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Corbett Maths

Perpendicular Bisector

For Students 8th - 11th Standards
Where should the statue be located? The resource explains how to use a compass and straight-edge to construct the perpendicular bisector of a line segment. Using an exam question, the narrator models how to solve an application problem...
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Corbett Maths

Perpendicular Through a Point on a Line

For Students 8th - 11th Standards
Use one construction to complete a second. The short video shows how to incorporate the steps of a perpendicular bisector to create a perpendicular to a point on a line. With their own straightedges and compasses, classmates then...
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Virginia Department of Education

Constructions

For Teachers 9th - 11th Standards
Pupils learn the steps for basic constructions using a straightedge, a compass, and a pencil. Pairs develop the skills to copy a segment and an angle, bisect a segment and an angle, and construct parallel and perpendicular lines.
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EngageNY

The Distance from a Point to a Line

For Students 9th - 12th Standards
What is the fastest way to get from point A to line l? A straight perpendicular line! Learners use what they have learned in the previous lessons in this series and develop a formula for finding the shortest distance from...
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Curated OER

Points, Lines, and Line Segments - Homework 16.1

For Students 4th - 5th
In this geometry worksheet, learners complete a homework assignment in which they name 3 lines and line segments. They write parallel, intersecting, or perpendicular, to describe the relationships between 4 pairs of lines. They draw an...
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Illustrative Mathematics

The Geometry of Letters

For Teachers 3rd - 5th Standards
Use the alphabet as a tool for teaching your class about geometric figures. Break apart capital letters into line segments and arcs. Classify angles as right, acute, or obtuse. Identify parallel and perpendicular lines. An excellent...
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Curated OER

Eight Determine the Equation of the Perpendicular Line Problems

For Students 8th - 9th
In this perpendicular lines worksheet, learners determine the equations of perpendicular lines in eight problems.  Examples, formulas, explanations, and solutions are provided.
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Geometry Accelerated

Accelerated Geometry Review Sheet

For Students 8th - 10th Standards
Your geometry learners use their knowledge of various geometric concepts to write proofs. Starting with givens containing parallel line segments with transversals and triangles and quadrilaterals, and the mid-point and distance formulas;...
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Curated OER

Parallel and Perpendicular Line Construction

For Teachers 9th - 11th
In this geometry worksheet, students construct parallel and perpendicular lines given a straight edge and a compass. Their lines pass through a given point. There are 4 questions with an answer key.
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EngageNY

Designing a Search Robot to Find a Beacon

For Students 9th - 12th Standards
Build right angles using coordinate geometry! Pupils explore the concept of slope related to perpendicular lines by examining 90-degree rotations of right triangles. Learners determine the slope of the hypotenuse becomes the opposite...
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Curated OER

Perpendicular and Angle Bisectors

For Teachers 10th
In this geometry worksheet, 10th graders solve problems that are based on the theorems associated with perpendicular and angle bisectors of a triangle.  An application on the coordinate plane is included.  The one page...
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Curated OER

Congruent Triangles

For Students 10th
In this congruent triangles worksheet, 10th graders solve and complete 16 different types of problems. First, they name the corresponding parts of the congruent triangles shown and draw a picture. Then, students list the five ways to...
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Curated OER

Chapter 5 Final Review Extra Problems. Triangles

For Students 10th - 12th
In this triangles instructional activity, students identify the median, altitude, segment, angle bisector, perpendicular bisector and triangle midsegment of triangles.  They find the perimeter of triangles.  This...
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Curated OER

Midpoints and Bisectors

For Students 9th - 10th
For this geometry worksheet, students calculate the midpoints of polygons using coordinate pairs. They find the  angle bisector, altitude and median of the given triangles. There are 33 questions.
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Curated OER

Simplifying Expressions

For Students 11th
In this simplifying expressions worksheet, 11th graders solve and complete 44 various types of problems. First, they solve for the given variable in each equation. Then, students simplify each expression and factor completely. They also...
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Curated OER

Standardized Geometry Test Practice

For Students 10th
In this angles, lines and figures review activity, 10th graders solve and complete 33 standardized multiple choice problems. First, they use the Segment Addition Postulate to solve for a variable given an equation for each line. Then,...
Assessment
Mathed Up!

Loci and Constructions

For Students 8th - 11th Standards
A General Certificate of Secondary Education math review has class members make basic constructions. Using a protractor and a ruler along with a compass, pupils develop drawings of triangles with given measurements. Scholars use their...
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Math by Design

Transformations – Reflections

For Teachers 7th - 8th Standards
Scholars use interactive resources to figure out how to mathematically draw a reflection of a geometric shape viewed in a mirror. To conclude the activity, class members are asked to deduce the result of multiple reflections across...
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Curated OER

Construct, Bisect, Duplicate: Geometry Practice with Compass and Straight Edge

For Students 9th - 12th
Geometers employ a straight edge and compass to duplicate and bisect segments and angles, construct perpendiculars, parallel lines, figures, and circles with points of concurrency. Ample practice with 65 questions across 8 worksheets. No...
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Curated OER

Lines and Line Segments

For Students 6th - 10th
In this lines and line segments worksheet, students solve 6 word problems where they identify lines and line segments, draw rectangles made of line segments, and define perpendicular and intersecting lines. The problems require higher...
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Curated OER

The Center of a Circle

For Students 10th
In this center of the circle worksheet, 10th graders solve 5 different center of the circle measurements. First, they draw a circle and add two points on it. From there, students construct a line segment and a midpoint on the line...
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Curated OER

Bisectors of Triangles

For Teachers 10th
In this geometry worksheet, 10th graders solve problems involving the perpendicular bisectors and angle bisectors of a triangle and their points of concurrency.  The one page worksheet contains sixteen questions.  Answers...
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Curated OER

Angle Constructions

For Students 6th
For this angle constructions worksheet, 6th graders solve and complete 4 various types of problems. First, they construct a perpendicular bisector of two points. Then, students construct an angle bisector for the angle shown. In...
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Curated OER

Graphing Trig Functions

For Students 11th
In this graphing trigonometric functions worksheet, 11th graders solve and complete 10 various types of problems. First, they graph each functions as shown. Then, students find the domain in each given function. In addition, they find...