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Similar Polygons Multiple Choice
For this geometry worksheet, students differentiate between similarity and congruence. They find the correct answer using the theorems of similarity and congruence. There are 5 questions with an answer key.
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Geometry and Symmetry
Students examine tessellations and their geometric properties. The lesson and discussions may be used to develop students' understanding of polygons and symmetry as well as their ability to analyze patterns.
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Biology Tessellations
Learners review three types of polygons that are triangles, squares, and hexagons. They use a computer program to draw various types of tessellations. The students use the drawing of a honeybee as inspiration.
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Exploring and Creating Tessellations
Pupils use translations, rotations, and reflections to create tessellations. They explore and construct several different types of tessellations including pure/semi-pure and non-regular polygon and "Escher-like" tessellations .
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Writing Number 9
In this writing numbers worksheet, learners practice writing the number 9, the word "nine" and the phrase and sentence "nine polygons" and "Nine polygon shapes are purple," then complete a coloring activity.
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Area and Perimeter
Students discover and apply the formula for the area and perimeter of rectangles and squares. They draw the shapes on graph paper and create tables that include their information.
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Marshmellow Geometry
Students explore a variety of geometric shapes, name them, and list their characteristics. The shapes are transposed into structures and checked for accuracy.
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Why Do We Add The Bases To Find The Area of A Trapezoid?
Middle schoolers are given patterns of trapezoids and are to calculate the area of one trapezoid by using both patterns. They should form a parallelogram and calculate the area. They practice this technique until there is understanding.
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Shapes
Students review basic shapes, such as circles, squares, triangles, and rectangles, find objects in those shapes in classroom, watch Clifford's Fun with Shapes video, practice reproducing four shapes, and rotate through four classroom...
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Tilted Squares and Right Triangles
Students investigate squares. They generate patterns from structured situations and find a rule for the general term and express it using words and symbols. Students generate patterns from a rule and substitute values and formulas.
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Finding Area
Fourth graders explore how to find the area of a rectangular object. As a class, they discuss definition of area and strategies for finding area. The teacher models finding the area of an object by counting squares. Students observe...
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Completing the Square
Young scholars explore problem solving through completing the square of a number. After a teacher demonstration, students solve squares of problems by beginning with simple squares and then culminating in solving a squared...
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Quadratic Formula
Students explore the use of the quadratic formula. After solving problems using factoring and completing the square, students then use the quadratic formula. They evaluate the discriminate, determine the nature of the roots and...
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Linear Inequalities - Parallelogram Problem
Students use the Geometer's Sketchpad to illustrate possible answers to a parallelogram problem. As a class, they discuss the point-slope and linear equation forms. Individually, students solve their equations and check the results on...
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Storefront Signs
Learners practice finding the areas and patterns within a square and explore the concept of quadratic functions. They observe and record the area values in a table, plot a graph of Area versus Distance and complete a variety of student...
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Different Shapes
In this shapes worksheet, students color all the big shapes blue, the middle sized shapes yellow and the small sized shapes red. Then they cut out all the shapes and sort them from big to small.
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Shapes
In this geometry worksheet, students choose the correct name to match the shape given. Students identify the words for oval, rectangle, square, circle, triangle, and diamond.
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Surface Areas
In this math worksheet, students examine the measurements for the face of the triangle and trapezoid. Then they figure out the total surface area for each.
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Math Testing Practice--Level 1
In this math testing practice worksheet, learners practice problem solving and calculating the answers to a variety of thirty mathematical word equations.
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Truncated Tetrahedron
In this math worksheet, students read about the truncated tetrahedron and then create a paper model. It should look like a solid comprised of 4 regular hexagonal faces, 4 regular triangular. faces, 12 vertices and 18 edges.
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Special Right Triangles
In this special right triangles instructional activity, 10th graders solve 9 different problems related to measuring various types of right triangles. First, they find the values of x and y in each right triangle shown. Then, students...
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More on Least Squares
In this least squares worksheet, students solve 3 different problems that include determining the least squares of equations. First, they use the data given in the table to write out the normal equations a system of 2 equations in 2...
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Shape Up!
In this visual thinking worksheet, learners count all the rectangles in a figure that has both large and small shapes. Students write how many rectangles they count in the figure.