Geometry Problem Solving Student
Geometry Problem Solving Student
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TABLE of CONTENTS
Letter to the Teacher ......................................................... iv Teaching Strategies and Answers ................................... v
Reasoning and Proof
1 Series: Whats Shakin?........................................................................ 1 2 Reasoning: Money Mystery .................................................................. 4 3 Proof: King of the Learning Lab ........................................................... 5 Practice On Your Own .............................................................................. 6
Similarity
1 Scale Factors: The Scale of Justice................................................... 13 2 Ratios: Photo Paper Problem............................................................. 16 3 Proportions: Radio Riddle .................................................................. 17 Practice On Your Own ............................................................................ 18
Transformations
1 Rotations: Fun By Design .................................................................. 19 2 Reflections: Bank On It ...................................................................... 22 3 Vectors: Its Your Move....................................................................... 23 Practice On Your Own ............................................................................ 24
Circles
1 Chords: The Mission .......................................................................... 25 2 Inscribed Angles: Circle Slicing .......................................................... 28 3 Semicircles: Fast Track ...................................................................... 29 Practice On Your Own ............................................................................ 30
Teaching Strategies
1. Previewing Content You can use a graphic novel as a lesson preview
to activate background and prior knowledge. For example, you may display a graphic novel on the overhead projector and discuss it with the class. By doing so, you may provide students with advance information that they will read later in the book. Alternatively, you may display the graphic novel and invite students, in pairs or groups, to share their thinking with one another. Regardless of the approach, the goal is to activate students interest and background knowledge in advance of the reading.
2. Narrative Writing Use the second and third graphic novels from each
content strand and ask students to solve the posed problem in graphic novel format. Students should be encouraged to create character dialogue and complete the story line detailing their solution. Another alternative is to provide students with the first two pages of the first graphic novel and ask students to complete the story line with the solution to the problem posed. Not only does this engage students in thinking about the content, but it also provides you with some assessment information. Based on the dialogue that the students create of their solution, youll understand what they already know, what they misunderstand, and what they do not yet know.
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4. Analysis In the analysis approach, students read the graphic novel to try
to understand the main point the author is making. This approach is particularly useful after students have covered the content in their textbook. Encouraging students to pose questions about the text will help to uncover the main points. For example: Why did the author choose this real-world situation to present this concept we have studied? What are some other real-world situations that can be used to present this concept? What does the graphic novel tell me about concepts we have studied? Have students write a few sentences answering these questions. Then, have them summarize what they believe is the main point of the graphic novel.
5. Visualizing Have your students skim over the exercises in the chapter
you are working on or the Practice On Your Own pages. The student should then pick one exercise and create their own graphic representation about it. Another option would be to use other forms of multimedia for their topic. Students could take pictures, make a computer slide-show presentation, make a video, or create a song. These are just some of the many uses of graphic novels. As you introduce them into your class, you may discover more ways to use them to engage your students in a new method of learning while exercising the multiple literacies that your students already possess. We welcome you to the world of learning through graphic novels!
References
Cary, S. (2004). Going graphic: Comics at work in the multilingual classroom. Portsmouth, NH: Heinemann. Fisher, D., & Frey, N. (2004). Improving adolescent literacy: Strategies at work. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Merrill Education. Frey, N., & Fisher, D. (2004). Using graphic novels, anime, and the Internet in an urban high school. English Journal, 93(3), 1925. Gorman, M. (2002). What teens want: Thirty graphic novels you cant live without. School Library Journal, 48(8), 4247. Schwarz, G. (2002a). Graphic novels for diverse needs: Engaging reluctant and curious readers. ALAN Review, 30(1), 5457. Schwarz, G. (2002b). Graphic novels for multiple literacies. Journal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy, 46, 262265. Schwarz, G. (2004). Graphic novels: Multiple cultures and multiple literacies. Thinking Classroom, 5(4), 1724.
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ANSWERS
Reasoning and Proof
Reasoning: Money Mystery, page 4
Set up a grid that contains the information Toshiro received. Use each piece of information to eliminate as many boxes as possible. When the grid is completed, you will know who put the money box in the wrong place. long short curly black straight black jeans shorts skirt khakis hair hair hair hair hair pants
Tina George Alexa Jos Paul jeans shorts skirt khakis black pants
Alexa has curly hair and put the money box in the wrong place.
