Feb10
We are going to take a look at some straight lines in today’s post. The first thing that’s on the agenda is to define what exactly straight lines are in order to differentiate them from curved lines. Then, we’ll have a look at the concepts of rays, line segments, and open rays. What is a […]
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What are geometric plane shapes? What characteristics do they have? These are the questions that we will answer in this post. The principal geometric plane shapes are: The Circle The circle is a shape that can be made by tracing a curve that is always the same distance from a point that we call the […]
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What’s an angle? Right, obtuse, straight, acute angle… what are these and what do they have to do with angles? If they can be measured… how can we measure them? What are they used for? …These are some of the questions that we’re going to answer in this post. So…let’s do this! Angles: An area marked […]
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In this week’s post, we will look at cylinders. Have you heard of them? Do you know what they are? Do you know their characteristics? We will talk about all of this below. What are cylinders? Cylinders are geometric solids that are formed by a rectangle rotating about one of its sides. How are cylinders […]
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In today’s post, we’ll be relating clocks to angles as we are learning how to calculate the angle that the two hands on a clock form. An analog clock has 12 numbers, which divide the clock into 12 equal parts. These divisions indicate the hours. Each hour is divided into five subdivisions that amount to […]
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