Friday, February 19, 2010

16.1 Polygons p.354-355

I. Polygon: Poly- =many, in this case 3 or more; -gon = sides

A. A closed plane figure (2-D) with straight sides that are connected line segments

B. We can use triangles to figure out the amount of total degrees for interior angles – all triangeles= 180 degrees total

C. Decagon: a polygon with ten sides, angles, and vertices

D. n-gon: a polygon with n sides, angles, and vertices

II. Vertex: a point where two sides of a polygon meet

Wednesday, February 17, 2010

15.3 Activity

Draw a design that includes each of the following items at least one time each:
1.) Point- color black
Kinds of Lines: all lines must be STRAIGHT, COLORED and have AT LEAST TWO POINTS - establishing the direction of the line
2.) Ray- red (using an endpoint and arrow to show that it is a ray)
3.) Line- brown(using arrows on both ends to show that they extend forever)
4.) Line segment- blue
Angles – showing using the name and an arc (or square for complementary)
5.) Vertical angles – yellow
6.) Congruent angles – green – show with arc and dash
7.) Adjacent angles – orange
8.) Complementary angles – purple - indicate with a square in the corner (check with the corner of a piece of paper to make sure it is 90 degree)
9.) Supplementary angles – show with a 180 degree arc
A Key
10.) A key that explains the colors used and the lines used

Tuesday, February 16, 2010

Measuring angles with a protractor

Amble Side Primary has some good practice resources
Here is a tool from math playground
This site from ixl.com sets up the protractor for you in this practice activity

Friday, February 12, 2010

Wednesday, February 10, 2010

14.4 Geometric Patterns (p. 319-321)

I. Fractal: an endlessly repeating pattern that looks like the whole, but different sizes
II. Iteration: a step in the process of making a fractal that follows a pattern

Tuesday, February 9, 2010

14.3 Number and Pattern Functions (p. 315-318)

I. Function: relationship between two quantities in which one quantity depends uniquely on the other every input has one output
II. Use an equation, function table, or function machine

Monday, February 8, 2010

14.2 Patterns in Sequence (p. 312-314)

I. Sequence: an ordered set of numbers - each number in the sequence is called a term
II. If you can find a rule, it can be used to find any number in a sequence
III. Figure out if the values are increasing or decreasing