SSS, SAS, ASA

By Kitty The angle on a straight line add up to 180°.

Constructing a triangle

Notice: we must leave in all construction

marks, as evidence of your working, and
The sum of the angles around a point is 360°.
make sure they are thin, clean and clear.
Geometrical constructions
If a point is above a line, shortest distance
Angle facts
from the point to the line is the
perpendicular distance between the point
and the line. Perpendicular distance

A scale drawing is an accurate Opposite angles, also called vertically

representation of a real object. Scale drawing opposite angles, are equal.

Corresponding angles are equal.

Measuring and drawing angles Alternate angles are equal.

Angles in parallel lines

Interior angles add to 180°.

The bearing of A from B is 065°
The bearing of B from A is 245°

Tips: ① Make sure viewpoint

② Turn clockwise
Bearing
The sum of angles in a triangle is 180°.
③ From north
④ 3 figure bearing

Angles in triangle Equilateral triangle 等边

Isosceles triangle 等腰
Special triangles
Right-angled triangle 直⻆
A cube has six square faces
Scalene triangles 不等边
A cuboid has six rectangular faces
Geometrical and drawing angles
The four angles of a quadrilateral add up to 360°.
Each of these solid shapes can be
Nets
made from a net. A prism has a uniform cross-section
Two pair of parallel sides
Angle properties
A pyramid has a polygonal base and
triangular faces that meet at the vertex. Four equal sides

Any two two-dimensional shapes that are

3-1 Basic geometry Rhombus
Opposite angles are equal
exactly the same size and shape are
congruent - they are identical in every way. Diagonals bisect each other at 90°

Angles in a quadrilateral
SSS Diagonals bisect each of the angles at the
Congruent shapes
four vertices
SAS
Congruent triangle Two pairs of parallel sides
ASA
Opposite sides are equal
RHS Parallelogram
Opposite angles are equal

Special quadrilateral Diagonals bisect each other

Two shapes are similar if one is an enlargement of the other.

AAA Similar shapes Two pairs of equal adjacent sides

Similar triangles have three matching angles. If the linear scale factor Similar triangle Opposite angles between the sides of
is k then the area scale factor is k^2, and the volume factor is k^3. Kite
different lengths are equal

Diagonals intersect at 90°

One pair of parallel sides

Trapezium The angles at the ends of the line running

The angle subtended by an arc (or chord) at across the parallel lines are interior angles
the centre of a circle is twice the angle and add up to 180°
subtended at the circumference.
For any polygon, the sum of the exterior
Angles in a circle
The angles subtended at the circumference angles is always 360°.
by an arc (or chord) are equal.
The sum, S, of the interior angles for an n-
sided polygon is given by the formula : S=
180(n-2)°.

A chord cuts a circle into two segments.

The angle between a tangent and the Each interior angle:
chord is equal to the angle subtended
from the ends of the chord in the alternate
segment. Alternate segments
Angles of polygons Square 正⽅形
Regular polygon Pentagon 正五边形
正多边形
Circle
Hexagon 正六边形
① If a radius is drawn to meet the point of Octagon 正⼋边形
contact it forms a right angle with the
tangent.
② Two tangents drawn from a common Decagon 正⼗边形
point are of equal length.
irregular polygon

Tangents and diameters

Triangles drawn on a diameter always
have a right angle at the circumference.

A cyclic quadrilateral is one in which all four vertitces

lie on the circumference of a circle.

Cyclic quadrilaterals
The opposite angels of a cyclic
quadrilateral add up to 180°