Math Vocabulary
Answers by David Pleacher
Rearrange the letters at the end of each statement to form one or two math words:
(1) Verty Vedel, upon being healed of his blindness, shouted, "______."
VERTICES (VERTY SEES!)
(2) Montgomery Taylor Sette was called ______ ______ by his friends.
EMPTY SET
(3) Upon seeing the bathroom door closed, Mr. Bleecher muttered to himself, "Is that
daughter of mine ______?"
CYLINDER
(4) The zookeeper affectionately referred to the two newborn lion cubs as a
______ ______ .
PARALLEL LINES
(Pair of Little Lions)
(5) The sheriff after discovering the escaped prisoner's underground
hideout, radioed his deputy, "I have found the ______ ."
CONCAVE
(6) Ferd Freezin, local ice plant manager, described his uncomfortable working
conditions as follows, "It's ______ ."
COLLINEAR
(7) What do you call it when a toilet flushes in an airplane? ______
HYPOTENUSE
(8) B. A. Square, the noted buffalo hunter and zoid catcher, entitled his
latest book, "How to ______ ."
TRAPEZOID