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Comprehensive Geometry Standards Guide

The document outlines geometry standards for topics covered in January, February, and March, including points, lines, angles, deductive reasoning, parallel lines, congruent triangles, quadrilaterals, inequalities, similar polygons, right triangles, circles, constructions, areas of plane figures, and volume of solids. It specifies key concepts and theorems for each topic, as well as their applications. Additionally, it indicates which topics may appear on tests for specific months.

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Comprehensive Geometry Standards Guide

The document outlines geometry standards for topics covered in January, February, and March, including points, lines, angles, deductive reasoning, parallel lines, congruent triangles, quadrilaterals, inequalities, similar polygons, right triangles, circles, constructions, areas of plane figures, and volume of solids. It specifies key concepts and theorems for each topic, as well as their applications. Additionally, it indicates which topics may appear on tests for specific months.

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Geometry Standards

January, February and March Topics (May appear on any test for any month.)

I. Points, Lines, Planes and Angles


a) points, lines, planes
b) naming lines, segments, rays, finding midpoint, finding distance
c) naming and finding measures of angles
d) postulates and theorems relating points, lines and planes
e) use the terms collinear, coplanar, intersection

II. Deductive Reasoning


a) if-then statements, converses, inverses, contrapositives
b) special pairs of angles – vertical, complementary, supplementary
c) perpendicular lines

III. Parallel Lines and Planes


a) definitions, skew lines
b) properties of parallel lines
c) proving lines parallel
d) theorems involving parallel lines
e) angles of a triangle
f) angles of a polygon, number of diagonals

IV. Congruent Triangles


a) proving triangles congruent
b) using congruent triangles (CPCTC)
c) the isosceles triangle theorems
d) medians, altitudes, and perpendicular bisectors

V. Quadrilaterals
a) properties of parallelograms
b) ways to prove that quadrilaterals are parallelograms
c) theorems involving parallel lines
d) special parallelograms
e) trapezoids
f) kites

VI. Inequalities in Geometry


a) indirect proofs
b) inequalities for one triangle
c) inequalities for two triangles

VII. Similar Polygons


a) ratio and proportion
b) properties of proportion
c) similar polygons
d) proving triangles similar
e) proportional lengths
VIII. Right Triangles
a) similarity in right triangles (geometric mean)
b) the Pythagorean Theorem
c) converse of the Pythagorean Theorem
d) special right triangles
e) sine, cosine and trig ratios
f) applications of right triangle trig

February and March Topics (May appear only on February or March Tests.)

I. Circles
a) basic terms
b) tangents
c) arcs and central angles
d) arcs and chords
e) inscribed angles
f) angles with vertex in the circle and outside the circle
g) circles and lengths of segments

II. Constructions and Loci


a) perpendiculars and parallels
b) concurrent lines
c) the meaning of locus, locus problems, locus and construction

III. Areas of Plane Figures


a) areas of rectangles, parallelograms, triangles, rhombuses, trapezoids,
kites, regular polygons, equilateral triangles, squares
b) circumferences and areas of circles
c) arc lengths and sectors of circles
d) ratios of areas

March Topics (May appear on March tests only.)

I. Lateral Area, Total Area and Volume of Solids


a) Prisms
b) Pyramids
c) Cylinders
d) Cones
e) Spheres
f) Areas and volumes of similar solids

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