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Lesson Plan: The Sum of Angles in Quadrilaterals Mathematics
This lesson plan includes the objectives, prerequisites, and exclusions of the lesson teaching students how to find a missing angle’s measure in a quadrilateral knowing that the sum of angles in a quadrilateral is 360 degrees.
Objectives
Students will be able to
- understand that the sum of the interior angles in a convex quadrilateral is 360 degrees,
- use the fact that the sum of the interior angles in a convex quadrilateral is 360 degrees to find a missing angle measure in a given quadrilateral,
- construct and solve an algebraic equation to find a missing angle measure in a given quadrilateral,
- use angle facts to find a missing angle measure in a quadrilateral that appears within a more complex geometric diagram.
Prerequisites
Students should already be familiar with
- naming and classifying different types of quadrilaterals,
- constructing and solving simple algebraic equations,
- angle facts.
Exclusions
Students will not cover
- concave quadrilaterals,
- the general formula for the sum of the interior angles of a convex polygon,
- radians.
