8.

What are you

going to learn?
To describe the properties Some of you may have played a
of a kite
To define a kite
kite or seen some people flying kites as
To find the formula of the in the right figure.
area and perimeter of a
kite A
Now, look at the form of a flying
Key Term:
kite and also look at the angles, sides
 kite B D and the length of its diagonals.

Quadrilateral ABCD on Figure

8.6 is a kite with sides AB , BC , CD
C , AD , diagonals AC and BD .
Figure 8.6

Now, you will learn how to find the formula of the area of a
kite.

Mini-Lab
Work in Groups
Materials: grid paper, scissors, and a ruler.
A

B O D

C
(i) (ii) (iii) (iv) (v) (vi) (vii)
On a piece of squared paper, draw a triangle and cut along the triangle. (figure (i)).
2. Draw a line in the center in the width of a rectangle as in Figure (ii) above.
Fold the rectangle based on dotted lines. (Figure (iii))
Draw in dotted lines as in figure (iv) above.
Cut the fold based on the dotted lines, until they form a half kite as in Figure (v).
Open the fold until they form a new quadrilateral as in figure (vi). The quadrilateral is a kite.
Name the kite ABCD and the intersection as point O. (Figure (vii))
Based on this activity, observe which the sides, angles and diagonals are.
What can you conclude about the properties of the kite? Explain.

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 The properties of a kite are as follows.
1. Two pairs of the sides close to each other are
A
equal, namely AB = AD and BC = DC.
2. One pair of backside angles is equal, that is
┐
D B D ABC = ADC.
E
3. One of the diagonals bisects the kite, that is
ABC = ADC or AC is the axis of symmetry.
4. Diagonals are perpendicular to each other and
one of the diagonals bisects the other, that is,
C AC  BD and BE = ED.

Figure 8.7

On the basis of the properties of a kite above, you can describe a

kite.

A quadrilateral with diagonals perpendicular to

each other and one of the diagonals bisects the
Kite other.

The Area of Kite In words:

The area of kite equals a half of the product of
its diagonals.
┐
d2 In symbol:
d1
Suppose A is an area of a kite with its
diagonals d1 dan d2; then
A= xd xd
1 2

Andi made a kite with its diagonals 30 cm and 50 cm long. What

is the area of the kite made by Andi?

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 Solution:
Given : d 1 = 30 and d 2 = 50
Question : The area of the kite
Solution : For example, the area of Andi’s kite is A cm2, then
1
A=  d1 d2
2
1
A=  30  15
2
A = 225
So, the area of Andi’s kite is 225 cm2.

1. Let ABCD be a kite with BE = 15 units, measure of BCA = 30 and DAC =
50. Fill in the blanks below.
ED = BD =
B A
Measure of BAD = 
E
Measure of DCA = 
D
Measure of BEA = 

C
Measure of AED = 
Area of ABC = area of  ?

Area of ADE = area of  ?

2. What are the values of x and y? 3. What are the values of x and y?
130 ?
y

40 y
A
(5x)
3m D 70
40
4. What is the area of kite ABCD? 3m
E x

B 8m

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 P

13 m 5. What is the area of kite PQRS if PQR is a

right angle?
Q S

18 m

Say whether the following statements are true or false.

..…… 6. A kite can be formed by an obtuse-angled triangles
and its mirror on one side of the triangle.
..…… 7. A kite has two equal parallel sides.
..…… 8. A kite has an axis of symmetry.
..…… 9. The sum of four angles in kite is 360.
..…… 10. The sum of opposite angles is 180.

11. Kite XYZW below has diagonals XZ and

YW intersecting at point V. If XZ = 20
cm, YW = 30 cm, and VY = 7 cm, then
XV= , VZ= , WV= , and measure
of YVZ= .
12. Determine the area of kite XYZW above.

13. Critical Thinking. Can two angles close to each other be

supplementary?
14. A kite has its side by side lines of 9 cm and 12 cm in length.
Calculate the perimeter.

15. Critical Thinking. Can two vertical angles of a kite be

supplementary?
16. Show that the area of kite KLMN is 63 cm 2 , if LN = 12 cm, and
KM = 10,5 cm.

17. Critical Thinking. There is a statement that the longest

diagonal of a kite is called the symmetric line of that kite. Is it
true? Explain it.

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