GEOMETRY IN THE

REAL WORLD

Miranda Hyde

POINT

A point in the geometry world is

a dot that is ALWAYS labeled
with a capital letter. A good
example of a real world object
would be an eyeball. Notice that
in the picture to the right, its
labeled with a capital B. Dont
forget to label!

http://www.domtesta.com/uploads/userfilesimage/eyeball-with-shadow-on-

LINE
A line in the geometry world is a
straight line that is infinitely
long. It is always labeled from
endpoint to midpoint. A good
example of a real world object is
a highway. A line can either be
called by one point, or multiple
points for the endpoint, to the
midpoint, to the other endpoint
or vise versa.

http://www.buffalogov.org/files/Images/highwa
y4.JPG

PLANE
What is a plane? A plane in the
geometry world is a shape that
is labeled with a capital letter. A
real world example of a plane
would be a map. A map has
lines, segments, points, angles,
rays, and other geometrical
figures.

http://www.travelchinaguide.com/images/map/beijing/citymap.jpg

SEGMENT

http://www.wpclipart.com/education/supplies/ruler/ruler_
metal_T.png

Whats a segment? A segment is a

straight line. But be careful when
you say line, because it eventually
is stopped by its two endpoints.
Yes, of course my example is a
ruler, and yes the measurement
can keep going, but the ruler is
ended on both sides. You can
always find longer measurement
tools such as a measuring tape, a
meter stick, etc. but, in no way is it
possible for this ruler to grow any.

RAY
P
A ray? Oh yea, thats like a line
and a segment combined. Its
infinitely long in only ONE
direction. One end of the ray is
stopped by a point, and the
other keeps going. A good
example of a ray in the real
world is the sun. The sun rays
keep going away from the actual
sun. The sun itself is the point.

http://www.wpclipart.com/weather/sun/sun_5/sun_rays_sharp_
e.png

COLLINEAR
POINTS
Collinear points are points that
all lie on the same line. Its quite
simple, you see, if the points
dont lay on a line together than
they arent collinear. In the real
world example, as you can see,
the freckles are all on the same
line which makes them collinear.
All of the other freckles arent
collinear to collinear points.
Points, M, D, and H are collinear.

M
D
H

http://fc05.deviantart.net/fs50/i/2009/270/6/6/freckles_by_anapira
ta.jpg

ACUTE ANGLES

An acute angle is an angle that

measures to be less than 90
degrees. A slice of pizza is a
great real world example
because its definitely acute.

http://images.graphicleftovers.com/11014/item26135/26135_th
25.jpg

OBTUSE ANGLE

An obtuse angle is an angle that

measures up to 180 degrees but
no less than 90 degrees. A roof
is a really good obtuse angle
because its a wide angle.

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RIGHT ANGLE

A right angle is an angle that is

absolutely 90 degrees. Cant be
any more or any less. The edge
of an iPhone is a right angle. To
know that its a right angle for
sure, there is usually a box in
the middle of the angle.

http://www2.pcmag.com/media/images/302835-apple-iphone-5sprint.jpg

PERPENDICULA
R LINES

Perpendicular lines are 4 sets of

9 degree angles. A baseball field
is a real world example of
perpendicular lines. The lines
are the perpendicular lines, and
the bases are the points.

http://penguinsandpeacocks.wikispaces.com/file/view/pe
rpendicular_linesbball.jpg/234981138/616x234/perpendi

COMPLEMENTA
RY ANGLES
Complementary angles are
angles that add up to be 90
degrees. A clock can be
complementary at times. A
complementary angle shares a
common ray like an Adjacent
angle.

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/t7iH1e3EmAo/TpnbYr5_pBI/AAAAAAAAACU/u35_6sXSEvM/s1600/DSCF6433.JPG

SUPPLEMENTAR
Y ANGLES
Supplementary Angles are the
opposite of Complementary
Angles. Instead of adding up to
be 90 degrees, they add up to
be 180 degrees. A highway that
has a little back road coming out
of the side of it is a GREAT
example from the real world for
supplementary angles.

http://image.mathcaptain.com/cms/images/88/acute-angle-reallife-1.jpg

VERTICAL
ANGLES

Vertical anglesare a pair of nonadjacentanglesformed when two lines

intersect. Vertical angles are all around
the world. A good real world example is
an open pair of scissors.

ACUTE
TRIANGLE

An acute angle is a triangle and each

angle is acute. An acute angle is an
anglethat measures less than ninety
degrees but more than zero degrees. An
equilateral triangle is an acute angle.

OBTUSE
TRIANGLE

An obtuse triangle is a triangle that

has one anglethat measures more than
90 degrees but less than 180 degrees.
Obtuse triangles are literally all over the
real world. Obtuse angles have one
obtuse angle and two acute angles.
Nothing is congruent in an obtuse angle.

EQUILATERAL
TRIANGLE

An equilateral triangle is
atrianglewith all three sides of equal
length. All the angles are 60. An
equilateral triangle is also an isosceles
triangle. Equilateral triangles are all
around in the real world. A good example
is a pool triangle.

ISOSCELES
TRIANGLE

An isosceles triangle is a triangle with

two congruent angles, which also means
two of the sides are congruent. As you
can see in the picture shown to the right,
the red triangle is an isosceles triangle
because two angles are congruent as
well are two sides.

SCALENE
TRIANGLE

A scalene triangle means that each

angle/side of the triangle in
UNcongruent. No angles are the same
and no sides are the same. All these
math terms are seen all over the real
world all the time.

RIGHT
TRIANGLES
A right triangle has 1 right angle in it
because a triangle cant have two. A right
angle is exactly 90 degrees every time.
Usually a right angle is labeled with a
box. Most popular right triangles are, 90,
45, and 45, or 90, 60, and 30. This bird
house is a right triangle. To solve a
missing angle in a right triangle, you use
a method called the Pythagorean
Theorem. A+B=C. C stands for the
hypotenuse. A and B are the other
angles.

CIRCLES
The diameter of a circle is the measure
straight across the middle of the circle.
The radius is half of the diameter. If a
line istangentto acircle, it is
perpendicular to the radius drawn to the
point of tangency. In geometry,
asecantline of a curve is a line that
(locally) intersects two points on the
curve. A chord is an interval of
asecantline, the portion of the line that
lies within the curve. The
wordsecantcomes from the Latin word
secare, meaning to cut.