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Eighth graders find missing angles of triangles, quadrilaterals and angles formed by parallel lines cut by a transversal. They use area formulas to find the area of a figure; find the complement and supplement of a given angle; and know the value of pi.

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bingo, pi, triangles

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Grade
8th
Subjects
Math
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Year
2004

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