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Oswego City School District

Regents Exam Prep Center: Styles of Proof

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
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.
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Other

Math Lab: How to Write a Good Proof

For Students 9th - 10th
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.
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Maths Challenge

Maths challenge.net: Right Angle Reasoning

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
A geometry problem for students to use their mathematical reasoning skills to explain a right triangle property.
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Maths Challenge

Maths challenge.net: Spider Fly Distance

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
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.
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Maths Challenge

Maths challenge.net: Odd Vertices

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
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.
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Maths Challenge

Maths challenge.net: Platonic Solids

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
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.
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Maths Challenge

Maths challenge.net: Quadrilateral Parallelogram

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
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.
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Maths Challenge

Maths challenge.net: Coloured Strings

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
A "three star geometry problem" - requiring the knowledge of what a cuboid is and a some knowledge of how to do proofs.
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Maths Challenge

Maths challenge.net: Parallelogram Property

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
A "three star geometry problem" requiring knowledge of how to complete geometric proofs properties of parallelogram.
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Maths Challenge

Maths challenge.net: Unique Circle Equal Angles

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
A "three star geometry problem" - requiring the knowledge of biconditional statements and how to prove such problems.
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Dartmouth College

Dartmouth College: The Different Styles of Euclid and Copernicus

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
A history of the differences between Euclid's and Copernicus's methods of proving geometric ideas.