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geometric reasoning - I

Constructing Rectangles


 

Task 1

Recall how you constructed a square using Turtle Blocks in an earlier lesson. Now use the Blocks to construct a rectangle with sides 60 unit and 90 unit. Write (in your notebook) the final set of commands used to construct the rectangle.

 

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1) Are you sure that the shape you have made is a rectangle? How do you know?  

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Task 2


Construct any rectangle which is different from the one you constructed in Task 1, and also a square.

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1) What are the similarities and differences between the command set given to construct a square and a rectangle?
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2) What are the similarities and differences between a square and a rectangle?
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3) If you are in a classroom look around you. Does everyone’s rectangle look the same? Why or why not? What are the properties that are same across everyone’s rectangle and what differs?
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4) Based on this, Describe in your own words what a rectangle is.
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Extension Task 1


Construct a rhombus whose side length is 70 units and one of the angles is 130°. Write (in your notebook) the final set of commands used to construct the shape.
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1) Explain each step of the construction.

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2) Are you sure that the shape you have made is a rhombus? How do you know?
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Extension Task 2


 

Construct a parallelogram.

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