Triangle Mosaic Project

Assigned: Monday, March 3rd, 2014! Due Date: Friday, March 7th, 2014!
You will be making a mosaic (an art piece made by assembling many small pieces of materials) using only colored triangles. This is your chance to demonstrate your awesome creative skills along with your math skills and knowledge of congruence/similarity, pythagorean theorem, and trigonometric ratios! By placing various colorful triangles together, you will make an image or a design.!

In your mosaic, you must include a minimum of:! 2 pairs of congruent triangles (4 triangles total)! You will measure and label the sides of your congruent triangles! 3 pairs of similar triangles (6 triangles total)! You will measure and label the sides of your similar triangles as well as nding an approximate scale factor using ratios (how much bigger/smaller is one triangle to the other)! and 5 right triangles! For 3 of those right triangles, you will measure the lengths of the two legs and use the pythagorean theorem to calculate the length of the hypotenuse.! For the last 2 right triangles, you will measure the length of the hypotenuse and one leg, then use the pythagorean theorem to calculate the length of the other leg.! For all 5 right triangles, you will also label one of the angles and calculate the sine, cosine, and tangent values.! All measurements must be in centimeters (cm). Each of the 15 total required triangles must be labeled by a number 1-15. You may use sticky notes so you dont have to write on your art work.!

! Below you will sketch the triangles you used in your mosaic in the boxes and label the side lengths! !
Congruent Triangles!
1st Pair Triangle #______ Triangle #______

2nd Pair

Triangle #______

Triangle #______

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Similar Triangles!
1st Pair Triangle #______ Triangle #______

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Scale Factor: __________

2nd Pair

Triangle #______

Triangle #______

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Scale Factor: __________

3rd Pair

Triangle #______

Triangle #______

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Scale Factor: __________

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Right Triangles!
1st Triangle #______
Sketch and label the two legs and label one angle as a letter

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Use the Pythagorean Theorem to solve for the hypotenuse

Hypotenuse Length:____________________

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sin _____ =

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Triangle #______

cos _____ =

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tan ______ =

2nd

Use the Pythagorean Theorem to solve for the hypotenuse

Sketch and label the two legs and label one angle as a letter

Hypotenuse Length:____________________

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sin _____ =

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Triangle #______

cos _____ =

! ! ! ! ! ! ! !

tan ______ =

3rd

Use the Pythagorean Theorem to solve for the hypotenuse

Sketch and label the two legs and label one angle as a letter

Hypotenuse Length:____________________

! ! ! !

sin _____ =

cos _____ =

tan ______ =

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Triangle #______

Sketch and label the hypotenuse and one leg and label one angle as a letter

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Use the Pythagorean Theorem to solve for the other leg

Length of other leg:____________________

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sin _____ =

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Triangle #______

cos _____ =

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tan ______ =

5th

Use the Pythagorean Theorem to solve for the other leg

Sketch and label the hypotenuse and one leg and label one angle as a letter

Length of other leg:____________________

sin _____ =

cos _____ =

tan ______ =