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



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