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Classify Triangles by Angles Geometry— 4.G.A.2
Essential Question How can you classify triangles by the size of their Also 4.G.A.1
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A triangle is a polygon with three sides and three angles. You can
name a triangle by the vertices of its angles.
Triangle Possible Names

A nABC nACB
nBCA nBAC
When you see “nABC,”
nCAB nCBA say “triangle ABC.”
B C

An angle of a triangle can be right, acute, or obtuse.

Activity 1 Identify right, acute, and obtuse angles

in triangles.
Materials ■ color pencils
Use the Triangle Color Guide to color the triangles below.
Triangle Color Guide
RED one right angle
BLUE one obtuse angle
ORANGE three acute angles

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Talk
Look for Structure Can
a triangle have more
than one obtuse angle?
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Try This! Explain.

a. Name the triangle with one right angle. _ P Q Z

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b. Name the triangle with one obtuse angle. _

c. Name the triangle with three acute angles. _ B C R X Y

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 An acute triangle is a triangle with An obtuse triangle is a triangle with A right triangle is a triangle with one
three acute angles. one obtuse angle. right angle.

Acute Triangle Obtuse Triangle Right Triangle

Activity 2 Use a Venn diagram to classify triangles.

Write the names of the triangles in the Venn diagram.

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Interpret a Result Explain
why the three circles in
this Venn diagram do not
overlap.

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Classify each triangle. Write acute, right, or obtuse.

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Classify each triangle. Write acute, right, or obtuse.

5. 6. 7.

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8. SMARTER Cross out the figure that does not belong. Explain.
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obtuse angle? Explain. Triangles
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11. DEEPER Use the square shown at the right. Draw a line segment N P
from point M to point P. Name and classify the triangles formed by
the line segment.

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12. SMARTER Write the letter of the triangle under its correct classification.

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Lesson 10.2
Classify Triangles by Angles
COMMON CORE STANDARD—4.G.A.2
Draw and identify lines and angles and classify
Classify each triangle. Write acute, right, or obtuse. shapes by properties of their lines and angles.
1. A

Think: Angles A and C are both acute.

Angle B is obtuse.

B C

obtuse

2. F 3. G J 4. L N

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Solving

5. Use figure ABCD below. Draw a line segment

6. WRITE Math Draw and label an example
from point B to point D. Name and classify
of a right triangle, an acute triangle, and an
the triangles formed.
obtuse triangle.
A B
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Lesson Check (4.G.A.2)
PREP
1. Stephen drew this triangle. How many 2. Joan was asked to draw a right triangle. How
obtuse angles does the triangle have? many right angles are in a right triangle?

Spiral Review (4.OA.B.4, 4.NBT.B.5, 4.NF.C.5, 4.G.A.1)

3. Oliver drew the figure below to show light 4. Armon added __
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10 and 100 . What is the sum
traveling from the Sun to Earth. Name the of these fractions?
figure he drew.
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5. Sam counted out loud by 6s. Jorge counted 6. A basketball team averaged 105 points per
out loud by 8s. What are the first three game. How many points did the team score
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