Happiness Park
556 ft
428 ft
18.4 in.
a2
13 in. 29 in. a1
Pythagorean Theorem Substitute 13 for b and 18.4 for c. Evaluate powers. Subtract 169 from each side. Take the square root of each side.
In the larger triangles in the lower portion of the kite, b = 13 and c = 29. Pythagorean Theorem Substitute 13 for b and 29 for c. Evaluate powers. Subtract 169 from each side. Take the square root of each side.
The longer diagonal should be the length of a 1 + a 2. a 1 + a 2 13 + 26 = 39 Sunshi needs to cut the longer wood piece to be 39 inches.
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3. A
4. H
5. A
6. G
Similarity
Ratios: Photo Paper Problem, page 16
Find the ratio of the areas of the papers. The formula for the area of a rectangle is A = w. Write a ratio of the area of the smaller size paper to the area of the larger size paper.
46 24 1 _ = _ or _ 8 12 96 4
The larger size paper is 4 times larger than the smaller size paper. The larger paper should cost 4 times the cost of the smaller paper. $0.25 4 = $1 The paper for an 8-inch by 12-inch photo should cost $1.
1501.5 = 3x 500.5 = x
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Transformations
Reflections: Bank On It, page 22
In order to line up the shot, Sandra considers the right side of the pool table a line of reflection. She visualizes the location of the left side pocket if it were reflected over that line. If she aims at the imaginary image of the pocket after it is reflected over the line, the ball will bank off of the bumper on the side of the table and into the left, side pocket. This is because the ball will bounce off the right side bumper at the same angle as it hits. Because a reflection preserves angle measure, the angle from the ball to the image of the pocket is the same as the angle between the point where the ball hits the side bumper and the target pocket.
Line of Reection
Circles
Inscribed Angles: Circle Slicing, page 28
Madison can use properties of inscribed angles to find the center of the circle. When a right angle is inscribed in a circle, the intercepted arc is 180. Begin by placing the vertex of a right angle anywhere on a circle. Mark the points where the sides of the angle intersect the circle. Draw a line to connect these points. This line is a diameter of the circle. Place the right angle at another point and draw a second diameter. The point where the two diameters intersect is the center of the circle. The location of the fountain is the point where the diameters intersect.
80 yd
80 yd
300 yd
The length of the turns is the circumference of the semicircles. Because the two semicircles make a whole circle, the total length of the turns is the circumference of a circle with radius 80 yards. C = 2r = 2(80) or about 502 yd The lengths of two straight sections 2(140) plus + Formula for circumference of circle Substitute 80 for r. the circumference of the two turns 502 equals = the length of track. 782
The maximum length Nate can make the track is 782 yards.
P is the perimeter of the base, is the slant height, and B is the area of the base. B = 6 6 or 36 ft2, and P = 6 4 or 24 ft.
1 SA = B + _P 2 1 = 36 + _(24)(8) 2
Formula for surface area of pyramid Substitute 36 for B and 24 for P. Multiply and add.
= 36 + 96 or 132 ft 2
Formula for volume of cylinder Substitute 17 for r and 32 for h. Evaluate the power and multiply.
Della collected 3 garbage cans, so she collected 3(29,053.4) or 87,160.2 cubic inches of aluminum. Find the volume of each of Juanitas boxes. The formula for the volume of a rectangular prism is V = wh, where is the length, w is the width, and h is the height. For one box, V = wh = 3, w = 4, and h = 5. Formula for volume of rectangular prism Substitute. For the other box, V = wh = 2, w = 4, and h = 6. Formula for volume of rectangular prism Substitute.
= 3 4 5 or 60 ft3
= 2 4 6 or 48 ft3
Juanita collected 60 + 48 or 108 cubic feet of aluminum. The volume of the garbage cans is in cubic inches, and the volume of the boxes is in cubic feet. Convert the volumes to the same units. There are 12 inches in 1 foot. Because volume is a cubic measurement, divide Dellas volume by 123 to find the volume in cubic feet.
87,160.2 _ 50.44 123
Della collected about 50 cubic feet of aluminum. 108 cubic feet is more than 50 cubic feet, so Juanita collected more aluminum than Della.
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3. D
4. H
5. B
6. G
7. C
PRACTICE
Reasoning and Proof
Read each question. Then, fill in the correct answer on the answer document provided by your teacher or on a sheet of paper.
