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Math A Regents January 2002 8. What is the greatest possible number of points of intersection of a triangle and a circle? (1) 6 (2) 2 (3) 3 (4) 4 2

Day 2

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Math A Regents June 2001 22. In the accompanying diagram, parallel lines AB and CD are intersected by transversal EF at points X and Y, and mFYD = 123. Find mAXY.

E X A B

Y C D 123 F

Math A Regents January 2002 29. In the accompanying diagram, AB and CD intersect at E. If m AEC = 4x – 40 and mBED = x + 50, find the number of degrees in AEC.

C B E (4x – 40) ( x + 50 )

A D 3

Day 3

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Math A Regents January 2001 2. In right triangle ABC, mC = 3y – 10, mB = y +40, and mA = 900.What type of triangle is triangle ABC?

(1) scalene (2) isosceles (3) equilateral (4) obtuse

Math A Regents January 2002 23. Vertex angle A of isosceles triangle ABC measures 200 more three times m B. Find mC. 4

Day 4

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Math A Regents January 2002 16. In the accompanying diagram, ABCD is a straight line, and angle E in triangle BEC is a right angle. What does a0 + d0 equal?

A (1) 135 B a0 (2) 160 b0

(3) 180

(4) 270 E d0 C

D 5

Day 5

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Math A Regents June 2000 27. Hersch says that if a triangle is an obtuse triangle, then it cannot also be an isosceles triangle. Using a diagram, show that Hersch is incorrect, and indicate the measures of all the angles and sides to justify your answer.

Math A Regents January 2001 28. In the accompanying figure, two lines intersect, m3 = 6t +30, and m2 = 8t –60. Find the number of degrees in m 4.

3 1 2

4 6

Day 6

Hint: Supply students with geo-paper for HW 6

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Math A Regents August 2001 9. The sum of the measures of the interior angles of an octagon is (1) 180 0 (2) 3600 (3) 5400 (4) 10800

Worksheet: Math A Questions 7

Day 6.5

Hint: Take an additional calendar day for “Special Right Triangles”

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Math A Regents June 2001 7. In isosceles triangle DOG, the measure of the vertex angle is three times the measure of one of the base angles. Which statement about triangle DOG is true? (1) Triangle DOG is a scalene triangle (2) Triangle DOG is an acute triangle (3) Triangle DOG is a right triangle (4) Triangle DOG is an obtuse triangle

“Special Right Triangles” Objective: To discover the special properties of 30-60-90 and 45-45-90 right triangles

Materials needed: protractors, rulers, graph paper

Activity I

Have students draw a right triangle with two equal legs. (Use graph paper or rulers to measure sides.) Have students measure the angles and sides. Have students come up with conjectures about an isosceles right triangle. Students should discover that:  hypotenuse = leg times  2 and hypotenuse  each leg = 2

Activity II

Have students draw a right triangle in which one leg is twice as long as the other leg. Have students measure the sides and angles Have students arrive at conjectures concerning 30-60-90 triangles State the special properties of a 30-60-90 right triangle.

Worksheet: Special Right Triangles 8

Day 7

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In the diagram, mACD = 1300, and mB = 250 What is the mA?

A

D B C

Math A Regents June 1999 12. In the accompanying diagram of A B C, is extended to D, exterior angle C B D measures 145°, and mC = 75.

What is mC A B?

( 1 ) 35 ( 3 ) 110 ( 2 ) 70 ( 4 ) 220

Worksheet: Parallelograms and Trapezoids - MATH A QUESTIONS 9

Day 7.5

Hint: Take an additional day for Properties of Parallelograms and Trapezoids

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Math A Regents June 1999 16. In the accompanying figure, ACDH and BCEF are rectangles, AH = 2, GH = 3, GF = 4, and FE = 5. What is the area of BCDG?

(1) 6 (2) 8 (3) 10 (4) 20

OBJECTIVE: Properties of parallelograms and trapezoids

ACTIVITY I What is special about parallelograms? Hand out graph paper and have students draw parallelograms of various sizes. Why is a figure called a parallelogram? Have students measure the sides, angles and diagonals. What conjectures can they make?

ACTIVITY II What is special about trapezoids? Have students draw different trapezoids. Have the students measure the sides, angles and diagonals of a trapezoid What seems to be true about trapezoids ?

ACTIVITY III What is special about isosceles trapezoids? Have each student draw different isosceles trapezoids Have students measure the sides, angles, and diagonals of the trapezoids. What seems to be true about isosceles trapezoids have? 10

Day 8

Hint: Draw triangles for HW 8 in class.

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Math A Regents January 2002 22. A 12-foot tree casts a 16-foot shadow. How many feet tall is a nearby tree that casts a 20-foot shadow at the same time?

