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Goal 2 Geometry, Measurement, And Reasoning

Expectation 2.1 The student will represent and analyze two- and three-dimensional figures using tools and technology when appropriate.

Indicator 2.1.1 The student will analyze the properties of geometric figures.

Assessment Limits:

  • Essential properties, relationships, and geometric models include the following:
    • Congruence and similarity
    • line/segment/plane relationships (parallel, perpendicular, intersecting, bisecting, midpoint, median, altitude)
    • point relationships (collinear, coplanar)
    • angles and angle relationships (vertical, adjacent, complementary, supplementary, obtuse, acute, right, interior, exterior)
    • angle relationships with parallel lines
    • polygons (regular, non-regular, composite, equilateral, equiangular)
    • geometric solids (cones, cylinders, prisms, pyramids, composite figures)
    • circle/sphere (tangent, radius, diameter, chord, secant, central/inscribed angle, inscribed, circumscribed).

Selected Response Item - Released in 2004

LN is the perpendicular bisector of KM. LN also bisects angleKLM, as shown in the diagram below.

What type of triangle must ΔKLM be?

  1. right
  2. equilateral
  3. scalene
  4. isosceles
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Correct Answer:
D

Selected Response Item - Released in 2004

Shannon is making a box. One of the faces, PQRS, is an isosceles trapezoid with the measurements shown below. Shannon wants to put a shelf in the middle to hold plants.

What is the width (w) of the shelf?

  1. 9 ½ inches
  2. 11 inches
  3. 13 ½ inches
  4. 16 inches
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Correct Answer:
C

Selected Response Item - Released in 2004

In the figure below, line is parallel to line m.

Which of these best describes the relationship between angle1 and angle2?

  1. congruent angles
  2. adjacent angles
  3. corresponding angles
  4. supplementary angles
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Correct Answer:
A

Extended Constructed Response (ECR) Item - Released in 2004

Kerry plans to build a picnic table. She needs to create a drawing of the picnic table surface.

Complete the following on a piece of paper and/or in the answer box below:

  • Draw a regular hexagon with side lengths of 4 centimeters each. Label the vertices of your hexagon A, B, C, D, E, and F. Label the center of your hexagon O. Explain the steps you used in your drawing.
     
  • Classify ΔAOF according to its sides and/or angles. Use mathematics to justify your answers.
     
  • Classify ΔABD according to its sides and/or angles. Use mathematics to justify your answer.
     
  • Classify ΔABC according to its sides and/or angles. Use mathematics to justify your answer.
     

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Selected Response Item - Released in 2003

Which of these regular polygons has an interior angle measuring 120°?

  1. hexagon
  2. pentagon
  3. octagon
  4. decagon
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Correct Answer:
A

Selected Response Item - Released in 2003

In the figure below, UR is the midsegment of trapezoid PQST.

Note: The figure is not drawn to scale.

What is the value of x?

  1. 8.5
  2. 11.5
  3. 13
  4. 17
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Correct Answer:
C

Selected Response Item - Released in 2003

Which of these quadrilaterals has exactly one pair of opposite sides that are parallel?

  1. rectangle
  2. rhombus
  3. trapezoid
  4. parallelogram
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Correct Answer:
C

Extended Constructed Response (ECR) Item - Released in 2003

A community pool is equidistant from the three schools shown below.

Complete the following in the answer box below, and/or on a piece of paper:
  • Use geometric construction to determine the location of the pool.
     
  • Explain the steps you used in your construction. Use words, symbols, or both in your explanation.
     
  • Justify that the location you found is equidistant from all three schools.
     

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Selected Response Item - Released in 2001

Circle O intersects line m at point P as shown below.

Which of these terms best describes line m?

  1. secant
  2. radius
  3. chord
  4. tangent
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Correct Answer:
D

Selected Response Item - Released in 2001

Lines l and m are parallel and line t is a transversal.

Which pair of angles must be supplementary?

  1. angle 1 and angle 6
  2. angle 3 and angle 5
  3. angle 3 and angle 7
  4. angle 4 and angle 5
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Correct Answer:
B

Extended Constructed Response (ECR) Item - Released in 2001

The Department of Public Works wants to put a water treatment plant at a point that is an equal distance from each of the three towns it will service. The location of each of the towns is shown below.

Use the answer box to complete the following. (You will also need to use additional paper to complete the answer satisfactorily.)

  • Locate the point that is an equal distance from each of the towns.
     
  • Explain how you determined this location. Use words, symbols, or both in your explanation.
     
  • Use mathematics to justify your answer.

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Selected Response Item - Released in 2002

In the diagram below, points J, M, and L are collinear.

What is the measure of ?

  1. 32°
  2. 40°
  3. 58°
  4. 75°
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Correct Answer:
A

Selected Response Item - Released in 2002

M, P, Q, and R are midpoints of the sides of rectangle WXYZ.

What is the measure of ?

  1. 40°
  2. 80°
  3. 100°
  4. 120°
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Correct Answer:
C

Selected Response Item - Released in 2002

In the figure shown below, lines and are parallel.

What is the value of ?

  1. 20°
  2. 60°
  3. 80°
  4. 100°
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Correct Answer:
B

Extended Constructed Response (ECR) Item - Released in 2002

The floor plan for an office in a new building is shown below. The interior designer wishes to place a desk so that it is equidistant from all the walls in the office.

Complete the following in the answer box below:
  • Use construction techniques to locate the point where the desk should be.
  • Explain the steps you used in your construction. Use words, symbols, or both in your explanation.
  • Use mathematics to justify that the location of the desk is equidistant from the walls of the office.

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Selected Response Item - Released in 2005

Look at the figure below. Line k is parallel to line l. Line s and line t are transversals that intersect line l at point P.

Which of these statements must be true?

  1. mangle4 = mangle6
  2. mangle2 = mangle6
  3. mangle3 = mangle4 + mangle5
  4. mangle1 = mangle4 + mangle5
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Correct Answer:
D

Selected Response Item - Released in 2005

Which of these types of quadrilaterals will always be similar to other quadrilaterals of the same type?

  1. parallelograms
  2. rectangles
  3. rhombuses
  4. squares
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Correct Answer:
D

Selected Response Item - Released in 2005

In the figure below,

  • angleS  is congruent to angleT
     
  • RS = 3x; and
     
  • RT = 4x - 2.
     

What is the value of x?

  1. 2
  2. 5
  3. 6
  4. 10
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Correct Answer:
A

Selected Response Item - Released in 2000

Line l is parallel to line m. Line t is a transversal with angle measures as indicated below.

What is the value of x?

  1. 16
  2. 20
  3. 25
  4. 32
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Correct Answer:
B

Extended Constructed Response (ECR) Item - Released in 2000

Use the segment below to complete each of the following constructions.

Complete the following in the answer box below:

  • Using segment AB, construct equilateral triangle ABC. Use mathematics to explain the process you used to construct the triangle. Use words, symbols, or both in your explanation.
     
  • Construct circle O so that ΔABC is inscribed in circle O. Use mathematics to explain your process. Use words, symbols, or both in your explanation.
     

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Selected Response Item - Released in 2000

Quadrilateral WXYZ is a rhombus, but it is not a square.

Which of these statements is not true?

  1. WY is congruent to XZ.
  2. angleX is congruent to angleZ.
  3. WX is parallel to YZ.
  4. WY is perpendicular to XZ.
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Correct Answer:
A

Selected Response Item - Released in 2000

Circle O is shown below.

Which of these terms best describes MN?

  1. diameter
  2. radius
  3. tangent
  4. chord
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Correct Answer:
D

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