1. Which of the following is the inverse of the statement, If it is Saturday, then Jennifer is at work? A If Jennifer is at work, then it is Saturday. B If Jennifer is not at work, then it is not Saturday. C If it is not Saturday, then Jennifer is not at work. D If it is Saturday, then Jennifer is not at work. 2. Which of the following can you conclude given the statement, Tara was not the first person in line? F Tara did have a person behind her in line. G Tara did have a person in front of her in line. H Tara did not have a person behind her in line. J Tara did not have a person in front of her in line. 3. In the diagram below, AB is an angle bisector of DAC.
D B
4. Which property justifies the following statement? If mA = mB and mB = mC, then mA = mC. F G H J Reflexive Property Substitution Property Symmetric Property Transitive Property
5. Which Venn diagram illustrates that all reality TV shows are on Channel 10? A
Reality TV Shows Channel 10
C
Reality TV Shows Channel 10
D
Reality TV Shows
Channel 10
6. What is the hypothesis of the statement, Any two Labradors are similar? F G H J if if if if two dogs are Labradors two Labradors are dogs Labradors are similar two dogs are similar
DAC BAC A and D are collinear. 2(mBAC) = mDAC DAC is a right angle.
Any questions?
Yeah, it says the item is in a spot equidistant from the swing, the tree and koi pond. What does that mean? Thats what you need to figure out!
Hmmm?
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2 Sunshi uses a quadrilateral-shaped piece of fabric with two consecutive sides each measuring 18.4 inches and two consecutive sides each measuring 29 inches.
4 The shorter piece needs to bisect the longer piece so that two thirds of the length of the longer piece forms the lower portion of the kite. YOUR TURN! Help Sunshi make her kite.
What length should I cut the longer piece of woOd?
this is going to be
awesome!
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PRACTICE
Triangles and Quadrilaterals
Read each question. Then, fill in the correct answer on the answer document provided by your teacher or on a sheet of paper.
1. When Oscar looks at his roof on the side of his house, he sees an isosceles triangle. The legs of the triangle are 16 feet and the base is 10 feet. What is the measurement of the altitude of the roof? A B C D 10 feet 11.6 feet 15.2 feet 16 feet
4. In the figure below, n is a whole number. What is the least possible value for n?
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2n
F 2. Cliff has cut an equilateral triangle out of a sheet of notebook paper. He then draws an angle bisector through one of the angles and cuts along that line. Cliff now has two triangles. Which word best describes these two new triangles? F G H J hypotenuse equilateral congruent acute
G 8
H 9
J 11
5. Delsin is constructing a triangular display case in the shape of an isosceles triangle. One of the angles is 40. Which of the following could be the measure of one of the other angles? A B C D 70 80 110 140
3. Desiree is at a swimming pool with her friends Katie and Michaela. Katie and Michaela are at one corner of the 31 feet by 20 feet rectangular pool. Desiree is at the opposite corner of the pool. Katie swims along the diagonal of the pool to reach Desiree. Michaela walks around the sides of the pool to reach Desiree. Estimate the distance Katie saves by swimming to Desiree rather than walking. A B C D
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6. Hallie cuts a hexagon from a piece of poster board. She uses a protractor to mark the first interior angle along the bottom edge of the board as shown below. What is the m1 in the piece of poster board she cut off?
14 23 28 37
120
G 60
H 40
J 30
How so?
Thanks for helping me with my civics project, Alex. Im having a little trouble getting started.
Well, I picked a court room for my project. And I have to build a diorama.
Yeah, I even have the courtroom plan showing the actual dimensions. See
30 feet
Judges Chambers Jury Room Judges Bench Court Reporter Table Witness Stand 7 ft 5 ft Jury Box
20 feet
5 ft 2 ft Defendant s Table
5 ft 2 ft Plaintiff s Table
Looks like you have what you need. Whats the problem?
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I get it, you need a scale factor. That will help you figure out the size of the diorama compared to the real courtroom.
Here. Ill show you. First well start with the courtroom length and width compared to the foamboard length and width and fill in the dimensions.
= =
30 ft 60 inches 20 ft 40 inches or
1 ft 2 inches 1 ft 2 inches
Yep, now you can take the dimensions in feet on your plan and turn them into inches in your diorama.
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Terras Diagram
Judges Chambers
60 in.
Jury Room Judges Bench
Witness Stand
40 in.
