Activity 1: Axiomatic Structure of Geometry

Define the following terms inside the box and come up with a concept map to show the
interrelationship between the different terms.

The Three Undefined Terms The Five Postulates

Axiomatic System Theorem Lemma

Postulate Defined Terms Corollary Axiom

Activity 2: Correspondence and Congruence

1. If ∆𝐴𝐶𝑇 ≅ ∆𝐿𝐸𝑆, complete the congruence statement or find the indicated measure.
A
a. ∠C ≅ ____ S L
b. m∠C = ____ 40°
c. ____ ≅ CT
d. ____ = 9 units 11
e. ∠L ≅ ____ 5
93° C
f. m∠L = ______
g. AT ≅ _____
h. ____= 5 units 9
E
T U

2. TOM  VER and mT = 83, mR=32, TM = 10, RE =14.Complete the congruence
statements and find the indicated measures

a. TO  _____
b. O  _____
c. mM= _____
d. OM = _____
e. VE  _____
f. mE = _____
g. RV = _____
h. T _____

3. If ∆𝐴𝐵𝐶 ≅ ∆𝑃𝑄𝑅 , AB = 8x, BC = 5x - 1, PR = 2x+3, and PQ = 4x + 4. Find AB and PR.

 4. ΔQED ≅ ΔCAT, QE = 9x, ED = 4x+3, DQ = 5x+2, and AT = x+9. Find AC and CT.

5. Triangles ABC and DEF are congruent. If AB = DE, BC = EF, ABC  37 and
EDF  39 , what is the measure of EFD ?

6. Triangles ABC and DEF are congruent. If AB = 19, BC = 17 and CA = 11, what is the
perimeter of triangle DEF?

7. The angles A, B and C are each 45°. ̅̅̅̅

𝐴𝑆 bisects ∠𝐵𝐴𝐶. The segments BS and CS extended
are perpendicular to AC and AB respectively. If AS = 13 cm, what is the distance B to C?

A C

Activity 3: Proving Congruent Triangles

I. Write a two-column proof to prove the following. A

̅̅̅̅ ≅ 𝐴𝐷
1. Given: 𝐴𝐶 ̅̅̅̅, ∠𝐵𝐴𝐶 ≅ ∠𝐸𝐴𝐷
Prove: ADB ACE

B E
C D

L K

2. Given: KLM  LKJ; KJ  LM

N
Prove: MN  JN

M J
3. Prove the Isosceles Triangle Theorem and its converse.

J K
4. Given: NKL  NJM; ̅̅̅̅
𝐾𝐿 ≅ ̅̅̅̅̅
𝐽𝑀

Prove: ̅̅̅̅
𝐿𝑁 ≅ ̅̅̅̅̅̅
𝑀𝑁
L M

5. Given: TM  TA , SM  RA
Prove: ∠S∠R S
M A R

6. Given ∆𝐴𝐵𝐶, 𝐴𝐵 = 𝐴𝐶. F is on side AC and 𝐶𝐹 = 𝐵𝐷. E is the intersection of FD and BC.
Prove that 𝐹𝐸 = 𝐸𝐷

B
C
E

D
II. How many pairs of congruent triangles are there? Identify the congruent triangles and
support each conclusion with the corresponding postulates.

1. In the figure, OA = OB, C is on OA, D is on OB, OC = OD and AD and BC meet at E.

O E

D
B

2. As shown in the figure, ̅̅̅̅

𝐴𝐵 ∥ ̅̅̅̅
𝐶𝐷, ̅̅̅̅
𝐴𝐶 ∥ ̅̅̅̅
𝐵𝐷. Two diagonals AD and BC meet at O.
AE  BC at E and DF  BC at F.

B
A F
O

E D
C

3. As shown in the figure, in AB = BC = CA and AD = BE = CF. None of D, E, F is the midpoint of

any side. AE, BF and CD intersect at M, N and P, respectively.

D
P
F
A
M N

B C
E
D E
4. G is the centroid of isosceles ABC where AB = AC. G

B C
F
III. Solve the following problems.

1. Each side of the square ABCD has length 1 and mPAQ  45 . What is the perimeter of
PQC ?
A D

B Q C

2. In ABC , AC = BC = 5, mACB  80 . O is a point inside ABC . If mOAB  10 and

mOBA  30 , find the length of AO.

A B

3. ∆𝐴𝐵𝐶 is equilateral with perimeter 3 units. ∆𝐵𝐷𝐶 is isosceles with DB = DC and 𝑚∠𝐵𝐷𝐶 =
120°. If points E and F are on AB and AC respectively and 𝑚∠𝐸𝐷𝐹 = 60°, what is the perimeter
of ∆𝐴𝐸𝐹?
A

B C
Activity 4 Right Triangle Congruence

I. Proving Right Triangle Congruence

1. Given: Quadrilateral ROCA, diagonals ̅̅̅̅̅

𝑅𝐶 𝑎𝑛𝑑 ̅̅̅̅
𝑂𝐴 are congruent and
𝑚∠𝑂𝑅𝐴 = m∠𝐶𝐴𝑅 = 90.
Prove: ∆𝑂𝑅𝐴 ≅ ∆CAR

R O

A C

A
2. Given: E and D are right angles, AE = CD
Prove: ABE  CBD

D E B D

3. Given: BC  AD, A  D
Prove: ABC  DBC
C
C B

4. Given: DC = FE, EDF and CFD are right angles F C

Prove: DFC  FDE

D E
5. Given: 𝐴𝐶 = 𝐹𝐸, 𝐶𝐷 = 𝐸𝐵, ∠𝐶 𝑎𝑛𝑑 ∠𝐸 𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑟𝑖𝑔ℎ𝑡 𝑎𝑛𝑔𝑙𝑒𝑠 A
Prove: 𝛥𝐴𝐶𝐵 ≅ 𝛥𝐹𝐸𝐷 A