Math A Regents June 2001 34. The plan of a parcel of land is represented by trapezoid ABCD in the accompanying diagram. If the area of triangle ABE is 600 square feet, find the minimum number of feet of fence to completely enclose the entire parcel of land, ABCD.

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Day 9

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Math A Regents June 2001 24. If a girl 1.2 meters tall casts a shadow 2 meters long, how many meters tall is a tree that casts a shadow 75 meters long at the same time?

Math A Regents June 2001 7. In isosceles triangle DOG, the measure of the vertex angle is three times the measure of one of the base angles. Which statement about triangle DOG is true?

(1) Triangle DOG is a scalene triangle. (2) Triangle DOG is an acute triangle. (3) Triangle DOG is a right triangle. (4) Triangle DOG is an obtuse triangle.

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Day 10

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Math A Regents August 2001 33. A ship on the ocean surface detects a sunken ship on the ocean floor at an angle of depression of 500. The distance between the ship on the surface and the sunken ship on the ocean floor is 200 meters. If the ocean floor is level in this area, how far above the ocean floor, to the nearest meter, is the ship on the surface?

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Day 11

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Hints: 1) Complete Tri-Square Rug Games in 1 day and have students observe patterns that form right, obtuse, and acute triangles 2) Formalize no later than next day 3) Start recording impossible rugs in class 4) Start recording Pythagorean triples ex: 3,4,5; 5,12,13; 8,15,17

Math A Regents June 2001 32. Keesha wants to tile the floor shown in the accompanying diagram. If each tile measures 1 foot by 1 foot and costs $2.99, what wil be the total cost, including an 8% sales tax for tiling the floor?

3 ft.

10 ft.

4 ft.

7 ft.

Test: Mid Unit Assessment 14

Day 12

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Math A Regents Test 1 # 25 A ramp has to be constructed for a new public building. The ramp should have an incline of exactly 150. The building is located 45 feet from the road. What is the length of the ramp to the nearest tenth of a foot?

ramp

15 45 feet

Worksheet: Pythagorean Theorem Worksheet 15

Day 13

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Math A Regents June 2001 15. A woman has a ladder that is 13 feet long. If she sets the base of the ladder on level ground 5 feet from the side of a house, how many feet above the ground will the top of the ladder be when it rests against the house?

(1) 8 (2) 9 (3) 11 (4) 12 16

Day 14

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Math A Regents January 2002 27. The plot of land illustrated in the accompanying diagram has a perimeter of 34 yards. Find the length, in yards of each side of the figure. Could these measures actually be the measures of the sides of a triangle? Explain your answer.

3x – 1 x + 3

4x

Quiz: Pythagorean Theorem 17

Day 14.5

Hint: Take an additional calendar day to teach Properties of a Rectangle, Rhombus and Square

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Math A Regents Aug. 2001 21. Triangle ABC, with side AC extended to D, is shown in the accompanying diagram. If m ABC = 63 and mBCD = 92, what is mBAC?

B

A 920 C D

PROPERTIES OF A RECTANGLE, A RHOMBUS, AND A SQUARE

What are the properties of rectangles? Hand out graph paper to students and have students draw different rectangles. Have students measure the sides, angles, and diagonals of the rectangle. What conjectures can be made about rectangles?

What is the definition of a rhombus? Have students draw different rhombuses. Have students measure the sides, angles, and diagonals of the rhombus. Ask students to measure the angles formed by the crossing diagonals. What conjectures can be made about rhombuses?

What are the properties of a square? Have each students draw different squares. Have students measure the sides, angles, and diagonals of the square. What conjectures can be made about squares?

Have student draw a Venn Diagram or Tree Diagram for Quadrilaterals

Worksheet: QUADRILATERALS Math A-like Questions – Day 14.5 18

Day 15

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Math A Regents June 2002 31. As seen in the accompanying diagram, a person can travel from New York City to Buffalo by going north 170 miles to Albany and then west 280 miles to Buffalo.

Buffalo 280 miles Albany

170 miles

x

New York City a. If an engineer wants to design a highway to connect New York City directly to Buffalo, at what angle, x, would she need to build the highway? Find the angle to the nearest degree.

b. To the nearest mile, how many miles would be saved by traveling directly from New York City to Buffalo rather than by traveling first to Albany and then to Buffalo? 19

Day 16

Hints: 1) Start HW 16 in class. 2) Define aesthetic 3) Verbalize how to get length from width

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Math A Regents August 2001 3. Which expression is rational? ______(1)  (2)  (1/2) (3)  3 (4)  (1/4) 20

Day 17

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Math A Regents January 2000 12. The expression 93 is a number between

