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Special Segments of a Triangle Warm-Up

Total questions: 12

Worksheet time: 26mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
Which of the following describes a median of a triangle?
a)
A segment that passes through the middle of the triangle.
b)
A segment with endpoints at the vertex and midpoint of the opposite side.
c)
A segment that connects two midpoints of two sides.
d)
A segment that connects the vertex and the opposite side at 90 degrees. 
2.
Which of the following words describes the point shown in the figure?
a)
Centerpoint
b)
Orthocenter
c)
Centroid
d)
Midpoint
3.
Which of the following words describes the point shown in the figure?
a)
Centerpoint
b)
Orthocenter
c)
Centroid
d)
Altitude-point
4.
A ray that divides an angle into two congruent angles.
a)
Segment Bisector
b)
Midpoint
c)
Angle Bisector
d)
Sunshine
5.
The figure is an example of a(n) ...
a)
median
b)
altitude
c)
midsegment
d)
angle bisector
6.
Which point is equidistant from the sides?
a)
Circumcenter
b)
Incenter
c)
Neither
d)
Bilateral
7.
Name the point of concurrency shown.
a)
Circumcenter
b)
Incenter
c)
Supercenter
d)
Neither
8.
The figure is an example of a(n) ...
a)
angle bisector
b)
perpendicular bisector
c)
median
d)
midsegment
9.
Which of the following segments represents an altitude?
a)
BX
b)
AZ
c)
AC
d)
BZ
10.
The figure is an example of a(n) ...
a)
midsegment
b)
perpendicular bisector
c)
altitude
d)
midsegment
11.
Find the missing length.
a)
x = 12
b)
x = 11
c)
x = 15
d)
x = 9
12.
The centroid cuts each median into two segments.  The shorter segment is ___________ the length of the entire segment.
a)
one third
b)
two thirds
c)
three fourths
d)
one half