MATH 8

Week 13 Day 3
MEASURING AND
CONSTRUCTING
ANGLES
 PROTRACTOR
A protractor is an instrument used
to measure angles.

The unit of measure we use is

the degree, denoted by °.
ANGLE MEASURES
ARE BETWEEN
0˚AND 180˚.
GAMES
ESTIMATING
ANGLES
WHAT CAN YOU
SAY ABOUT
ESTIMATING?
In the drawings below, some of
the indicated measures of angles
are correct and some are
obviously wrong. Using
estimation, state which measures
are correct and which are wrong.
The measures are given in
degrees.
The following are
good estimates: 2, 6,
8, 9,
 THE
THREE DIFFERENT
TYPES OF ANGLES
Acute angles
Right angles
Obtuse angles
Acute angles
An acute angle
measures more than
0˚ but less than 90˚.
Right angles
Right angle
measures exactly
90˚.
Obtuse angles
An obtuse angle
measures more than
90o but less than 180˚.
If two lines or segments intersect
so that they form a right angle,
then they are perpendicular.

In fact, two perpendicular

lines meet to form four right
angles.
Note that we define angle as a union
of two non-collinear rays with a
common endpoint. In trigonometry,
an angle is sometimes defined as the
rotation of a ray about its endpoint.
Here, there is a distinction between
the initial position of the ray and its
terminal position.
This leads to the designation of the initial side and
the terminal side. The measure of an angle is the
amount of rotation. If the direction of the rotation is
considered, negative angles might arise. This also
generates additional types of angles: the zero,
straight, reflex and perigon angles. A zero angle
measures exactly 0˚; a straight angle measures
exactly 180˚; a reflex angle measures more than
180o but less than 360o and aperigon angle
measures exactly 360˚..
IDENTIFY WHAT TYPE OF ANGLES ARE THE
FOLLOWING.
WHAT ARE THE
DIFFERENT TYPES
OF ANGLES?
DRAW AN EXAMPLE
OF THE THREE
DIFFERENT TYPES
OF ANGLES.