Geometry Leaving Cert and JC- Note Leaving certs should know JC work!

List of Constructions(Write the page numbers next for the text book next to each construction) n. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 Construction Bisector of any given angle, using only compass and straight edge. Perpendicular bisector of a segment, using only compass and straight edge. Line perpendicular to a given line l, passing through a given point not on l. Line perpendicular to a given line l, passing through a given point on l. Line parallel to a given line, through given point. Division of a segment into 2 or 3 equal segments without measuring it. Division of a line segment into any number of equal segments without measuring it. Line segment of a given length on a given ray. Angle of a given number of degrees with a given ray as one arm. Triangle given lengths of three sides. Triangle given SAS data. Triangle given ASA data. Right-angled triangle, given the length of the hypotenuse and one other side. Right-angled triangle, given one side and one of the acute angles Rectangle given side lengths Circumcentre and Circumcircle of a triangle Incentre and incircle oof a triangle Angle of 60 degrees without using a protractor or set square The tangent to a circle given any point on it. Parallelogram given the length of the sides and the measure of the angles. Centroid of a triangle. Orthocentre of a triangle JC Ord JC High LC Ord LC High

List of Axioms (tick means know and understand)

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[Two points axiom] There is exactly one line through any two given points. [Ruler axiom] The properties of the distance between points [Protractor Axiom] The properties of the degree measure of an angle Congruent triangles (SAS, ASA and SSS) Given any line l and a point P, there is exactly one line through P that is parallel to l.

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List of Corollaries (tick means know and understand, Proof means recall of formal Proof required)
n. 1 2 3 4 5 6 A diagonal divides a parallelogram into 2 congruent triangles. All angles at points of a circle, standing on the same arc, are equal, (and converse). Each triangle in a semi circle is a right angle. If the angle standing on a chord at some point in a circle is a right angle, then the chord is a diameter. If ABCD is a cyclic quadrilateral, then opposite angles sum to 180, (and converse). If two circles Intersect at on point only then the two centres and the point of contact are co-linear. JC Ord JC LC High Ord LC High Is Converse true?

List of Theorems (tick means know and understand, Proof means recall of formal Proof required) n. 1 2 Theorem Vertically opposite angles are equal in measure. In an isosceles triangle the angles opposite the equal sides are equal. Conversely, if two angles are equal, then the triangle is isosceles. If a transversal makes equal alternate angles on two lines then the lines are parallel (and converse). The angles in any triangle add to 180 Two lines are parallel if and only if, for any transversal, the corresponding angles are equal. Each exterior angle of a triangle is equal to the sum of the interior remote angles (i) The relationship between the angle opposite the greater of two sides and the angle opposite the lesser of two sides. (ii) The side opposite the greater of two angles and the side opposite the lesser of two angles. The sum of any two sides of a triangle is greater than the length of the third. In a parallelogram, opposite sides are equal and opposite angles are equal. The diagonals of a parallelogram bisect each other. If three parallel lines cut off equal segments on some transversal line, they cut off equal segments on any other transversal. Given the triangle ABC and a line l which is parallel to BC and cuts [AB] in the ratio m: n, then it also cuts [AC] in the same ratio. If two triangles are similar then there sides are proportional in order. In a right angled triangle the square of the hypotenuse is the sum of the squares of the other two sides. If the square of one side of a triangle is the sum of the squares of the other two sides then the triangle is right angled. The area of a triangle is the base times the corresponding perpendicular height not dependent on the choice of base. The diagonal of a parallelogram divides the area of a parallelogram in half (bisects) The area of a parallelogram is the base times the height. The angle at the centre of a circle standing on a given arc is twice the angle at any point of the circle standing on the same arc The angle the tangent of a circle is perpendicular with the radius that goes through its point of contact. The perpendicular from the centre of a circle to a chord bisects the chord. JC Ord JC High LC Ord LC High Is Converse true ?

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Note the formal proofs to be learnt off for JC higher level can be found on page 525 onwards in the concise maths 2 book. Students should be able to recall the proofs exactly as they are written and drawn in the text book as this will likely be the layout to be followed in the exam.