Exercises: Drawing and Identifying Points, Lines, Rays, Angles, and Parallel and Perpendicular Lines
Work through each section in order. For drawing problems, sketch your answer on paper using a ruler or straightedge, then write your explanation in the answer box.
Recall / Warm-Up
These problems review skills you already learned in earlier grades.
Which shape has exactly 3 sides and 3 vertices?
Rectangle
Triangle
Pentagon
Hexagon
In earlier grades, you learned to call the corner of a piece of paper a "square corner." What is the formal math name for this type of angle?
Acute angle
Obtuse angle
Right angle
Straight angle
A rectangle has 4 sides. How many vertices (corner points) does it have?
Fluency Practice
Look at the figure shown. What is it, and how should it be written?
Line MN
Segment MN
Ray MN
Point M
Look at the figure shown. What is it, and how should it be written?
Line PQ
Segment PQ
Ray PQ
Ray QP
Draw and label ray FG so that F is the endpoint. Then, in a sentence, explain how someone looking at your drawing could tell it is a ray and not a line or a line segment.
What type of angle is shown?
Right angle
Acute angle
Obtuse angle
Straight angle
What type of angle is shown?
Right angle
Acute angle
Obtuse angle
Straight angle
The two lines shown intersect and form a small square symbol at the point where they cross. What is the relationship between these two lines?
Perpendicular
Parallel
Neither
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