CORE COMPETENCIES MATH III

Plane Geometry
FIRST QUARTER
A. Geometry of Shape and Size
1. Demonstrate knowledge and skills related to undefined terms, angles, polygons and circle
1.1

1.2

describe the ideas of

Point
Line
plane
name the subsets of a line

segment
ray
1.3 name the parts of angle
1.4 determine the measure of an angle using a protractor
1.5 illustrate different kinds of angles
acute
right
obtuse
1.6 illustrate different kinds of polygons according to the number sides
1.6.1 identify the parts of a regular polygon ( vertex angle, central angle, exterior angle
)
1.7 differentiate convex and non-convex polygons
1.8 illustrate
a triangle
its basic parts
its secondary parts
1.9 classify triangles according to
angles
sides
sides and angles
1.10illustrate a quadrilateral and its parts
1.11illustrate the different kinds of quadrilaterals
1.12determine:
sum of the measures of the angles of a triangle
sum of the measures of the exterior angles of quadrilateral
sum of the measures of the interior angles of polygon
1.13name the terms related to the circle ( radius, diameter and chord )
2. Manifest knowledge and skills in identifying and measuring plane and solid figures and applying
these in solving real life problems.
2.1 apply the formulas for the measurements of plane and solid figures]
perimeter of a triangle
circumference of a circle
area of triangle, square, parallelogram, trapezoid, and circle
surface area of a cube, rectangular prism, square pyramid, cylinder, cone, and sphere
volume of rectangular prism, triangular prism, pyramid, cylinder, cone, and sphere
2.2 solve problems involving plane and solid figures

B. Geometric Relations
1.

Demonstrate knowledge and skills involving relations of segments and angles, sides and angles
of a triangle, and angles formed by parallel lines cut by a transversal, and solve problems on
the relationships between segments and between angles.
1.1 illustrate and define betweeness and collinearity of points
1.2 Illustrate the following:
congruent segments
midpoint of a segment
bisector of an angle
1.3 illustrate the different kinds of angle pairs:
supplementary
complementary
congruent
adjacent
linear pair
vertical angles
1.4 illustrate perpendicularity
1.5 illustrate the perpendicular bisector of a segment
1.6 apply relationships among the sides and angles of a triangle
exterior and corresponding remote interior angles of a triangle
triangle inequality
1.7 illustrate parallel lines
1.8 Illustrate transversal
1.9 Identify the angles formed by parallel lines cut by a transversal
1.10 determines the relationships between pairs of angles formed by parallel lines cut by a
transversal:
alternate interior angles
alternate exterior angles
corresponding angles
angles on the same side of the transversal
1.11 solve problems using the definition and properties involving relationships between
segments and between angles

SECOND QUARTER
C. Triangle Congruence
1.

Manifest ability to illustrate and apply the conditions for triangle congruence in solving real life
problems.
1.1 apply the properties of congruence
Reflexive Property
Symmetric Property
Transitive Property
1.2 Use inductive skills to prove congruence between triangles
1.3 Apply deductive skills to show congruence between triangles
SSS Congruence
SAS Congruence
ASA Congruence
SAA Congruence
1.4 prove congruence properties in an isosceles triangle using the congruence conditions in 1.3:

congruent sides in a triangle imply that the angles opposite them are congruent
congruent angles in a triangle imply that the sides opposite them are congruent
non-congruent sides in a triangle imply that the angles opposite them are not
congruent
non-congruent angles in a triangle imply that the sides opposite them are not
congruent
1.5 prove inequality properties in an isosceles triangle
1.6 use condition for triangle congruence to prove:
congruent segments
congruent angles
1.7 solve routine and non-routine problems
2. Apply inductive and deductive skills to derive other conditions for congruence between two right
triangles
LL Congruence
LA Congruence
HyL Congruence
HyA Congruence
THIRD QUARTER
D. Properties of Quadrilaterals
1. Manifest ability to solve practical problems involving types of quadrilaterals and their properties
and the conditions that guarantee that a quadrilateral is a parallelogram
1.1

