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POLYGONS !
 
Chapter 7
2008

Terms and Definitions - due Monday 1/29 For All Vocabulary Assignment options, you must include all 18 terms!

1.

1.

Exterior angle

6.

Heptagon/Septagon

11.

Dodecagon

16.

Equiangular polygon

2.

2.

Midline

7.

Octagon

12.

Pentadecagon

17.

Equilateral polygon

3.

3.

Polygon

8.

Nonagon

13.

n-gon

18.

Regular polygon

4.

4.

Pentagon

9.

Decagon

14. Interior angle of a polygon    

 5.

5. Hexagon

10.

Ondecagon - not in your book!

15.

Diagonals of polygons 

   
Theorems

Complete these theorems and prove the following theorems in your notebook.

  1. The sum of the measures of the three angles of a triangle is ________.
  2. The measure of an exterior angle of a triangle is a _______.
  3. A segment joining the midpoints of two sides of a triangle is _______.
  4. If two angles of one triangle are congruent to two angles of a second triangle, then _______.(No Choice Theorem)
  5. If there exists a correspondence between the vertices of two triangles such that _______. (AAS)
  6. The sum, Si, of the measures of the angles of a polygon with n sides is _______.
  7. If one exterior angle is taken at each vertex, the sum Se, of the measures of the exterior angles of a polygon is _______.
  8. The number, d, of diagonals that can be drawn in a polygon of n sides is _______.
  9. The measure, E, of each exterior angle of an equiangular polygon of n sides is _______.
Construtions    
1.  Regular Triangle 3.  Regular Hexagon  
2.  Regular Quadrilateral 4.  Regular Octagon  
 

EXTRA CREDIT in the TEST Category on February 6, 2007
American High School Math Exam in the Cafeteria - hours 1 and 2!

Syllabus    
Tuesday, January 15 7.1  Triangle Application Theorems  
Objectives:  You will be able to:
  • Apply theorems about the interior angles of triangles.
  • Apply theorems about the exterior angle of triangles.
  • Jump-Start your Chapter with Vocabulary

Activity:  What about those triangles?  (if you have PowerPoint)
                What about those triangles? (if you don't have PowerPoint)    

Homework:  Read and take notes on section 7.1, Prove theorems 50-52, Start your vocabulary, and do p. 299-300 # 6, 7, 9, 12, 14 - 18.

Wednesday, January 16 7.2  Two Proof-Oriented Triangle Theorems  
Objectives:  You will be able to:
  • Apply the No-Choice Theorem
  • Apply the AAS Theorem

Homework:  Homework:  Read and take notes on section 7.2, add some more definitions to your vocabulary, Prove theorems 53-54, and do p. 301 # 19, 23, and p. 304-306 #  5, 6, 9 - 11, 14, 15, 17, and 18   AND  p. 301 # 19 and 20

Thursday, January 25 7.3  Formulas Involving Polygons  
Objectives:  You will be able to:
  • Use important formulas that apply to polygons
  • Complete the Polygon Angle Worksheet (proofs for your theorems # 55 - 58)

Homework:  Read and take notes on section 7.3, Learn the formulas in theorems 55-57, work on completing your vocabulary, and do p. 309 - 311  # 1 (a,c,e), 2, 3, 6 - 8, 10 (a, c, e), 13, and 15

Friday,January 18 - No School School Improvement Day  
Monday,January 21 - No School Martin Luther King Day  
Tuesday, January 22 7.3  Formulas Involving Polygons - continued  
Objectives:  You will be able to:
  • Derive and use the formulas for Polygons - angles, diagonals, etc.
  • Reproduce the  Polygon Angle Worksheet (proofs needed for your theorems # 55 - 58

Homework:  Review your notes on section 7.3, Finish your vocabulary and do p. 301 # 21 and 23, and p. 311-312 #  16 - 19, 21, and 23.

Wednesday, January 23 7.4  Regular Polygons  
Objectives:  You will be able to:
  • Recognize and define regular polygons
  • Construct regular polygons
  • Use the formula to find the measure of an exterior angle of an equiangular polygon
  • Complete the Polygon Angle Worksheet for measure of exterior angles of Equiangular/Regular Polygons and use it to calculate measures of interior angles.
  • Calculate the number of sides of an equiangular/regular polygon given its interior or exterior angle measure.

Homework:  Read and take notes on section 7.4, know how to derive the formula in theorem # 58 and do p. 316 - 317 # 1(a, c, e), 2 (a, c, e), 3 (a, c, e), 4 (a, c, e), 5 - 10, 13, and 16.

Thursday, January 24 Quiz over chapter 7
Homework:   Do pages  317-318 (15,17) and pages 321-323 (12-16,18-21,27-29)
            **In #29, the problem should read “…is rotated 90° clockwise…”
Friday, January 25 
Homework:  do Practice Test 7
Monday, February 28 CHAPTER 7 TEST

 

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