B
E
C D
6. Given: 𝐴𝐶 ⊥ 𝐷𝐵 at O, DB and AC bisect each other. D
Prove: ∆ 𝐴𝑂𝐷 ≅ ∆𝐶𝑂𝐵 A

B
C

7. In triangle ABC, BD = CE, DM = ME. Prove that triangle ABC is an isosceles triangle.
A

B C
M

8. Given isosceles right triangle ABC with AB as the hypotenuse. D is the midpoint of BC
and CE is perpendicular to AD. Prove that ∠𝐶𝐷𝐹 ≅ ∠𝐵𝐷𝐸.

E
F

B
C D
III. Solve the following problems.
1. Solve the following. For numbers 1 to 10 refer to the given figure below.

CD  AB, BE  AC A
CD  BE, BD = 5x –7
CE = 2x + 14, DF = 2x + 5, E
D
EF = 3x – 2.

1. Find x. F
2. Find BD
3. BDC  CEB by _____ theorem. B C
4. Find DF
5. DFB  EFC by _____ theorem.

CD  AB, BE  AC
AC  AB, AD = 4x –5
AE = 2x + 7, mA = 3x +8.

6. Find x.
7. Find AD
8. Find mA
9. Find mC
10. AEB  ADC by _____ theorem.

2. Let ABCD be a square. P is on side AB with AP = 2BP. Point Q is on side BC with BQ =

2CQ. What is the sum of the measures of the angles QAB , PDQ and PCB .

D C

A P B
3. In the figure, ABC , AD  BC at D, BE  AC at E, AD and BE meet at F. If BF = AC,
find mABC .
A

E
F

B C
D

4. In ABC , mACB  60 , mBAC  75 , AD  BC at D, BE  AC at E and AD and

BE meet at H. Find mCHD .
A

H E

B D C

5. In ABC , mBAC  120 , AD  BC at D. If AB + BD = CD, find mC .

B C
D
 6. ∆𝐴𝐵𝐶 is equilateral. Points D and E are on AC and AB respectively. BD and CE intersect
at F. If the area of quadrilateral ADFE is equal to the area of ∆𝐵𝐹𝐶. Find the measure of
∠𝐵𝐹𝐸 .

D
F

B C

Activity 5 Triangle Inequalities Contest Round

1. List the angles in order from least to greatest

measure.

2. Which side of the triangle below is the smallest?

3. Which of the following could be the lengths of the sides of a triangle?

a. 3, 8, 12
b. 4, 7, 9
c. 3, 5, 1
d. 6, 15, 17
4. If A, B and D are three points such that G – K – H, which of the following is always true?
a. GK = KH
b. GK < KH
c. GK > GH
d. KH < GH

5. In ∆𝑃𝐺𝑅, 𝑚∠𝑃 = 72, 𝑚∠𝐺 = 37. What is the longest side of the triangle?
6. In the figure below, what range of length is possible for the third side, x, to be.

7. Given triangles ABC and DFE, AC  DF , CB  FE , m∠ACB = 85° m∠DFE = 41°, DE = 21.
Which of the following is a possible measure of AB?

a. 11 b. 15 c. 21 d. 27
8. Given the parcel of land illustrated by the figure below, give the inequality that describes
the possible values of x.

9. Given the piece of farming lot illustrated by the figure below, give the inequality that
describes the possible values of x.

(3x – 9)°
36°

11
11

10. From the park, Jam rides his bike due north for 3 kilometers, then turns N 120° W for 1.25
kilometers. Jepson leaves the park and rides his bike due south for 3 kilometers then turns
due east for 1.25 kilometers. Which biker is now farther from the park?

11. In the figure below, which is the longest segment?

R
60°
P 46°
 90° 25°
M K
12. In the figure below which angle is the largest acute angle?
K

15 13
12

G 9 M 5 H

13. DJ has two bamboo sticks with measures 32cm and 19cm, if he will make a triangular
picture frame, how many possible picture frames can he make, if the third side has integral
length?

14. In the figure, what is the range of possible values of AC?

A 4 B

8.5
6

D 11 C

15. A 144 inch piece of wire is bent to form a triangle with integral lengths. How many isosceles
triangles can be formed?
Activity 6 Triangle Inequalities Proving and Problem Solving

J
1. ∠S  ∠R Given: ∠KLM  ∠KMJ
Prove: m∠JKM > m∠KMJ
K

2. AD || BE , C is the midpoint of AE

Prove: AC + CB > AD

B
3. AD  CD , mBDC  110
Prove: CB > AB
A C
D

⃡ not on 𝐵𝐶
4. In ∆𝐴𝐵𝐶, 𝐴𝐵 = 𝐴𝐶; D is any point of 𝐵𝐶 ̅̅̅̅ . Prove that 𝐷𝐴 > 𝐴𝐶.

5. Prove that the sum of the distances from a point in the interior of a triangle to the ends
of one side is less than the sum of the lengths of the other two sides of the triangle.