Cambridge IGCSE Mathematics
4.1Geometrical terms
Geometrical terms in Cambridge IGCSE Mathematics: what the syllabus expects you to know, the learning objectives and how to practise.
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Overview
Candidates use the term 'congruent' but are not expected to show that two shapes are congruent.
Learning objectives
What the syllabus expects you to be able to do.
- 4.1.1Use and interpret geometrical terms such as vertex, parallel, perpendicular, bearing, acute, obtuse and reflex angles, interior and exterior angles, similar, congruent and scale factor (Extended: also plane and perpendicular bisector).
- 4.1.2Use and interpret the vocabulary of triangles, special quadrilaterals, polygons, nets and solids.
- 4.1.3Use and interpret the vocabulary of a circle, including radius, diameter, circumference, chord, tangent, arc, sector and segment.
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Geometrical terms and vocabulary
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