Key to Geometry’ Constructions By Newton Hawley and Patrick Suppes Revised by George Gearhart and Peter Rasmussen Name ClassKEY TO GEOMETRY Book 3: Constructions TABLE OF CONTENTS Constructing a Segment Congruent toa Given Segment.......... 3 Constructing Equilateral Triangles.........660ccceeessseeerereee 6 Review....0.... ee ee ui Constructing a Triangle Congruent to a Given Triangle . 12 Doubling Segments. eee 7 Tripling Segments Mal REVIEW eee veces 1.26 Bisecting Segments n27) Review... : 38 Comparing Angies 39 Bisecting Angles. . . 44 REVIEW. vse .50 Practice Test .. 53 TO THE STUDENT: Those books will help you to discover for yourself many important relationships of geometry. Your tools will be the same as those used by the Greek mathematicians more than 2000 years ago. These tools are a compass and a straightedge. In adaittion, you will need a sharpened pencil. The lessons that follow will help you make drawings from which you may learn the most. The answer books show one way the pages may be completed correctly, It is possible that your work is correct even though it is different. If your answer differs, re-read the instructions to make sure you followed them step by step. you did. you ate probably correct. Theles of Miletus was 0 Greek philosopher. He lived arcund 600 2, over 2500 yoors ago, Before Thales people thought of gecm ely onyy In concrete ond practical ways. Aine was Gsietched rope or Ihe edge of @ eld, Thales began the Greek Hrodtion of sidying the principles of Geometry separate from the application of gear. eI ‘tryin the physical word. Thales traveled widely In Egypt ond the 8 Middle Eas! where he studied Egyplion mathematics. When he re B huned to Greece he brought many Egyptian discoveries in geometry 2 Dock with Pin EF Con the cover ofthis bockietTholes uses hs knowledge of geometty 12 5 measure the height of 2 pyramid. ay placing @ slick in the ground 3 ‘ond measuring he height ol the stick the length ofthe sticks shadow 3 fond the length of the pyramia's shadow, Thales can colcuiote the & height of he pyromick Copyright© 1973, 1972 by Helden Day, Inc. lights reserved. © Kay to Fractions, Key 9 Decimals, Key to Parcants, Key ta Algebra, Key to Gsomety, Key to Measurement, and Key t Metric Measurement ara ragistarad tadamarks of Key Curiculum Proce, Pubished by Key Currculum Press, 1150 65m Street, Emeryville, CA 94608 Printed in the United States of America 30 29 28 27 26 25 24 29 22 02 01 00 99 Isen ogiss8479-2Constructing a Segment Congruent to a Given Segment 1. Draw a circle with radius AB. 2. Draw a circle with center C and radius congruent to AB. a 3. Label as D a point of intersection of this circle and the line. 4. ls CD congruent to AB?