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What is the name for a figure with twelve sides?

  • Dodecagon
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What is the name for a figure with eight sides?

  • Octagon
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What is the name for a figure with ten sides?

  • Decagon
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What is the name for a figure with a curved boundary, defined as the set of all points that are a fixed distance from a center point?

  • Circle
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What is the name for a figure with no sides or angles?

  • Point
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What is the name for a figure with two parallel sides and four right angles?

  • Rectangle
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What is the name for a figure with four sides that are all equal in length and four angles that add up to 360 degrees?

  • Square
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What is the name for a geometric figure with four sides and four angles?

  • Quadrilateral
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What is the name for a system of linear equations with the same variables?

  • Linear System
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What is the name for a geometric figure with three sides and three angles?

  • Triangle
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What is the name for a number that is divisible by only 1 and itself?

  • Prime Number
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Who was the mathematician and philosopher known for his work with the theory of limits and the invention of calculus?

  • Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz
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Who was the mathematician and philosopher known for his work with infinitesimals and the invention of calculus?

  • Isaac Newton
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Who was the mathematician known for his work with probability theory?

  • Blaise Pascal
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What is the name for a graph that shows the relationship between two variables?

  • Scatter Plot
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What is the name for a graph that has a curved line?

  • Parabolic Graph
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What is the name for a graph that represents a function?

  • Function Graph
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What is the name for a system of equations with the same variables?

  • Simultaneous Equations
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Who was the mathematician known for his work with logarithms and exponents?

  • John Napier
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Who was the ancient Greek mathematician known for his work with logarithms?

  • John Napier
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What is the name for a number raised to a power?

  • Exponent
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What is the name for a triangle with one right angle?

  • Right Triangle
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What is the name for a repeating decimal?

  • Recurring decimal
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Who was the ancient Greek mathematician known for his work in mechanics and optics?

  • Archimedes
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Who is credited with being the father of geometry?

  • Euclid
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What is the name for a number that can be expressed as a ratio of two integers?

  • Rational Number
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What is the name for a triangle with two equal sides?

  • Isosceles Triangle
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What is the name for a polygon with five sides?

  • Pentagon
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What is the name for a line that extends infinitely in both directions?

  • Line
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