Suffix Worksheets

Here are some free math suffix worksheets. First we are going to introduce the suffix and suffix meanings. Below is a list of suffix meanings often used in math. Once you know some suffixes, you can use the math suffix worksheets to practice learning suffix meanings. Also check out our suffix lesson plans.

Math suffix definitions and suffix meanings

Suffix	Suffix meaning	Suffix example
-centenary	of or pertaining to a 100 year period	tercentenary (of or pertaining to 300 years)
-gon	figure having a specified number of interior angles	polygon, hexagon
-hedral	surfaces or faces of a given number	dihedral formed by 2 plane faces
-hedron	figure having a given number of faces or surfaces	polyhedron (a solid with faces that are polygons), heptahedron (polyhedron with 7 faces)
-lateral	of, at, or relating to sides	equilateral (all equal sides)
-metry	science or process of measuring	geometry
-sect	cut or divide	bisect (cutting or dividing into 2 equal parts)