Learning Resource Type

Classroom Resource

Adjacent Angles

Subject Area

Mathematics

Grade(s)

7

Overview

In this video lesson, students are introduced to the terms complementary, for describing two angles whose measures add to 90°, and supplementary, for describing two angles whose measures add to 180°. They practice finding an unknown angle given the measure of another angle that is complementary or supplementary. Students realize that many angles share the same vertex as other angles, so they must be precise when naming each angle (MP6) in addition to describing the relationship between pairs of angles.

Grade 7, Episode 22: Unit 7, Lesson 2 | Illustrative Math

    Mathematics (2019) Grade(s): 7

    MA19.7.21

    Use facts about supplementary, complementary, vertical, and adjacent angles in multi-step problems to write and solve simple equations for an unknown angle in a figure.

    Unpacked Content

    UP:MA19.7.21

    Vocabulary

    • Supplementary angles
    • Complementary angles
    • vertical angles
    • Adjacent angles

    Knowledge

    Students know:
    • supplementary angles are angles whose measures add to 180 degrees.
    • Complementary angles are angles whose measures add to 90 degrees.
    • vertical angles are opposite angles formed when two lines intersect.
    • Adjacent angles are non-overlapping angles which share a common vertex and side.

    Skills

    Students are able to:
    • write a simple equation to find an unknown angle.
    • Identify and determine values of angles in complementary and supplementary relationships.
    • Identify pairs of vertical angles in angle diagrams.
    • Identify pairs of complementary and supplementary angles in angle diagrams.
    • Use vertical, complementary, and supplementary angle relationships to find missing angles.

    Understanding

    Students understand that:
    • vertical angles are the pair of angles formed across from one another when two lines intersect, and that the measurements of vertical angles are congruent.
    • Complementary angles are angles whose measures add up to 90o, and supplementary angles are angles whose measures add up to 180o.
    • Relationships between angles depends on where the angles are located.
    Mathematics (2019) Grade(s): 7 - Grade 7 Accelerated

    MA19.7A.37

    Use facts about supplementary, complementary, vertical, and adjacent angles in multi-step problems to write and solve simple equations for an unknown angle in a figure. [Grade 7, 21]

    Unpacked Content

    UP:MA19.7A.37

    Vocabulary

    • Supplementary angles
    • Complementary angles
    • vertical angles
    • Adjacent angles

    Knowledge

    Students know:
    • supplementary angles are angles whose measures add to 180 degrees.
    • Complementary angles are angles whose measures add to 90 degrees.
    • vertical angles are opposite angles formed when two lines intersect.
    • Adjacent angles are non-overlapping angles which share a common vertex and side.

    Skills

    Students are able to:
    • write a simple equation to find an unknown angle.
    • Identify and determine values of angles in complementary and supplementary relationships.
    • Identify pairs of vertical angles in angle diagrams.
    • Identify pairs of complementary and supplementary angles in angle diagrams.
    • Use vertical, complementary, and supplementary angle relationships to find missing angles.

    Understanding

    Students understand that:
    • vertical angles are the pair of angles formed across from one another when two lines intersect, and that the measurements of vertical angles are congruent.
    • Complementary angles are angles whose measures add up to 90o, and supplementary angles are angles whose measures add up to 180o.
    • Relationships between angles depends on where the angles are located.
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