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Investigation
Name: Grade: MYP3 Date: / / 20

Global Context: Scientific and Technical Innovation Exploration: Adaptation, Ingenuity and Progress

Key Concept: Relationships

Related Concepts: Representation, Measurement

Statement of Inquiry: Ingenuity in representing relationships between measurements can help humans adapt
environments to their needs and thus promote progress.

ATL Skills:
• Transfer (Combine knowledge, understanding and skills to create products or solutions)
• Transfer (Inquire in different contexts to gain a different perspective)
• Transfer (Apply skills and knowledge in unfamiliar situations)

Unit title: Triangles: Principles, Processes and Solutions

Unit Topic: Similar Triangles & Right-Angled Triangles Session Topic: Investigating the Pythagorean Theorem

Assessment criterion: CRITERION B Level of achievement:

Reflection (student after receiving feedback)

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Rubric / Task Specific Clarification

Achievement
CRITERION B - Level descriptor
Level
0 The student does not reach a standard described by any of the descriptors below.
1–2 The student is able to:
i. apply, with teacher support, mathematical problem-solving techniques to discover simple patterns
ii. state predictions consistent with patterns.
3–4 The student is able to:
i. apply mathematical problem-solving techniques to discover simple patterns
ii. suggest relationships and/or general rules consistent with findings.
5–6 The student is able to:
i. select and apply mathematical problem-solving techniques to discover complex patterns
ii. describe patterns as relationships and/or general rules consistent with findings
iii. verify these relationships and/or general rules.
7–8 The student is able to:
i. select and apply mathematical problem-solving techniques to discover complex patterns
ii. describe patterns as relationships and/or general rules consistent with correct findings
iii. verify and justify these relationships and/or general rules

Study the following two figures then answer the questions below.

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Question 1) What type of triangle is shown in both figures?

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Questions related to the first triangle:

Question 2) What are the lengths of all the sides of the triangle?

(Hint: count the small squares along eache side.)

side x _____________________________________________________________________________________________ units

side y _____________________________________________________________________________________________ units

side z _____________________________________________________________________________________________ units

Question 3) (i) What is the area of the square attached to side x?

square attached to side x _________________________________________________________________________ units2

(ii) What is the area of the square attached to side y?

square attached to side y _________________________________________________________________________ units2

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(iii) What is the area of the square attached to side z?

square attached to side z _________________________________________________________________________ units2

Question 4) (i) What is the relationship between the length of side x and the area attached to it?

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(ii) What is the relationship between the length of side y and the area attached to it?

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(iii) What is the relationship between the length of side z and the area attached to it?

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Questions rleated to the second triangle:

Question 5) What are the lengths of all the sides of the triangle?

(Hint: count the small squares along eache side.)

side a _____________________________________________________________________________________________ units

side b _____________________________________________________________________________________________ units

side c _____________________________________________________________________________________________ units

Question 6) (i) What is the area of the square attached to side a?

square attached to side a _________________________________________________________________________ units2

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(ii) What is the area of the square attached to side b?

square attached to side b _________________________________________________________________________ units2

(iii) What is the area of the square attached to side c?

square attached to side c _________________________________________________________________________ units2

Question 7) (i) What is the relationship between the length of side a and the area attached to it?

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(ii) What is the relationship between the length of side b and the area attached to it?

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(iii) What is the relationship between the length of side c and the area attached to it?

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Questions related to both triangles:

Question 8) What is the relationship between all sides of a right angled triangle? Explain.

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Question 9) Generalize your results in the form of a mathematical formula using the letters of the sides of

each triangle and the appropriate mathematical operations. (Hint: addition & power)

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Question 10) Using numbers, verify your rule for two more examples of your own choosing.

Example 1) ____________________________________________________________________________________________

Example 2) ____________________________________________________________________________________________

Question 11) Justify why your rule (formula) works.

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