WorksheetsFinding Segments in Triangles
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 20mins
What type of special segment is shown?
Altitude
Median
Perpendicular Bisector
Angle Bisector
If AG = 2x + 21 and RE = x + 10.5,
what is NG?
16
8
26.5
10.5
What is the only special triangle segment that does not have to go through a vertex?
Median
Altitude
Angle Bisector
Perpendicular Bisector
What type of special segment is shown?
Median
Perpendicular Bisector
Angle Bisector
Altitude
Identify the type of segment pictured below.
Midsegment
Median
Altitude
Perpendicular Bisector
Angle Bisector
What type of special segments are being used?
Perpendicular Bisectors
Angle Bisectors
Medians
Altitudes
Identify the special segment that's pictured:
Altitude
Midsegment
Median
Angle Bisector
Identify the special segment that's pictured:
Altitude
Perpendicular Bisector
Median
Midsegment
Identify the type of segment pictured below.
Midsegment
Median
Altitude
Perpendicular Bisector
Angle Bisector
What type of special segment is shown?
Perpendicular Bisector
Angle Bisector
Median
Altitude
Which of the following describes a median of a triangle?
A segment that passes through the middle of the triangle.
A segment with endpoints at the vertex and midpoint of the opposite side.
A segment that connects two midpoints of two sides.
A segment that connects the vertex and the opposite side at 90 degrees.
Which of the following describes a perpendicular bisector of a triangle?
A segment that is perpendicular to the side of a triangle at its midpoint.
A segment with endpoints at the vertex and midpoint of the opposite side.
A segment that connects two midpoints of two sides.
A segment that connects the vertex and the opposite side at 90 degrees.
The centroid cuts each median into two segments. The shorter segment is ___________ the length of the entire segment.
one third
two thirds
three fourths
one half
Which of the following describes an altitude of a triangle?
A segment that passes through the middle of the triangle.
A segment with endpoints at the vertex and midpoint of the opposite side.
A segment that connects two midpoints of two sides.
A segment that connects the vertex and the opposite side at 90 degrees.
In which type of triangle is it possible for a special segment to be OUTSIDE of the triangle?
Acute Triangles
Right Triangles
Obtuse Triangles
This never happens.
PQ is the perpendicular bisector of MN. What is QN?
7
14
10.5
28
In Obtuse Triangles, which special segment can be outside of the triangle?
Midsegments
Medians
Altitudes
Perpendicular Bisectors
Which of the following segments represents an altitude?
BX
AZ
AC
BZ
Which of the following segments represents an median?
BX
AZ
AC
BZ
Name the type of segment pictured.
Midsegment
Median
Altitude
Perpendicular Bisector
Angle Bisector
