WHATS MY e LIALE Points aro named with capital letters Ae 1) Use a straightedge to draw four different lines through point A. How many different lines can you draw through point A? 2) Draw a line through both points Band C. ie How many different lines can you draw through points B and C? : -& s line has six names. Wr and'VE gee toe two of them can you write the other four? a) ») ©) ay eee 4) Three points can determine three lines. e 5 through pairs of points. Four points can determine lines. e “2 5) Draw @ set of five points, no three on the same line. Draw all the Lines through pairs of points. 6) Repeat for 6 points and 7 points. Complete the chart below. PONTS | +] _” sible unes [2/3 7) Look for a pattern in the chart. Use it to predict the number of lines for eight points 3 nine points + Check your guesses with drawings. @ 8) Challenge: Five people meet at a party. If each of the five people shakes hands once with each of the other four, how many handshakes will there be? 241This is line segment AB. It can also be called line segment BA. A and B are called the end points of line segment AB. A) Find five examples of line segments in your classroom. A Eee Ee eee eee reece eee eet) eer ee eee Pre eet 3) PEPER He eee EE EEE 3 B) In the diagram to the right one Line segment is line segment GE. + Name four other line segments in the diagram. y 2) 3) 4) ©) If some points are arranged so that no three are in a line, what is the maximum number of different line segments that can be drawn to connect each point to every other point? D) Can you prediet the nunber of segments that will connect 7 points? 3 2 POINTS | POINTS Make 7 points and check your prediction. 5) Predict for 10 points. 228B) c) D) 240 o Ww A PQ R LED CED SED 1) Can the top ray be called ray RT? Ray ST? Ray SR? For each case answer why or why not. Find an example of a ray in your classroom. Name four different rays im the diagram to the right. ) 2) 3) If some points are arranged so that no three are ina line, what is the maximum number of rays that can be drawn using the points as end points for the rays? EB) Predict the number of rays for 7 points. F) How do these numbers com- pare to the number of line segments connecting the points? Explain. a )TWO RAYS WITH THE SAME END PONT FORM AN ANGLE, This angle can be called angle EFC or angle GFE. The letter naming the vertex is always in the middle. LEFG oR Lore If there is no confusion the letter naming the vertex can be used alone. Le A) Find some examples of B) Name four different angies e angles in your classroom. in this diagram. Use the 3-letter names. » Ee Oy eee eeeec io) eae ena e D) The angel below has been © How many different angles are Pieter erties ‘ormed using these rays? Can you draw a simpler angel with fewer angles? a [ 3 + rs 6 RAYS RAYS RAYS: RAYS: RAMS: k Predict the number of angles formed using 7 rays. Check your prediction. Predict the number of angles formed using 10 rays. 272