Geometry Constructions Basic

When copying line segment AB using a straight edge and a compass, the compass should be used to:

• Draw an arc above point A
• Measure the length of segment AB
• Draw an arc between point A and point B
• Measure half the length of line segment AB

Which image best represents an angle?

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Which is the best representation of a line?

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Which image shows a ray?

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Which image shows the construction of congruent segments?

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Which of these is a set of perpendicular lines?

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Which construction illustrates “copy an angle”?

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What does the word BISECT mean?

• To cut something into more than five pieces.
• It is a plane with two sets of wings.
• A shape that has three sides. 
• To cut something into two congruent pieces or in half.

The picture represents a compass and straightedge construction of _________?

• Copy an angle
• Bisect an angle
• Copy a line segment
• Bisect a line segment

The drawing shows the arcs used to construct...what?

• a bisector of a given line

• a bisector of a given angle

• a perpendicular of a given line at a point on the line

• an angle congruent to a given angle