Government Standards



Common Core

Math - Grade 10

Assessment Exam - Common Core Math - High School: Geometry
Congruence eTAP Lesson
Experiment with transformations in the plane
Know precise definitions of angle, circle, perpendicular line, parallel line, and line segment, based on the undefined notions of point, line, distance along a line, and distance around a circular arc.
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Definitions - Geometry
Represent transformations in the plane using, e.g., transparencies and geometry software; describe transformations as functions that take points in the plane as inputs and give other points as outputs. Compare transformations that preserve distance and angle to those that do not (e.g., translation versus horizontal stretch).
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Transformations
Given a rectangle, parallelogram, trapezoid, or regular polygon, describe the rotations and reflections that carry it onto itself.
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Tessellations with Polygons
Develop definitions of rotations, reflections, and translations in terms of angles, circles, perpendicular lines, parallel lines, and line segments.
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Tessellations Using Translations, Rotations, and Glide Reflections
Given a geometric figure and a rotation, reflection, or translation, draw the transformed figure using, e.g., graph paper, tracing paper, or geometry software. Specify a sequence of transformations that will carry a given figure onto another.
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Understand congruence in terms of rigid motions
Use geometric descriptions of rigid motions to transform figures and to predict the effect of a given rigid motion on a given figure; given two figures, use the definition of congruence in terms of rigid motions to decide if they are congruent.
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Use the definition of congruence in terms of rigid motions to show that two triangles are congruent if and only if corresponding pairs of sides and corresponding pairs of angles are congruent.
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AAS and HL Congruencies
Explain how the criteria for triangle congruence (ASA, SAS, and SSS) follow from the definition of congruence in terms of rigid motions.
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SSS and SAS Congruencies

ASA Congruencies
Prove geometric theorems
Prove theorems about lines and angles. Theorems include: vertical angles are congruent; when a transversal crosses parallel lines, alternate interior angles are congruent and corresponding angles are congruent; points on a perpendicular bisector of a line segment are exactly those equidistant from the segment's endpoints.
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Line and Angle Relationships
Prove theorems about triangles. Theorems include: measures of interior angles of a triangle sum to 180°; base angles of isosceles triangles are congruent; the segment joining midpoints of two sides of a triangle is parallel to the third side and half the length; the medians of a triangle meet at a point.
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Triangles Sum Conjecture

Properties of Isosceles Triangles

Triangle Inequalities
Prove theorems about parallelograms. Theorems include: opposite sides are congruent, opposite angles are congruent, the diagonals of a parallelogram bisect each other, and conversely, rectangles are parallelograms with congruent diagonals.
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Parallelograms
Make geometric constructions
Make formal geometric constructions with a variety of tools and methods (compass and straightedge, string, reflective devices, paper folding, dynamic geometric software, etc.). Copying a segment; copying an angle; bisecting a segment; bisecting an angle; constructing perpendicular lines, including the perpendicular bisector of a line segment; and constructing a line parallel to a given line through a point not on the line.
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Duplicating Segments and Angles

