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Math 211 HW 1
READ BEFORE STARTING THIS ASSIGNMENT:
You must complete ALL of these problems. Out of these assigned problems, I will select a few to grade (you will
not know which ones). Half of your grade is based on your answers and how you show your work. The other
half of your grade is based on whether or not you attempted all of the problems. If you attempt every problem,
you will get at least half credit on the assignment. Keep in mind that ALL of the problems are important and not
just the ones that I will grade.
*Either CIRCLE or HIGHLIGHT answers.
*Some of these problems ask you to EXPLAIN your answers. Be sure to use full sentences for your explanations.
*Always show your work for problems that require calculations (even ones you can do in your head). No work =
no credit.
*If you need more room, do the problem on a separate sheet of paper and staple it to the back

16.1
1. Sketch an example, if it is possible, of each shape described. If any are not possible to sketch, explain why. Use the proper
marks to show congruent sides and angles, parallel sides, and right angles.
a.

a trapezoid with at least one right angle

b.

a hexagon with two sides perpendicular (make right angles, or angles of 90)

c.

a pentagon with two sides parallel

d.

a regular quadrilateral (What is this shape usually called?)

e.

An equiangular quadrilateral that is not equilateral (What is this shape usually called?)

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f.

An equilateral quadrilateral that is not equiangular (What is this shape usually called?)

g.

a parallelogram that has exactly one right angle

h.

a trapezoid that has equal-sized angles next to one of the parallel sides

i.

an isosceles right triangle

j.

a scalene obtuse triangle

k.

an equilateral right triangle

l.

a rhombus that is also a rectangle

m. an isosceles triangle with all sides the same length

n.

a regular pentagon that is not an equilateral pentagon

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2. The reasoning below gives incorrect conclusions. Explain why and draw pictures.
I dont get it. A hexagon has six sides, and each side has two endpoints, which are vertices of the hexagon.
Six times two is twelve. Why doesnt a hexagon have twelve vertices?

3. Look around the room you are in (or a room in your imagination). What polygons do you see?

4. Sometimes ideas are presented to elementary school children by concept cards. Here is a pair of concept cards
for the ideas of convex polygon and concave polygon:

a.

Draw another example of a convex polygon and of a concave polygon.

b.

How would you describe convex polygons, in your own words? Concave polygons?

c.

Make up a pair of concept cards for the idea of parallelogram.

These are parallelograms

These are not parallelograms

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5. You know that the sizes of all the angles in a triangle add up to 180. Using the quadrilateral
to the right, justify that the sum of the sizes of all the angles in every quadrilateral is 360.
Hint: Draw one diagonal. Does your justification work on quadrilaterals such as the one
shown at the right?

6. Find the missing sizes of the angles marked for each quadrilateral. Show your work below.

k. Make an educated guess (a conjecture) about the sum of the sizes of all the exterior angles of every quadrilateral, using just one
exterior angle at each vertex. Does this apply to any n-gon? Explain.

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7. Show your work.
a. From Activity 2 in 16.1, you likely found that the sum of the sizes of all the angles of a 20-gon is probably 3240. If the angles of
the 20-gon are all the same size, how many degrees are in each angle?

b. If all the angles of a 22-gon are the same size, how many degrees are in each angle?

8. Use Activity 2 in 16.1 to help find the sizes of each of the following angles:
a.

each (interior) angle of an equiangular hexagon

b.

each exterior angle of an equiangular hexagon

c.

each (interior) angle of an equiangular decagon

d.

each exterior angle of an equiangular decagon

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e.

each (interior) angle of an equiangular n-gon

f.

each exterior angle of an equiangular n-gon

16.2
9. Decide whether each statement is always true, sometimes true, or never true. If a statement is sometimes true, sketch an
example of when it is true and an example of when it is not true. Use the proper marks to show congruent sides and angles,
parallel sides, and right angles.
a. A parallelogram is a rectangle.

b. A rectangle is a parallelogram.

c. A trapezoid is a kite.

d. A kite is a trapezoid.

e. A kite is a rhombus.

f. A rhombus is a kite.

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g. A right triangle is an isosceles triangle.

h. An isosceles triangle is a right triangle.

i. An acute triangle is a scalene triangle.

j. A scalene triangle is an acute triangle.

10. What characteristics are shared by trapezoids and parallelograms? Characteristics might include lengths of sides,
sizes of angles, parallelism, length of diagonals, and so on. What characteristics can be different? List at least 3 shared and 3
different characteristics for each.
Shared:

Different:

11. Draw and name an example of each shape, if possible. Use the proper marks to show congruent sides and angles, parallel
sides, and right angles. . If the shape is not possible, explain why.
a. a kite that is also a rhombus

b. an obtuse triangle that is also isosceles

c. a square that is not a parallelogram

d. a parallelogram that is not a square

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12. Here is a Whats My Shape?
a. Uncover the clues one at a time, and see what shapes are possible after each clue. For each clue, write the possible
shapes, then eliminate with each following step.
Clue 1. It is a closed figure with 4 straight sides. Possible shapes: ________________________________________________________________

Clue 2. It has 2 long sides and 2 short sides. Possible shapes: ____________________________________________________________________

Clue 3. The 2 long sides are the same length. Possible shapes: ___________________________________________________________________

Clue 4. The 2 short sides are the same length. Possible shapes: __________________________________________________________________

Clue 5. One of the angles is larger than one of the other angles. Possible shapes: ______________________________________________

Clue 6. Two of the angles are the same size. Possible shapes: ____________________________________________________________________

Clue 7. The other two angles are the same size. Possible shapes: ________________________________________________________________

Clue 8. The 2 long sides are parallel. Possible shapes: ____________________________________________________________________________

Clue 9. The 2 short sides are parallel. Possible shapes: ___________________________________________________________________________

Mystery shape: ________________________________________________________________

b.

Make up a Whats My Shape? by listing at least 5 clues and stating the mystery shape at the end: