Geometry
4.1 Geometrical terms
1 Use and interpret the following geometrical terms: • point • vertex • line • plane •
parallel • perpendicular • perpendicular bisector • bearing • right angle • acute, obtuse and reflex
angles • interior and exterior angles • similar • congruent • scale factor.
2 Use and interpret the vocabulary of: • triangles • special quadrilaterals • polygons • nets
• solids
3 Use and interpret the vocabulary of a circle.
4.2 Geometrical constructions
1 Measure and draw lines and angles.
2 Construct a triangle, given the lengths of all sides, using a ruler and pair of compasses
only.
3 Draw, use and interpret nets.
4.3 Scale drawings
1 Draw and interpret scale drawings.
2 Use and interpret three-figure bearings.
4.4 Similarity
1 Calculate lengths of similar shapes.
2 Use the relationships between lengths and areas of similar shapes and lengths, surface
areas and volumes of similar solids.
3 Solve problems and give simple explanations involving similarity.
Prove the similarity of two triangles
4.5 Symmetry
1 Recognise line symmetry and order of rotational symmetry in two dimensions.
2 Recognise symmetry properties of prisms, cylinders, pyramids and cones.
4.6 Angles
1 Calculate unknown angles and give simple explanations using the following
geometrical properties: • sum of angles at a point = 360° • sum of angles at a point on a straight
line = 180° • vertically opposite angles are equal • angle sum of a triangle = 180° and angle sum
of a quadrilateral = 360°.
2 Calculate unknown angles and give geometric explanations for angles formed within
parallel lines: • corresponding angles are equal • alternate angles are equal • co-interior angles
sum to 180° (supplementary).
3 Know and use angle properties of regular and irregular polygons.
4.7 Circle theorems I
Calculate unknown angles and give explanations using the following geometrical
properties of circles: • angle in a semicircle = 90° • angle between tangent and radius = 90° •
angle at the centre is twice the angle at the circumference • angles in the same segment are equal
• opposite angles of a cyclic quadrilateral sum to 180° (supplementary) • alternate segment
theorem.
4.8 Circle theorems II
Use the following symmetry properties of circles: • equal chords are equidistant from the
centre • the perpendicular bisector of a chord passes through the centre • tangents from an
external point are equal in length.
Congruent shapes
Understand and use SSS, SAS, ASA and RHS conditions to prove the congruence of triangles