Unit 5 Learning Targets

 Proportions are powerful tools to understand our world.

Target 5-A

Understand the proportional relationship between two similar figures.

  • Use proportions to find missing lengths of similar figures.
  • Use proportions to find areas and volumes of similar figures.
  • Use proportions to solve problems.
  • Use algebraic reasoning to solve proportions.

 
Target 5-B

Understand special right triangles.

  • Find missing sides and angles of 30-60-90 triangles.
  • Find missing sides and angles of 45-45-90 triangles.
  • Solve problems involving special right triangles.

 
Target 5-C

Understand right triangle trigonometry.

  • Use Pythagorean Theorem to find missing sides.
  • Use sine, cosine, tangent ratios to find missing sides and angles.
  • Solve problems involving right triangles.