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Angles and measuring them

Lessons 10–11 · 2 lessons · Geometry Grade 7, corrected and expanded 3rd edition. Yangiyo‘l Poligraf Servis, Tashkent, 2017 (approved by the Ministry of Public Education)
10

Angle. Comparing angles

Textbook: pp. 28–29
GoalKnow the angle and its parts, and compare angles.
New words
angle · burchaksides and vertex of an angle · burchakning tomonlari va uchistraight angle · yoyiq burchakinterior of an angle · burchakning ichki sohasi
Explanation

Two rays with a common origin together form an angle: the rays are called its sides and the common starting point its vertex. In the notation ∠AOB the vertex O is written in the middle. If the two sides of an angle together make up one line, the angle is called a straight angle. An angle that is not straight divides the plane into two parts: the part between the sides is the interior, the rest is the exterior. Axiom: a non-straight angle can be laid on a given ray into a given half-plane in exactly one way. To compare angles we lay both from one ray into one half-plane: if the sides coincide the angles are equal; if one lies inside the other, it is smaller.

Worked examples
Laying ∠AOB and ∠COD on ray OD in one half-plane, if side OA falls inside ∠COD, then ∠AOB < ∠COD.
A straight angle is greater than any non-straight angle.
Class activity

“Paper angles”: cut two angles from paper (with an adult’s help) and lay one over the other to see which is bigger.

Practice
1
In ∠AOB, which letter is the vertex?
2
What rays form the sides of a straight angle?
3
When two angles are compared their sides coincide. What can we say?
4
Why is a straight angle bigger than other angles?