1.2

1.3

1.4
1.5
1.6

apply inductive and deductive skills to derive certain properties of the trapezoid
median of a trapezoid

base angles of an isosceles trapezoid

opposite angles are congruent

rectangle

diagonals of an isosceles trapezoid

apply inductive and deductive skills to derive the properties of a parallelogram
each diagonal divides a parallelogram into two congruent triangles
non-opposite angles are supplementary
opposite sides are congruent

diagonals bisect each other

apply inductive and deductive skills to derive the properties of the diagonals of special
quadrilaterals
square

rhombus
verify sets of sufficient conditions which guarantee that a quadrilateral is a parallelogram
apply the conditions to prove that a quadrilateral is a parallelogram
solve routine and non-routine problems

2. Enrichment
2.1 apply inductive and deductive skills to discover certain properties of the Kite
E. Similarity

1. Demonstrate knowledge and skills in verifying and applying ratio and proportion, proportionality
theorems, similarity between triangles and similarities in a right triangle.
1.1 Apply fundamental law of proportion
product of the means is equal to the product of the extremes
1.2 apply the definition of proportionality segments to find unknown lengths
1.3 Illustrate and verify the Basic Proportionality Theorem and its Converse
1.4 Apply the definition of similar triangles in:
determining if two triangles are similar
finding the length of a side or measure of an angle of a triangle
1.5 verify the Similarity Theorems:
AA similarity
SSS similarity
1.6 apply the properties of similar triangles and the proportionality theorems to calculate lengths
of certain line segments
1.7 apply the AA Similarity Theorem to determine similarities in a right triangle
In a right triangle the altitude to the hypotenuse divided it into two right triangles
which are similar to each other and to the given right triangle
1.8 Apply the definition of similar triangles to derive the Pythagorean Theorem
If a triangle is a right triangle, then the square of the hypotenuse is equal to the sum
of the squares of the legs
1.9 Derive the relationships between the sides of :
Isosceles triangle
30-60-90 triangle
Using the Pythagorean theorem
2. Enrichment
2.1 verify consequences of the basic Proportionality Theorem
parallel lines cut by two or more transversals make proportional segments
the bisector of an angle of a triangle separates the opposite side into segments whose
lengths are proportional to the lengths of the other 2 sides
2.2 apply the ratio between the perimeters and the areas of similar triangles
FOURTH QUARTER
F. Circles
1.

Demonstrate knowledge and skills related to circles, arcs and angles, tangent circles, and angles
formed by tangents and secant lines.
1.1
1.2
1.3
1.4
1.5
1.6
1.7

Identify minor and major arcs

determine the degree measure of an arc of a circle
Identify a central angle
Determine the measure of a central angle
Identify an inscribed angle
Determine the measure of an inscribed angle
Apply the properties of a line tangent to a circle
If a line is tangent to a circle, then it is perpendicular to the radius drawn to the point
of tangency
If two segments from the same exterior point are tangent to a circle, then the two
segments are congruent

2. Enrichment

2.1
2.2
2.3
2.4
2.5

Illustrate externally tangent circles

illustrate internal tangent circles
illustrate common internal tangents
identify and illustrate common external tangents
apply geometric constructions:
duplicating a segment
duplicating an angle
construction of perpendicular bisector and the midpoint of a segment e.g. deriving the
perpendicular Bisector Theorem
construction of the perpendicular to a line e.g. from a point on a line, from a pint nor on
the line
construction of the bisector of an angle
construction of parallel lines
2.6 use construction to derive some other geometric properties (e.g. shortest distance from an
external point to a line, points on the angle bisector are equidistant from the sides of the angle
)
G. Plane Coordinate Geometry
1. Demonstrate knowledge and skills related to plane coordinate
1.1 derive the equation of a line given two pints of the line
1.2 determine algebraically the point of intersection of two lines
1.3 apply the definition of
parallel line
perpendicular lines
1.4 derive the distance formula using the Pythagorean Theorem
1.5 derive midpoint formula
1.6 apply the Distance and Midpoint Formulas to find the:
lengths of segments
unknown vertices or points
1.7 verify properties of:
triangles
quadrilaterals
using coordinate proof
1.8 derive the standard form of the equation of a circle from the general form
1.9 given the equation of a circle, find its center and radius
1.10 determine the equation of a circle given:
its center and radius
its radius and the point of tangency with a given line
1.11 solve routine and non-routine problems involving circles