Wednesday, January 31, 2007
Geometry (Class 44)
Announcements
For the Final:
Bring your construction tools: Ruler with inches and cm, protractor, compass.
One 8.5 x 11 sheet of paper, single sided, of hand written theorems, definitions, or postulates is permitted. No examples, proofs, etc… These notes will be checked during the test and need to be turned in at the end of the test. The notes will not be returned.
Overview
Today part 2 of the First Semester Final Exam is returned. Corrections are due for this part next class. Part 1 of the exam will not be returned and does not need to be corrected. Students who would like to go over the first part of the exam may setup an appointment to do so.
In addition to reviewing the final, we will develop formulas for finding the area of quadrilaterals.
Textbook Sections
§6.7 (Txt. p.372) Areas of Triangles and Quadrilaterals
Key Attitudes
Mathematics is about investigating.
Key Ideas
The formulas for the areas of quadrilaterals can be created by cutting the quadrilaterals into triangles.
Key Skills
Finding the area of quadrilaterals.
Handouts
Chapter 6: Lesson 4— Areas of Quadrilaterals
Assignment
Txt. p.258 #2, 7, 11, 12, 13, 22-24, 37, 38
Txt. p.328 #54, 56, 60, 64
Correct Final Exam Part 2 (You don’t need to correct the parallelogram proof)
Chapter 6: Lesson 4— Areas of Quadrilaterals #1-5
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