TRIANGLES

I CAN DIFFERENTIATE
BETWEEN THE DIFFERENT
TYPES OF TRIANGLES.
 ESSENTIAL
QUESTIONS:
What is a triangle?

How do you classify triangles?

What is an acute triangle?

What is a right triangle?
What is an obtuse triangle?

What is an isoscelse triangle?

What is an equilateral triangle?
What is a scalene triangle?
 Triangles are everywhere.
They can be found bracing a bridge.
 Triangles can be found racking up
billiard balls.
Triangles can
be classified
by sides.

OR

Triangles can
be classified
by angles.
 TRIANGLES BY SIDES
SCALENE

ISOSCELES

EQUILATERAL
 SCALENE TRIANGLE
WHEN 3 PEOPLE
GET ON THE
SCALES TO SEE
HOW MUCH THEY
WEIGHT, EACH
ONE WEIGHS A
DIFFERENT
AMOUNT.
SO
 A scalene triangle
has no equal sides.
All sides are
different lengths.
 ISOSCELES TRIANGLES

Isosceles triangles
have 2 equal sides.
The angles opposite
the equal sides are
also equal.
B = C
AB = AC
EQUILATERAL
TRIANGLES
All 3 sides of an
equilateral
triangle are equal.
Each angle of an
equilateral
triangle are equal.
Each angle must
be 60 degrees.
 Now lets review.

What kind of triangle has all 3 sides

and angles equal?
EQUILATERAL TRIANGLE
 What kind of triangle has all sides a
different length ?
SCALENE TRIANGLE
 What kind of triangle has 2 equal
sides?
AN ISOSCELES TRIANGLE
TRIANGLES BY ANGLES
Acute

Right

Obtuse
 A right triangle has one 90 degree
or RIGHT angle.
ACUTE TRIANGLES
3 ANGLES LESS THAN 90 DEGREES.
OBTUSE TRIANGLE
An obtuse triangle has one obtuse
angle.
WHAT TYPE OF TRIANGLE IS
THIS?
Use right, obtuse, or acute.
WHAT TYPE OF TRIANGLE IS
THIS?
Use right, obtuse, or acute.
WHAT TYPE OF TRIANGLE IS
THIS?
Use right, obtuse, or acute.
WHAT TYPE OF TRIANGLE IS
THIS?
Use right, obtuse, or acute.
WHAT TYPE OF TRIANGLE IS
THIS?
Use right, obtuse, or acute.
WHAT TYPE OF TRIANGLE IS
THIS?
Use isosceles, scalene, or

equilateral.
WHAT TYPE OF TRIANGLE IS
THIS?
Use isosceles, scalene, or
equalateral.
WHAT TYPE OF TRIANGLE IS
THIS?
Use isosceles, scalene, or
eqilateral.
WHAT TYPE OF TRIANGLE IS
THIS?
Use isosceles, scalene, or
equilateral.
WHAT TYPE OF TRIANGLE IS
THIS?
Use isosceles, scalene, or
equilateral.
WHICH ONE OF THESE IS
LABELED INCORRECTLY?

Right Triangle Equilateral Triangle Scalene Triangle

 FOLLOW UP
Draw an acute triangle.
Draw a right triangle.
Draw an obtuse triangle.

Draw an isoscelse triangle.

Draw an equilateral triangle.
Draw a scalene triangle.

Answer the following questions:

Can you have an acute, scalene triangle?

Can you have a right isoscelese triangle?
Can you have an obtuse, equilateral triangle?
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