Learning Resource Type

Classroom Resource

Nonadjacent Angles

Subject Area

Mathematics

Grade(s)

7

Overview

In this video lesson, students see that angles do not need to be adjacent to be complementary or supplementary. Students are also introduced to and begin to use the term vertical angles for describing the opposite angles formed when two lines cross. They examine multiple examples and see that the vertical angles have equal measures. Students can relate this understanding to the fact that both angles in a pair of vertical angles are supplementary to the same angle in between. By the end of the lesson, students will be able to see the different ways of making pairs of supplementary angles in two crossing lines.

    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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    Resource Provider

    PBS
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