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Similarity 2: Ratios
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Similarity 3: Proportions
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PRACTICE
Similarity
Read each question. Then, fill in the correct answer on the answer document provided by your teacher or on a sheet of paper.
1. The Eiffel Tower in Paris, France, stands 324 meters tall. The Paris Hotel in Las
1 Vegas has a _ scaled replica of the 2
4. If you set a copy machine at 120%, what will be the dimensions of the copy of a 6-inch by 8-inch image? F
2 5 in. by 6_ in. 3
tower. How tall, to the nearest foot, is the tower in Las Vegas? Use the conversion 1 meter 3.3 feet. A B C D 99 ft 162 ft 535 ft 1063 ft
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G 7.2 in. by 9.6 in. H 8 in. by 10 in. J 720 in. by 960 in. 5. Given that trapezoid BCDE is similar to trapezoid KLMN, find the length of MN.
12 cm 8 cm 6 cm 15 cm
by 11-inch paper is folded in half, a rectangle similar to the original rectangle is formed. What are the dimensions of the rectangle formed after the paper is folded four times? F
1 1 4_ in. by 5_ in. 4 8 2 4
10 cm
A B C D
12 cm 8 cm 7.5 cm 4.8 cm
6. The dimensions of the home plate in a professional baseball stadium are shown in the diagram. An architect is creating a model of a new baseball stadium that is
3 a _ scale of the actual stadium. What is 8
3. Travis, who is 5 feet 9 inches, measured his shadow to be 2 feet 6 inches. At the time, Taina measured the shadow of the tree in their backyard to be 7 feet 3 inches. What is the estimated height of the tree? A B C D 3 ft 2 in. 16 ft 6 in. 16 ft 8 in. 17 ft 10 in.
the perimeter of a home plate he makes for the model stadium? F G H J 14 in. 21.75 in. 54.19 in. 58 in.
12 in. 12 in.
8.5 in.
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Transformations 1: Rotations
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Transformations 2: Reflections
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Transformations 3: Vectors
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PRACTICE
Transformations
Read each question. Then, fill in the correct answer on the answer document provided by your teacher or on a sheet of paper.
1. A reflection has been applied to the letter N. Which of the following images has had the same reflection applied?
4. What are the coordinates of the image of vertex C after a reflection over the x-axis?
7 y 5 3 1 -8 -6 -4 -2 -1 -3 O
N
A
2. In a board game, moves are made using translations. Which translation will allow the black chip to capture the white chip?
F 6, -3 G -3, 5
H 5, -3 J -4, 2
R il e y R ey
3. What is the order of rotation for the yard ornament shown here? A B C D
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A 30 B 60
i le y yR Ril
2 4 8 16
K K
N
B
Q Q R
2x
5. A series of transformations are shown. What is a single transformation to get from Step 1 to Step 7?
Step 1 Step 7
F G H J
6. What angle of rotation does Riley use to completely surround the circle with his name? Ri iley ley
C 120 D 360
eyRile R il
Circles 1: Chords
THE MIsSION
Marcos in
There is a distress beacon buried somewhere in the woods. Its my mission to locate it.
blip! blip! blip! blip! blip! blip! blip! blip! blip! blip! blip! blip!
The pressure is on! |'m up against the clock.
blip! blip! blip! blip! blip! blip! blip! blip! blip! blip! blip! blip!
If | want to become a part of my community rescue team, |ll have to retrieve the beacon...
blip! blip! blip! blip! blip! blip! blip! blip! blip! blip! blip! blip!
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blip!
blip!
blip!
| have to hurRy the . clock is ticking!
blip!
blip!
blip! blip!
blip!
blip! lip! b
| can hear the signal at point A, so | should walk in a straight line until | can no longer hear the signal--point B.
C A B
If a radius of a circle intersects a chord at a right angle, then the diameter bisects the chord. | should find the midpoint of the path AB. That is where the sound should be the loudest.
At this point, | need to walk at a right angle, away from the sound, until | can no longer hear the signal--point C.
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C A
To find the rest of the radius, | need to turn 180 and walk the opposite direction until | can no longer hear the signal--point D.
the distresS beacon is buried here!
blip!
CONGRaTULATIONS, MARCOS.
blip!
blip!
blip!
blip!
blip!
END
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with Madison and her little brother I need to come up with a sketch for my community service project.
Is it a horse?
I can use my paper cup to make a circle. This will be the total area of my garden.
