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Flying with Pythagoras
A lengthy narrative about Pythagoras and his students precedes an activity in which your young mathematicians practice using the Pythagorean theorem to solve three problems about flight and distance. Answers are provided.
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Special Right Triangles
In this special right triangles activity, high schoolers solve 15 short answer problems. Students use trigonometric functions to find missing side lengths of various right triangles.
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Trigonometry
For this right triangles worksheet, students use trigonometric ratios to determine the length of a side of a triangle or a missing angle measurement. This two-page worksheet contains 20 problems.
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What's the Trig?
Learners determine the trigonometric relationships within a triangle as they construct a right triangle on the Ti-89. They find the sine, cosine, and tangent of various angles of their triangle construction.
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Ratios in Right Triangles
Learners calculate the sides of right triangles in this trigonometric ratios lesson. They use Cabri Jr. software and TI-83 or TI-84 calculators to find the side lengths and their ratios to each other for various triangles. The provided...
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Right Triangles
In this right triangles worksheet, 10th graders solve and complete 13 different problems. First, they find the lengths of both missing sides. Then, students find the altitude of an equilateral triangle given the measure of one side. They...
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Identifying Triangles
For this geometry worksheet, 10th graders identify a triangle as right, acute, or obtuse and identify the parts of a right triangle in a drop and drag game format. The one page interactive worksheet contains eight matching...
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Identifying Triangles
In this triangles practice worksheet, students respond to 4 questions that require them to identify the pictured triangles as acute, right, or obtuse triangles.
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Triangles
Students draw triangles. In this shapes lesson, students discuss what they already know about triangles, what they are and what they are made up of. Students discuss the types of triangles and practice drawing each type.
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Can a Geometric Mean be Nice?
In this Geometry instructional (work)sheet, students are instructed on how to find the geometric mean. Students are then shown how the geometric mean is applied to proving similar triangles.