Geometry Semester Exam Study Guide

MS/HS Geometry Semester Exam 2013-2014

30 questions Topics:
Distance/Midpoint Reasoning/Proof Lines Congruent Triangles Similar Triangles Right Triangles

Reporting Category 1: 2 dimensional figures Reporting Category 3: Trigonometry and Discrete Math

This Study Guide includes sample problems from different resources that students can use to help prepare for the exam. They are NOT the test items.

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BENCHMARK

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Skill/Concepts

Example problem or problems to support studying Write the inverse, contrapositive, and converse of the following statements. Determine if the statements are true or false. If two lines are perpendicular, they intersect at right angles. If parallel lines are cut by a transversal, then the consecutive angles are supplementary. If you get presents, then it is your birthday. Write the inverse, contrapositive, and converse of the following statements. If lines cut by a transversal are parallel then, corresponding angles are congruent. If a figure is a square then it is also a rectangle. If an angle measures 48 degrees, then it is acute. Write the logically equivalent statement to the conditional. (contrapositive) If 2 sides of a triangle are congruent, then the angles opposite those sides are true. If a ray bisects an angle, it divides the angle into two congruent angles.

MA.912.D.6.2

Conditionals

MA.912.D.6.2

Conditionals

MA.912.D.6.3 (assessed with MA.912.D.6.3)

Logically Equivalent

MA.912.G.1.1

Midpoint

Find the midpoint of the following points. a. (4,11) and (-1,6) b. (2,-5) and (8,7) c. (2,-5) and (8,7)
Find the distance between the points on a coordinate plane.

MA.912.G.1.1

Distance Formula

Find the distance

MA.912.G.1.1

Distance formula

Find the measure of

and

MA.912.G.1.3

Parallel Lines

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Find x and the measure of the angles (lines are parallel)

MA.912.G.1.3

Parallel Lines

Find x, y, and the missing measure of the angles (lines are parallel).

MA.912.G.1.3

Parallel Lines

Find the measure of the exterior angle (x) created by the regular composite shapes.

x MA.912.G.2.2 M Find the measure of an angle in a composite figure x

Find the missing angles if the triangles are similar.

84 34

MA.912.G.2.3

Similar Triangles

24

A six-foot-tall person is standing next to a flagpole. The person is casting a

MA.912.G.2.3

Similar Triangles

shadow feet in length, while the flagpole is casting a shadow 5 feet in length. How tall is the flagpole? The shadow cast by a one-foot ruler is 8 inches long. At the same time, the shadow cast by a pine tree is 24 feet long. What is the height, in feet, of the pine tree?

MA.912.G.2.3

Similar Triangles

A vertical flagpole casts a shadow 12 feet long at the same time that a nearby vertical post 8 feet casts a shadow 3 feet long. Find the height of the flagpole in feet. A 40-foot flagpole casts a 25-foot shadow. Find the shadow cast by a nearby building 200 feet tall. (draw a diagram and solve)

Find the missing measure or x value.

MA.912.G.4.1

Find missing measures

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MA.912.G.4.2

Centroid, orthocenter, incenter, circumcenter

In which triangle do the three altitudes intersect outside the triangle? For a triangle, which two points of concurrence could be located outside the triangle? In a given triangle, the point of intersection of the three medians is the same as the point of three altitudes. Which classification of triangles makes this true?

Find the missing values.

MA.912.G.4.4 (Assessed through MA.912.G.2.3)

Find the missing length of similar triangles

Find the missing values.

MA.912.G.4.4 (Assessed through MA.912.G.2.3)

Find the missing length of similar triangles

Given , what do you know is true? (What angles are congruent, what proportions are congruent?)

MA.912.G.4.5

Proportions in Triangle

If

, what do you know is true?

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What statements must be true in order to proof these triangles congruent using ASA congruency?

MA.912.G.4.5

Proofing congruence

What statements must be true in order to proof these triangles congruent using SAS Congruence Theorem?

MA.912.G.4.5

Proofing congruence

What is the congruency statement to prove the triangles congruent, if ?

MA.912.G.4.6

Congruent Triangles
What is the congruency statement to prove the triangles congruent, if ?

What proportions can you set up to find the value of x.

MA.912.G.4.6

Setting Proportions

Find a, b, and h.

MA.912.G.4.7

Identify possible lengths

In a field, Ray, Marsha, and Melissa are standing in the shape of a triangle. Ray is 154 feet away from Marsha and Masha is 194 feet away from Melissa. What is the range of possible distances between Ray and Melissa? On a map, Dover, Philadelphia, and Pittsburgh form a triangle. Dover is 80 miles away from Philadelphia. Philadelphia is 304 miles away from Pittsburgh. What is the range of possible distances between Dover and Pittsburgh?

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MA.912.G.4.7

Identifying possible lengths

A triangle has two sides of lengths 18cm and 30 cm. What inequality gives the possible distance for the third side? The base of an isosceles triangle has a length of 18. What must be true about the third side?

List the sides in order based from least to greatest.

MA.912.G.4.7

Length based on angle measure

Find the missing value.

90 ft. MA.912.G.5.4 M Using Pythagorean Theorem

150 ft.

350 ft.

x ft. 115ft.

30 ft.

18 ft.

x ft.

MA.912.G.5.4

Using Pythagorean Theorem

What is the length of the hypotenuse of the triangle if one leg measures 10 feet 3 inches and the other leg measures 12 feet 9 inches? What is the length of the hypotenuse of the triangle if one leg measures 6 ft. 6 in. and the other leg measures 4 ft. 3 inches?

MA.912.T.2.1

Finding a missing side using trigonometry

Two trees are 100 ft apart. The height of the taller tree is 75 ft. The angle of depression from the top of the taller tree to the top of the shorter tree is 15. Find the height of the shorter tree to the nearest foot. Two buildings are 180 ft apart. The height of the taller building is 120 ft. The angle of depression from the top of the taller building to the top of the shorter building is 10. Find the height of the shorter building to the nearest foot.

MA.912.T.2.1

Find a missing angle using trigonometry

x
A man sets the foot of a 20 ft ladder 5 feet from a building and leans the top of the ladder against the building. What is the angle of the ladder?

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Fill in any missing statements or reasons.

MA.912.G.8.5

Triangle Proof