CIRCLES AND SPHERES CHAPTER 1

DEFINITIONS
OF CIRCLE
AND SPHERE
A circle is the collection of all the
points in a plane that are at certain
fixed distance away from a certain
fixed point in the plane.
Center is the fixed point of the
circle, and the fixed distance is
called the radius of the circle
(plural: radii).
The diameter of a circle is two
times its radius. Informally, the
diameter is the distance “all the way
across” the circle, going through the
center.
DEFINITIONS
OF CIRCLE
AND SPHERE
A sphere is the collection of all the
points in space that are a certain
fixed distance away from a certain
fixed point in space.
Center is the fixed point and
radius is the fixed distance from
the center of the sphere to any point
on the sphere.
The diameter of a sphere is two
times its radius.
DRAWING
CIRCLES
AND
SPHERES
HOW CAN CIRCLES OR
SPHERES MEET?
HOW CAN CIRCLES OR
SPHERES MEET?
 TRIANGLES,
QUADRILATERALS
AND POLYGONS
QUADRILATERALS

A plane shape or two – dimensional shape (or 2D shape, or just

shape) is a flat shape that lies in a plane and is connected and
closed, meaning it has no “loose, dangling ends.”
 WHAT ARE
QUADRILAT
ERALS?
A quadrilateral is a closed
shape in a plane consisting of 4
line segments that do not cross
each other.
The name quadrilateral makes
sense because it means four
sided (quad – four, latus –
side)
 SPECIAL
QUADRILATERALS
CLASSIFYING
SPECIAL
QUADRILATE
RALS
SPECIAL QUADRILATERALS
CLASSIFYING
SPECIAL
QUADRILATE
RALS
 WHAT ARE A triangle is a closed two –
dimensional shape made of 3
TRIANGLES? line segments.
 1. Right triangle – a triangle that has a right angle (90 degrees). In
a right triangle, the side opposite the right angle is called the
hypotenuse.
2. Equilateral triangle – a triangle whose sides are the same length

SPECIAL
3. Isosceles triangle – a triangle that has at least 2 sides of the same
length

KINDS OF *Acute triangle - a triangle all whose angles are smaller than a
right angle

TRIANGL *Obtuse triangle – a triangle that has an angle greater than a right
angle
ES
SPECIAL
KINDS OF
TRIANGL
ES
 A polygon is a plane shape consisting of a finite number

WHAT of line segments. The line segments making the polygon

are called its sides and the points where line segments
ARE meet are called the vertices of the polygon.

POLYGON
S?
CONCAVE
AND
CONVEX
POLYGON
S