Chapter 4 Plan What are your goals for Chapter 4? How can you accomplish each goal? 1 Be prepared before and during class. • Don’t stay out late the night before, and be sure to set your alarm clock! • Bring a pencil, notebook paper, and textbook to class. • Avoid distractions by turning off your cell phone during class. • Pay attention, take good notes, and ask questions. • Complete your homework on time, and ask questions on problems you do not understand. 2 Understand the homework to the point where you could do it without needing any help or hints. • Read the directions, and show all of your steps. • Go to the professor’s offi ce for help. • Rework homework and quiz problems, and fi nd similar problems for practice. 3 Use the P.O.W.E.R. framework to learn how to effectively listen and take notes in class: Active Listening • Read the Study Strategy as it is outlined in the P.O.W.E.R. framework. • Decide which steps you might need to improve. • Complete the emPOWERme that appears before the Chapter Summary. 4 Write your own goal. • What are your objectives for Chapter 4? How can you accomplish each objective? 1 Understand the basic components of geometry. • Know the defi nitions of lines, segments, rays, different types of angles, and parallel and perpendicular lines. 2 Be able to find perimeter and area as well as classify various types of geometric figures. • Know the defi nitions of a rectangle, square, triangle, parallelogram, and trapezoid. • Find missing measures of different fi gures. • Identify different types of triangles. • Use the formulas to fi nd the perimeter and area of a rectangle, square, triangle, parallelogram, and trapezoid. 3 Be able to compute the volume and surface area of different geometric figures. • Use the formulas to fi nd the volume of a rectangular solid and pyramid. • Be able to fi nd the surface area of a rectangular solid. 4 Use geometry formulas and algebra to solve problems. • Identify the geometry formula needed to solve the problem. • Be able to solve an equation using the techniques learned in previous chapters. • Use the Five Steps for Solving Applied Problems. 5 Write your own goal. • www.mhhe.com/messersmith CHAPTER 4 Basic Geometry Concepts and Algebra 283
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