advance to the answer screen.
If a team answers the question correctly they are awarded the number of points that the question was worth. If they miss the question the points are deducted. If they do not answer the question no points are deducted.
Click on the “Home” icon in the lower right hand corner of the answer screen to return to the game board before the other team selects the next question.
If you advance to the next screen by mistake just use the icon in the lower left corner to return to the previous page. Then click the “Home” icon.
If you select a question and the “Power Points” slide appears, the team may risk any number of points that they have accumulated so far. They must select the number of points before viewing the question. Just click on the slide to advance to the question.
Continue like this until all questions have been selected. The point amount will disappear from the game board after the question has been selected.
The winning team is the one with the most points.
Enjoy Mathegories!
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3. Two figures with the same size and shape©

4. Congruent ©

5. A flat surface that continues without end in all directions©

6. Plane ©

7. The instrument used to construct and measure angles©

8. Protractor ©

9. Angles that share a common side and a common vertex©

10. Adjacent
Angles ©

11. A closed plane figure formed by at least three line segments©

12. Polygon ©

13. The number of degrees in a circle©

14. 360° ©

15. A chord that passes through the center of a circle©

16. Diameter ©

17. The ratio of the circumference to the diameter of a circle©

18. π
(Pi) ©

19. POWER
POINTS!! ©

20. The number of degrees a clock hand rotates as it moves from the 3 o’clock position to the 7 o’clock position ©

21. 120° ©

22. Three-fourths of a pizza is eaten. Then half of what remains is eaten
Three-fourths of a pizza is eaten. Then half of what remains is eaten. What is the measure of the central angle of the remaining piece? ©

23. 45° ©

24. at least two congruent sides
A triangle with
at least two congruent sides ©

25. Isosceles
Triangle ©

26. A polygon with seven sides©

27. Heptagon ©

28. A quadrilateral with exactly one pair of parallel sides©

29. Trapezoid ©

30. POWER
POINTS!! ©

31. A polygon with two sides©

32. By definition, a polygon must have
Impossible
By definition, a polygon must have
at least three sides. ©

33. A parallelogram with all sides congruent and no right angles©

34. Rhombus ©

35. An angle that is greater than 90° and less than 180°©

36. Obtuse
Angle ©

37. An angle that measures 180°©

38. Straight
Angle ©

39. The sum of the measures of these two angles is 90°©

40. Complementary
Angles ©

41. The sum of the interior angles of a quadrilateral©

42. 360° ©

43. The sum of the interior angles of a hexagon©

44. 720°
To find the sum of the interior angles of any polygon the formula 180°(x-2) can be used, where x is the number of sides in the polygon. ©

45. The measure of each interior angle in an equilateral triangle©

46. 60° ©

47. The measure of the fourth angle in a quadrilateral if the first three angles measure 90°, 120°, and 100° ©

48. 50° ©

49. If any two blades on a fan form an angle of 120°, how many blades are on the fan?©

50. 3 ©

51. If one side of a parallelogram measures 7 inches and the perimeter is 22 inches, what is the length of an adjacent side? ©

52. 4 inches ©

53. The height of a triangle measures 10 feet
The height of a triangle measures 10 feet. What is the measure of the base if the area is 30 square feet? ©

54. 6 feet ©