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Geometry in the Real World

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Geometry in the Real World

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📐 Part 1: Angle Facts and Real-World Shapes

Key angle facts

Angles at a point add to 360°.

Angles on a straight line add to 180°.

Vertically opposite angles are equal.

The interior angles of a triangle add to 180°.

An exterior angle and its adjacent interior angle add to 180°.

1. Three beams meet at a point in a building roof. The angles are 110°, 85° and x°. Find x.
2. A road marking forms a straight line. One angle is 72° and the adjacent angle is x°. Find x.
3. Two supporting beams cross. The top angle is 58°. The vertically opposite angle is x°, and the angle next to it is y°. Find x and y.
4. A triangular roof has two equal base angles of 65° each. The angle at the top is shown as x°. Find x. Then find the exterior angle next to x.

🏗️ Part 2: Geometry in Structures and Packaging

Read each diagram description carefully. Sketch a quick diagram if it helps.

5. A regular octagonal road sign has eight equal sides. What is the size of each exterior angle? What is the size of each interior angle?
6. A triangular bridge truss has two angles measuring 48° and 67°. The third angle is x°. Find x and explain which angle fact you used.
7. Four floor tiles meet at one point. Three of the angles around the point are 90°, 90° and 75°. Find the angle made by the fourth tile.
8. A packaging carton is shaped like a rectangular prism. It has six rectangular faces. How many edges and vertices does it have? Name one other 3D object with the same shape.
9. Challenge. A six-sided garden shelter has five interior angles of 120°, 135°, 110°, 125° and 140°. Find the sixth interior angle. Show your reasoning.
10. Challenge. A bridge support has an exterior angle of 128° at one vertex of a triangle. What is the adjacent interior angle? Explain why your answer is reasonable.

✏️ Part 3: Design Your Own Geometric Structure

11. Design a small geometric structure, such as a bridge, roof, playground shelter or packaging box. Include at least three labelled shapes and three labelled angles. Write one sentence explaining how the shapes or angles make your structure useful or strong.

✅ Answer Key

1. 360° − 110° − 85° = 165°.

2. 180° − 72° = 108°.

3. Vertically opposite angles are equal, so x = 58°. The adjacent angle is 180° − 58° = 122°, so y = 122°.

4. Triangle total: 180° − 65° − 65° = 50°. Exterior angle: 180° − 50° = 130°.

5. Exterior angle: 360° ÷ 8 = 45°. Interior angle: 180° − 45° = 135°.

6. 180° − 48° − 67° = 65°. The angles in a triangle add to 180°.

7. 360° − 90° − 90° − 75° = 105°.

8. A rectangular prism has 12 edges and 8 vertices. Example: a shoebox or cereal box.

9. A hexagon has interior angle total (6 − 2) × 180° = 720°. The known angles total 630°, so the sixth angle is 90°.

10. 180° − 128° = 52°. Adjacent angles on a straight line are supplementary.

11. Answers will vary. Check that the drawing includes three shapes, three labelled angles and a clear explanation.

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