Trigonometry? What's trigonometry. Well, something to do with triangles, right? Right! Right triangles! In this problem, find the missing length of one of the sides. So set this up as a ratio: cosine(A) = adjacent side length divided by...

Use the Pythagorean Theorem formula to check if this given triangle, with the given lengths of each side, is a right triangle. It's as simple as plugging the given values into the formula and doing the math to see if the solution checks...

Find the distance between two points on a coordinate plane. How is that done? Let's take a look at the distance formula. What's the distance formula? Well, it's a form of the Pythagorean Theorem. How? Watch the instructor diagram and...

Entertain your students with this fun video where students explain how to solve for the hypotenuse. They are clearly enjoying themselves while they explain how to use the Pythagorean theorem.

How do you know if three given lengths of lines can form a triangle? This lesson will give you two rules to help you determine if you can make a triangle.

What's the angle of elevation? Using several tangent formulas, the instructor calculates the angle of elevation. He has two examples that are engaging.

Using a circle with clock like hands, the tutor explains common angle measurements. She shows that a full circular rotation equals 360 degrees, a quarter rotation equals 90 degrees, a three-quarters rotation equals 270 degrees, and a...

Do you know what A=1/2 bh means? If you don't this video on the area of a triangle is a must. It defines the formula needed to determine the area of a triangle, works through an example problem, and clearly explains the procedure.

Using indirect measurement, this video shows viewers how to find the height of a flagpole. The lecturer employs drawings as well as proportions to solve this problem, explaining each step. A useful resource to aid struggling learners and...

Instruct your class on how to find the volume of a triangular pyramid using this tutorial. Learners can watch the video and take notes, later applying what they have seen to class work or homework. A clear video with direct instruction,...

Are you working on finding the missing angles in triangles in your class? Consider this video. An instructor uses the triangle sum theorem to create an equation that helps her find the missing angles. She explains each step and writes...

Using indirect measurement, this video shows viewers how to find the height of a flagpole. The lecturer employs drawings as well as proportions to solve this problem, explaining each step. A useful resource to aid struggling learners and...

Trapezoids can be tricky. Break down the process of finding the area of a trapezoid with this video! Viewers are given information about the area formula and shown exactly how to plug in information, solve, and simplify. This is a...

Are you working on the distance formula? Derive the distance formula and help your learners by showing them the logic behind the distance formula. This practical video should help conceptual understanding and is appropriate for in-class...

I always thought a prism was a solid triangular shaped piece of glass that made rainbows when the light shined through it. Well, that is a prism, but that is only one example of a prism, as prisms are three-dimensional solids of a...

Two figures are congruent if they have the same size and shape. Line segments can also be congruent if they are of the same length. Vertical angles created by intersecting lines are always congruent. Polygons that have matching angles...

Is prism just another mathematical term for a solid? It must be since this lesson is about volume. The teacher illustrates and explains how to find the volume of a rectangular prism and also how to find the volume of a triangular prism....

Three angles of one triangle are equal to the corresponding angles in another triangle. Use a ratio of corresponding sides to find the scale factor. Actually, there are two scale factor values. The instructor will explain how to get both...

The teacher explains how the formula for a triangle was determined. It is related to a parallelogram. What? The formula for the area of a triangle is derived from the area of a parallelogram? Seeing is believing, so watch this video to...

A word problem, a triangle, monomials, exponents, what to do? The instructor explains how to set up this ratio in order to solve the problem and express it as a monomial in simplest form.

The third angle's the charm. Viewers of a short video learn how to find the measure of the missing angle in a triangle. It uses an arithmetic process rather than an algebraic one, so younger learners have no trouble understanding the...

You know that triangles have angle sums of 180 degrees, but can you prove it? A brief video in the Socratica Geometry series highlights an informal geometric proof. It shows that the sum of the interior angles of a triangle is 180...

Identify the variables, identify the given values and use a formula to find the missing length in this right triangle problem. What formula? The tangent ratio, which is normally used to show a ratio between two sides of a right triangle,...

What's a trigonometric ratio? It is a ratio between two sides of a right triangle. In this problem, find tangent(A) in the given right triangle. Use the ratio of the opposite side divided by the adjacent side to find tan(A). The...