Lines, Rays, and Angles

This fourth grade geometry lesson teaches the definitions for a line, ray, angle, acute angle, right angle, and obtuse angle. We also study
how the size of the angle is ONLY determined by how much it has "opened" as compared to the whole circle. The lesson contains
many varied exercises for students.

This is point A. When two points are connected with a straight The sides of a triangle
Points are named line, we get a line segment. We call this line are line segments.
with capital letters. segment AB or line segment AB (note the bar on top).

A line has no beginning point or end point. Imagine it continuing indefinitely in both directions.
We can illustrate that by little arrows on both ends.

We can name a line using two points on it. This is line EF or line (note the arrowheads).
Or, we can name a line using a lowercase letter: this is line s.

A ray starts out at a point and continues off to infinity. We can show
that by drawing an arrow at one end of the ray. Think of the sun's rays:
they start at the sun and go on indefinitely.
We can name a ray using its starting point and one other point that is
on the ray: this is ray QP or ray (note the one arrowhead). Or, we can
name a ray using a lowercase letter: this is ray r.
 What is an angle? Many people think that an angle is some kind of
slanted line. But in geometry an angle is made up of two rays that
have the same beginning point.

That point is called the vertex and the two rays are called the sides
of the angle.

To name an angle, we use three points, listing the vertex in the middle.
This is angle DEF or ∠DEF. We can use the symbol ∠ for angle.

ge·om·e·try

1. The branch of mathematics concerned with the properties and relations of points, lines, surfaces,
solids, and higher dimensional analogs.

Complementary And Supplementary Angles

Angle Vocabulary Review

An angle is formed by two rays that share the same endpoint. The point the rays share in
common is called the vertex of the angle. The rays are called the sides of the angle.
Angles are often measured in degrees. A circle is divided into 360 degrees. A straight line is half of that: 180
degrees. If you cut a straight line in half, you get a right angle: 90 degrees.
Complementary Angles

Two angles that add up to 90 degrees are called complementary angles. They can be right next to each
other, but they don't have to be. If they happen to be adjacent angles (right next to each other), they
will form a right angle. As long as their measures add up to 90 degrees, they're complementary.

You may have to solve some problems involving complementary numbers. Sometimes they'll give you
 the degree measure of one angle and ask you to find its complement. Let's take a look at a few
examples.
we know that the two angles are complementary. This means that their angle measures add up to
90 degrees. We can use this information to set up an equation that we can solve for the missing angle
measure.

Supplementary Angles

Two angles that add up to 180 degrees are called supplementary angles. They also can be right next to each other,
but don't need to be. If they are right next to each other, they will form a straight line. As long as their angle
measures add up to 180, they're called supplementary.

How do you remember the difference between complementary and supplementary angles? There are a few different
tricks or sayings that teachers use to help students remember which is which. One way is to remember that C
comes before S in the alphabet, so complementary angles are the smaller ones that add to 90 and supplementary
are the larger ones that add to 180.