(1) 3 and 9 (2) 8 and 9 (3) 9 and 10 (4) 46 and 47 21

Day 18

Hints: 1) Copy pentagon on p.134 and distribute to class 2) Make triangle on p.135 out of cardboard and then rotate it 3) More Opinions About Corrals p. 137 Have students write in a neat, organized fashion Go over each step and post on Chart paper

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Math A Regents January 2000 2. Which number has the greatest value? 2  (1) 1 (2) 2 (3) (4) 1.5 3 2 22

Day 19

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Math A Regents August 2001 1. The perimeter of an equilateral triangle varies directly as the length of a side. When the length of a side is doubled, the perimeter of the triangle is

(1) halved (2) doubled (3) multiplied by 3 (4) divided by 3 23

Day 20

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Math A Regents June 2002 Regents 8. Two triangles are similar. The lengths of the sides of the smaller triangle are 3, 5, and 6, and the length of the longest side of the larger triangle is 18. What is the perimeter of the larger triangle?

(1) 1 (2) 18 (3) 24 (4) 42

Math A Regents January 2002 12 What is the area of a square whose perimeter is represented by 12x? (1) 6x  2 (2) 9 x2 (3) 12 x3 94) 144 x2

We have 300 feet of fencing material. Determine the side of a regular a) triangle b) square c) pentagon

Quiz: RADICALS

1. Math A Regents August 2000 # 16The expression 2 5  2 is equivalent to

(1) 2 48 (2) 10 (3) 9 2 (4) 49 2

2. Math A Regents Jan. 2001 # 2 If x  0, the expression ( x)( 2x ) is equivalent to ______(1)  2 x (2) 2x (3) x2  2 (4) x  2

3. Math A Regents August 2001 # 2 Which expression is rational ? ______(1)  (2)  1 / 2 (3)  3 (4)  1 / 4 ______4. Math A Regents June 1999 # 20 The expression  27 +  12 is equivalent to ______(1) 5  3 (2) 13  3 (3) 5  6 (4)  39 24

Day 21

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Hints: Distribute special enlarged graph paper for HW 21 POW 10 Possible Patches – Optional (if time permits)

Math A Regents January 2002 2. If the lengths of a right triangle are 5 and 7, what is the length of the hypotenuse? ______(1)  2 (2) 2  3 (3) 2  6 (4)  74 25

Day 22

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Math A Regents June 2001 9. Factor completely: 3x 2 - 27

(1) 3 ( x – 3 )2 (2) 3 ( x2 - 27 ) (3) 3 (x + 3 ) (x – 3)(4) ( 3x + 3) ( x – 9) 26

Day 23

Hint: Have students develop shortcut for A Voluminous Task (top = bottom; front = back; left side = right side)

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Math A Regents August 1999 27. A person standing on level ground is 2000 feet away from the foot of a 420-foot-tall building as shown is the accompanying diagram. To the nearest degree what is the value of x ?

420

x 2,000 ft 2,000 ft. 27

Day 24

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Math A Regents August 1999 34. Mr. Gonzalez owns a triangular plot of land BCD with DB = 25 yards and BC = 16 yards. He wishes to purchase the adjacent plot of land in the shape of right triangle ABD, as shown in the accompanying diagram, with AD = 15 yards. If the purchase is made, what will be the total number of square yards in the area of the plot of land, triangle ACD?

D

15 yd 25yd

A B 16 yd C 28

Day 25

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Math A Regents August 2001 5. In the accompanying diagram, a circle with radius 4 is inscribed in a square. What is the area of the shaded region?

4 29

Day 26

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Math A Regents June 2002 28. As shown in the accompanying diagram, radio station KMA is increasing its radius from 40 miles to 50 miles. How many additional square miles of listening area, to the nearest tenth, will the radio station gain?

Station KMA 30

Day 27

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Math A Regents June 1999 27. The dimensions of a brick, in inches, are 2 by 4 by 8. How many such bricks are needed to have a total volume of exactly 1 cubic foot?

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Day 28

Hint: Remind students that HW 28 is a required part of Portfolio

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Math A Regents January 2002 27. In the accompanying diagram, a rectangular container with the dimensions 10 inches by 15 inches by 20 inches is to be filled with water, using a cylindrical cup whose radius is 2 inches and whose height is 5 inches. What is the maximum number of full cups of water that can be placed into the container without the water overflowing the container?

Radius ( 2 in)

20 in 5 in

10 15 in 32

Day 29

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Math A Regents January 2001 23. A cardboard box has length x – 2, width x + 1, and height 2x. a) Write an expression, in terms of x, to represent the volume of the box. b) If x = 8 centimeters, what is the number of cubic centimeters in the volume the box?

Day 30

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Day 31

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Math A Regents January 2000 30. The volume of a rectangular pool is 1080 cubic meters. Its length, width, and depth are in the ratio 10: 4: 1. Find the number of meters in each of the three dimensions of the pool.

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