Constructing Perpendicular Bisectors

Constructing Perpendiculars

Constructing Angle Bisectors

Constructing Parallel Lines
Construct an equilateral triangle, a square, and a regular hexagon inscribed in a circle.
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Similarity, Right Triangles, and Trigonometry eTAP Lesson
Understand similarity in terms of similarity transformations
A dilation takes a line not passing through the center of the dilation to a parallel line, and leaves a line passing through the center unchanged.
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Parallelograms and Parallel Lines Related Proofs
The dilation of a line segment is longer or shorter in the ratio given by the scale factor.
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Given two figures, use the definition of similarity in terms of similarity transformations to decide if they are similar; explain using similarity transformations the meaning of similarity for triangles as the equality of all corresponding pairs of angles and the proportionality of all corresponding pairs of sides.
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Indirect Measurement with Similar Triangles
Use the properties of similarity transformations to establish the AA criterion for two triangles to be similar.
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Postulates of Geometry
Prove theorems involving similarity
Prove theorems about triangles. Theorems include: a line parallel to one side of a triangle divides the other two proportionally, and conversely; the Pythagorean Theorem proved using triangle similarity.
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The Theorem of Pythagoras
CCSS.Math.Content.HSG.SRT.B.5 Use congruence and similarity criteria for triangles to solve problems and to prove relationships in geometric figures.
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Similar Triangles
Define trigonometric ratios and solve problems involving right triangles
Understand that by similarity, side ratios in right triangles are properties of the angles in the triangle, leading to definitions of trigonometric ratios for acute angles.
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Explain and use the relationship between the sine and cosine of complementary angles.
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Sine-Cosine Relationships
Use trigonometric ratios and the Pythagorean Theorem to solve right triangles in applied problems.
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Apply trigonometry to general triangles
Derive the formula A = 1/2 ab sin(C) for the area of a triangle by drawing an auxiliary line from a vertex perpendicular to the opposite side
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Areas of Triangles, Trapezoids and Kites
Prove the Laws of Sines and Cosines and use them to solve problems.
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Understand and apply the Law of Sines and the Law of Cosines to find unknown measurements in right and non-right triangles (e.g., surveying problems, resultant forces).
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Distance Calculations
Circles eTAP Lesson
Understand and apply theorems about circles
Prove that all circles are similar.
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Definition - Circles
Identify and describe relationships among inscribed angles, radii, and chords. Include the relationship between central, inscribed, and circumscribed angles; inscribed angles on a diameter are right angles; the radius of a circle is perpendicular to the tangent where the radius intersects the circle.
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Chord Properties
CCSS.Math.Content.HSG.C.A.3 Construct the inscribed and circumscribed circles of a triangle, and prove properties of angles for a quadrilateral inscribed in a circle.
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Circumference/Diameter Ratio
Construct a tangent line from a point outside a given circle to the circle.
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Tangent Properties
Find arc lengths and areas of sectors of circles
Derive using similarity the fact that the length of the arc intercepted by an angle is proportional to the radius, and define the radian measure of the angle as the constant of proportionality; derive the formula for the area of a sector.
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Arcs and Angles

Arc Length
Expressing Geometric Properties with Equations eTAP Lesson
Translate between the geometric description and the equation for a conic section
Derive the equation of a circle of given center and radius using the Pythagorean Theorem; complete the square to find the center and radius of a circle given by an equation.
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Derive the equation of a parabola given a focus and directrix.
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Parabolas
Derive the equations of ellipses and hyperbolas given the foci, using the fact that the sum or difference of distances from the foci is constant.
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Use coordinates to prove simple geometric theorems algebraically
Use coordinates to prove simple geometric theorems algebraically. For example, prove or disprove that a figure defined by four given points in the coordinate plane is a rectangle; prove or disprove that the point (1, √3) lies on the circle centered at the origin and containing the point (0, 2).
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Geometric Proofs

Conditional Proof

Symbols of Logic
CCSS.Math.Content.HSG.GPE.B.5 Prove the slope criteria for parallel and perpendicular lines and use them to solve geometric problems (e.g., find the equation of a line parallel or perpendicular to a given line that passes through a given point).
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Direct Proofs

Modus Tollens, Negation, Law of Syllogism
Find the point on a directed line segment between two given points that partitions the segment in a given ratio.
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Indirect Proof
Use coordinates to compute perimeters of polygons and areas of triangles and rectangles, e.g., using the distance formula.
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Law of Contraposition
Geometric Measurement and Dimension eTAP Lesson
Explain volume formulas and use them to solve problems
Give an informal argument for the formulas for the circumference of a circle, area of a circle, volume of a cylinder, pyramid, and cone. Use dissection arguments, Cavalieri's principle, and informal limit arguments.
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Areas of Circles

Polyhedrons, Prisms and Pyramids
Give an informal argument using Cavalieri's principle for the formulas for the volume of a sphere and other solid figures.
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Solids with Curved Surfaces
Use volume formulas for cylinders, pyramids, cones, and spheres to solve problems.
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Cylinders

Cones
Visualize relationships between two-dimensional and three-dimensional objects
Identify the shapes of two-dimensional cross-sections of three-dimensional objects, and identify three-dimensional objects generated by rotations of two-dimensional objects.
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Modeling with Geometry eTAP Lesson
Apply geometric concepts in modeling situations
Use geometric shapes, their measures, and their properties to describe objects (e.g., modeling a tree trunk or a human torso as a cylinder).
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Mathematical Modeling
Apply concepts of density based on area and volume in modeling situations (e.g., persons per square mile, BTUs per cubic foot).
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Fluctuation in Population Size
Apply geometric methods to solve design problems (e.g., designing an object or structure to satisfy physical constraints or minimize cost; working with typographic grid systems based on ratios).
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