No horse! I want to place a fountain directly in the center, but all I have with me is this cup and a few pieces of paper What can to use as right angles Madison do and a straightedge. to find the center of her circle?
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Circles 3: Semicircles
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PRACTICE
Circles
Read each question. Then, fill in the correct answer on the answer document provided by your teacher or on a sheet of paper.
1. The diameter of Earth at the equator is about 7926 miles. An airplane flies at 600 mph about 5.5 miles above Earth in a path that follows the equator. About how long will it take for this plane to travel all the way around Earth? A 42 days B 21 days C 42 hours D 21 hours
2. In a circular theater, Laura wants to sit along the edge of the room, as close to the center of the theater as possible. In the diagram below, she is seated at Point L. What is the minimum angle of vision that Laura needs to be able to see the entire stage?
stage
5. James bakes an apple pie in an 8-inch pie plate. He cuts the pie twice through the center to make 4 equal pieces. What is the length of the arc in each piece that the outermost crust makes? A B C D 2 3 4 8 inches inches inches inches
110
118
F 33 G 66
H 76 J 152
6. In geometry class, Callie was given a piece of grid paper with the graph of the circle with equation (x + 2) 2 + (y + 2) 2 = 25. She must write the equation of another circle that can be graphed on the same piece of paper and completely fit into the circle she was given. Which equation could be the one Callie wrote? A B C D (x (x (x (x + + 1) 2 1) 2 1) 2 1) 2 + + + + (y (y (y (y - 1) 2 = 9 + 1) 2 = 9 + 1) 2 = 9 - 1) 2 = 9
3. A guest that wants the largest portion should select a slice from which of the following pizzas? A a 10-inch pizza cut into four equalsized pieces B a 14-inch pizza cut into six equalsized pieces C a 16-inch pizza cut into eight equalsized pieces D an 18-inch pizza cut into ten equalsized pieces
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Like you?
What is the surface area that Alejandro and his buddy need to paint?
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RECYCLINGHey, Della!
CENTER
C C o n tl e asntu p e
Hi, Juanita! Are you ready to see who has the most aluminum cans? Whatever! Lets figure out the volume to see who has more. Okay. All 3 of my trash cans are 34 inches high and have a 32 inch diameter.
Youre on! Whoever has less can pay for movie tickets tonight.
My first box is 3 feet by 4 feet by 5 feet. The other box is 2 feet by 4 feet by 6 feet.
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PRACTICE
Area, Surface Area, and Volume
Read each question. Then, fill in the correct answer on the answer document provided by your teacher or on a sheet of paper.
1. Hinto is wrapping a box that is 14 inches long, 8 inches wide, and 2 inches tall. At the very minimum, how much wrapping paper will he need? A 224 in 2 B 224 in 3 C 312 in 2 D 312 in 3
4. Roberto pulled the pages out of a catalogue and laid them side by side. The catalogue had 750 8-inch by 10-inch pages. What was the total area covered by the pages? F G H J 750 in 2 6,000 in 2 30,000 in 2 60,000 in 2
2. During the week, Evita drinks 6 glasses of water each day using the glass shown below on the left. On Saturday and Sunday, she drinks 5 glasses of water using the glass shown below on the right. How much more water does she drink each weekday than each day on the weekend?
3 in. 4 in. 6 in.
2 in.
5. Cleveland wants to build a fence around the circular field where his horses graze. The diameter of the field is 500 feet. Approximately how many feet of fencing does Cleveland need? A 786 feet B 1570 feet C 196,350 feet D 785,399 feet
F G H J
3 in 3 8 in 3 250 in 3 670 in 3
6. Ella finds an artist that will paint an ornamental garden ball with any design she wants, but she charges $0.06 per square inch of surface area. The ball she wants painted has a diameter of 12 inches. About how much will it cost her for a design that covers the entire ball? F $4.50 G $27.00 H $54.00 J $90.00
3. Nestor wants to know the volume of the Great Pyramid of Giza in Egypt. The height of the pyramid is 455 feet and the length of each side of the base is 756 feet. What is the approximate volume of the Great Pyramid of Giza? A B C D
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ft 3 ft 3 ft 3 ft 3
7. Bianca has a rectangular fish tank. Its dimensions are 4 feet by 3 feet by 2 feet. How much water does she need to fill the tank if 6 cubic feet are taken up by coral and sand? A 144 ft 3 B 24 ft 3 C 18 ft 3 D 3 ft 3