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Oswego City School District
Regents Exam Prep Center: Styles of Proof
Find out the general form for two column proofs, flow proofs, and paragraph proofs here. The site is very brief and discusses each type of proof using the same example.
Other
Math Lab: How to Write a Good Proof
This site offers a brief description and an example of a paragraph proof. And remember, "there is never just one way of stating a proof," so others are mentioned as well.
Maths Challenge
Maths challenge.net: Right Angle Reasoning
A geometry problem for students to use their mathematical reasoning skills to explain a right triangle property.
Maths Challenge
Maths challenge.net: Spider Fly Distance
A "three star geometry problem" requiring knowledge of how to complete geometric proofs and some prior math skills to figure the shortest distance between the opposite corners of a cuboid.
Maths Challenge
Maths challenge.net: Odd Vertices
A "three star geometry problem" requiring knowledge of how to complete geometric proofs. The problem explains what the order of a vertex is and asks for the proof of a generalization.
Maths Challenge
Maths challenge.net: Platonic Solids
A "three star geometry problem" requiring knowledge of how to complete geometric proofs to prove that there are no more than five regular convex polyhedra.
Maths Challenge
Maths challenge.net: Quadrilateral Parallelogram
A "three star geometry problem" requiring knowledge of how to complete geometric proofs and some prior math knowledge. This problem asks to prove that the mid points of any quadrilateral form a parallelogram.
Maths Challenge
Maths challenge.net: Coloured Strings
A "three star geometry problem" - requiring the knowledge of what a cuboid is and a some knowledge of how to do proofs.
Maths Challenge
Maths challenge.net: Parallelogram Property
A "three star geometry problem" requiring knowledge of how to complete geometric proofs properties of parallelogram.
Maths Challenge
Maths challenge.net: Unique Circle Equal Angles
A "three star geometry problem" - requiring the knowledge of biconditional statements and how to prove such problems.
Dartmouth College
Dartmouth College: The Different Styles of Euclid and Copernicus
A history of the differences between Euclid's and Copernicus's methods of proving geometric ideas.