Willow Tree
Interior Angles, Exterior Angles, and Diagonals of Polygons
How does the number of sides of a polygon affect the angle measures? Learners recognize a pattern in finding the total measure of interior and exterior angles and the number of diagonals. They use the patterns to calculate the number of...
Curated OER
Tile Patterns II: Hexagons
After learning that the sum of interior angles for triangles is 108 degrees, take it further to show that the sum of angles in any polygon is the same! Using hexagons, pupils practice finding the measure of the six congruent angles. Make...
Inside Mathematics
Circles in Triangles
Challenge the class with inscribed circles in triangles. The assessment task requests class members use their knowledge of circles and right triangles to prove two triangles are congruent. They go on to utilize their knowledge of...
EngageNY
Unknown Angle Proofs—Proofs of Known Facts
Lead the class in a Greek history lesson with a geometric twist. Pupils relate a short video about geometric properties to modern-day methods of solving for unknown angles. They discuss parallel line theorems and complete practice...
Curated OER
Twenty-Five Measures of the Angles of a Triangle Problems
In this triangle worksheet, young scholars calculate the measures of the angles or the sums of the measures of the angles in twenty-five triangle problems and hands-on activities. The solutions are provided.
Curated OER
Properties and Attributes of Polygons
In this geometry instructional activity, 10th graders determine if a polygon is convex or concave and apply the polygon Angle sum theorem and the polygon exterior angle sum theorem to determine the measures of interior and exterior...
EngageNY
Similar Triangles in Circle-Secant (or Circle-Secant-Tangent) Diagrams
First angle measures, now segment lengths. High schoolers first measure segments formed by secants that intersect interior to a circle, secants that intersect exterior to a circle, and a secant and a tangent that intersect exterior to a...
Virginia Department of Education
Angles in Polygons
Polygons — it's all about the angles. Groups work with dynamic geometry software to find the sum of the measures of the angles of various polygons. After finding the information for several polygons, the groups generate a formula that...
Mathed Up!
Angles: Parallel Lines
Viewers are presented with seven problems with parallel lines and angle relationships and must use the given information to find the measures of specific angles. To finish, they explain their process in finding the measures in the problems.
Curated OER
Interior Angles of Regular Polygons
Students investigate the interior angles of a triangle. In this geometry instructional activity, students create the formula to calculate the angles inside a triangle. They observe the total sum of a triangles angle on the navigator.
Curated OER
Indirect Proof and Inequalities in One Triangle
In this geometry worksheet, 10th graders order the sides and angles of a triangle and determine the range of the third side of a triangle given the lengths of two sides. The one page worksheet contains sixteen questions. Answers are...
Curated OER
Triangle Angle-Sum Theorem
In this polygons learning exercise, students fill out a graphic organizer about the name of the polygon, the number of sides, the angle sums, and more. Students complete this for 5 polygons.
Mathematics Vision Project
Geometric Figures
Logical thinking is at the forefront of this jam-packed lesson, with young mathematicians not only investigating geometric concepts but also how they "know what they know". Through each activity and worksheet, learners wrestle with...
Curated OER
Finding the Sum of the Exterior and Interior Angles of a Polygon
Students find the sum of the angles of a polygon and construct a polygon given the number of sides. In this polygon lesson plan, students draw large polygons on the floor of the room. They measure the length of each side and the interior...
Math Mammoth
Triangles 1
In this triangles instructional activity, students measure and calculate the measurements of eight triangles, their sums and classify the triangles as acute, obtuse or right.
Curated OER
Triangles
In this triangles worksheet, 10th graders solve 12 different problems that include various angles of triangles. First, they determine the measure of an exterior angle. Then, students determine the measure of any of the base angles of an...
Curated OER
Interior/Exterior Polygon Angles and Tessellations
Students discover the sum of the interior and exterior angles of several polygons. In this Geometers sketchpad instructional activity, students work in groups to find the stated measurements of triangles, quadrilaterals, pentagons and...
Curated OER
Triangle Classificaition with Geometer's Sketchpad.
Learners use Geometer's Sketchpad to draw triangles and explore the classificaiton of each using the mearsures of interior angles and the lengths of the sides.
Curated OER
Angle Bisectors
In this angle bisector worksheet, 10th graders solve and complete 23 various types of geometry problems. First, they find the angles listed in the figure shown. Then, students determine the sum of the interior angles of a polygon. They...
Lone Star College
Geometry Worksheet II
Young geometers get practice with the algebra of angles in an extensive skills practice worksheet. Supplementary, complementary, and vertical angle relationships are used, along with parallel lines cut by a transversal and angle sum of a...
Curated OER
Sum of Angles
In this sum of angles worksheet, 6th graders solve and complete 6 different types of problems. First, they identify different alternate and corresponding angles. Then, students state what the angles of a triangle add up to and how they...
Curated OER
Congruence of Triangles
In this congruence of triangles worksheet, 10th graders solve and complete 10 different problems that include measuring the congruence of various triangles. First, they determine the length of a third side of an isosceles triangle. Then,...
EngageNY
Informal Proof of AA Criterion for Similarity
What does it take to show two triangles are similar? The 11th segment in a series of 16 introduces the AA Criterion for Similarity. A discussion provides an informal proof of the theorem. Exercises and problems require scholars to apply...
Concord Consortium
Always, Sometimes, Never
Do your learners always, sometimes, or never remember the properties of the segments in triangles? Get that number closer to always with a creative lesson analyzing all four segments. Scholars consider a statement about one of the...