Triangle Vocabulary (Points of Concurrency Focus)

The centroid is the point where the ________ meet in a triangle.

• medians

• angle bisectors

• perpendicular bisectors

• sides

Tags

CCSS.HSG.CO.C.10

The incenter is the point where the ________ meet in a triangle.

• angle bisectors

• medians

• perpendicular bisectors

• sides

Tags

CCSS.HSG.C.A.3

The circumcenter is the point where the ________ meet in a triangle.

• perpendicular bisectors

• medians

• angle bisectors

• sides

Tags

CCSS.HSG.C.A.3

What point of concurrency is shown here?

• centroid

• incenter

• circumcenter

• altitude

Tags

CCSS.HSG.CO.C.10

What point of concurrency is shown here?

• incenter

• centroid

• circumcenter

• altitude

Tags

CCSS.HSG.C.A.3

What point of concurrency is shown here?

• circumcenter

• incenter

• centroid

• vertex

Tags

CCSS.HSG.C.A.3

The _____________ connects a midpoint of a side in a triangle to the opposite vertex.

• median

• altitude

• angle bisector

• perpendicular bisector

Tags

CCSS.HSG.CO.C.10

The ____________ starts at a vertex and cuts it into two equal angles.

• angle bisector

• altitude

• median

• perpendicular bisector

Tags

CCSS.HSG.CO.A.1

CCSS.HSG.CO.D.12

The ________________ of a triangle starts at the midpoint of a side and forms a right angle.

• perpendicular bisector

• median

• angle bisector

• altitude

Tags

CCSS.HSG.CO.A.1

CCSS.HSG.CO.C.10

CCSS.HSG.CO.C.9

CCSS.HSG.GPE.B.5

The centroid cuts the median into sections that are 1/3 the total length and ________ the total length.

• 2/3

• 1/3

• 1/2

• 2 times

Tags

CCSS.HSG.CO.C.10