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Geometry Scavenger Hunt
Tracy Pitcock
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1. What is the value of pi to 100 or more decimal places? (10 points)
3.14159 26535 89793 23846 26433 83279 50288 41971 69399 37510
58209 74944 59230 78164 06286 20899 86280 34825 34211 70679
82148 08651 32823 06647 09384 46095 50582 23172 53594 08128
48111 74502 84102 70193 85211 05559 64462 29489 54930 38196
44288 10975 66593 34461 28475 64823 37867 83165 27120 19091
45648 56692 34603 48610 45432 66482 13393 60726 02491 41273
72458 70066 06315 58817 48815 20920 96282 92540 91715 36436
78925 90360 01133 05305 48820 46652 13841 46951 94151 16094
33057 27036 57595 91953 09218 61173 81932 61179 31051 18548
07446 23799 62749 56735 18857 52724 89122 79381 83011 94912
98336 73362 44065 66430 86021 39494 63952 24737 19070 21798
60943 70277 05392 17176 29317 67523 84674 81846 76694 05132
00056 81271 45263 56082 77857 71342 75778 96091 73637 17872
14684 40901 22495 34301 46549 58537 10507 92279 68925 89235
42019 95611 21290 21960 86403 44181 59813 62977 47713 09960
http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/133793
2. Make a list of geometry terms that all begin with the same letter. Write a sentence for
each one correctly using the term. (1 point each...up to 15 max)
Acute angle - an angle whose measure is greater than 0 but less than 90 degrees; see obtuse
angle
Adjacent angles - 2 nonstraight and nonzero angles that have a common side in the interior of
the angle formed by the noncommon sides
Algorithm - a sequence of steps leading to a desired end
Alternate exterior angles - exterior angles on alternate sides of the transversal (not on the same
parallel line)
Alternate interior angles - ditto as above, only with interior angles
Altitude - height
Altitude of a conic solid - the length of a segment whose endpoints are the vertex and a point on
the plane of the base that is perpendicular to the plane of the base
Altitude of a cylindric solid - the distance between the planes of the bases
Altitude of a trapezoid - the distance between the bases of a trapeziod
Altitude of a triangle - the perpendicular segment from a vertex to the line containing the
opposite side of a triangle
Ambiguous - not stable; changing
Analytic geometry - see coordinate geometry
Angle - the union of 2 rays that have the same endpoint; measured in degrees or radians (trig.);
the five types of angles are zero, acute, right, obtuse, and straight
Angle bisector - a ray that is in the interior of an angle and forms two equal angles with the sides
of that angle
Angle measure between a line and a plane - the smallest of the angles formed when a line
intersects a plane
http://library.thinkquest.org/2647/geometry/glossary.htm#b
3. What are the Platonic Solids and what do they look like? (15 points)
is a convex polyhedron that is regular, in the sense of a regular polygon.
There are precisely five Platonic solids (shown below).
Tetrahedron
Cube
(or hexahedron)
Octahedron
Dodecahedron
(Animation)
(Animation)
(Animation)
(Animation)
Icosahedron
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Platonic_solid
4. What are the names of 2 types of Non-Euclidean Geometries? (10 points)
The 2 types of non-Euclidean geometries are hyperbolic geometry and ellptic geometry.
http://wiki.answers.com/Q/What_are_two_types_of_Non-Euclidean_Geometries
5. How many books in Euclid's Elements ? What is the title of Book Thirteen?(10 points)
Thriteen, Propositions
http://books.google.com/books?id=lxkPAAAAIAAJ&dq=many+books+euclid+elements+title+
book+thirteen&printsec=frontcover&source=bn&hl=en&ei=LDaES77ICsKNlAfhqOSRAg&sa
=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=4&ved=0CBUQ6AEwAw#v=onepage&q=&f=false
6. Find a web site/ envelope/ letterhead/ business card with a geometric logo. (10 points)
7. What are 3 devices used to measure angles? (15 points)
Protractor, compass, rulers
http://wiki.answers.com/Q/What_are_three_devices_used_to_measure_an_angle
8. Find 3 female mathematicians. What is their nationality or country, birth date and what
was their contribution to math and science? (15 points)
Elena Cornaro Piscopia was born in Venice 1646, first woman to earn a doctoral degree,
9. What is a tessellation? Include a picture of a tessellation. (10 points)
10. Find a comic that involves math. Print it out. Tell me why it is humorous? (15 points)
11. What is the number of hexagons and pentagons on an "official" soccer ball? (10 points)
12. Locate a picture of a work of art, print it and describe its geometric pattern(s). (10
points)
13. Visit a Web site about "Pi Day". When is it? Describe an activity that has been done on
Pi Day OR e-mail me a Pi day Greeting Card. ([email protected]) (10 points)
14. Visit the following web site A Plus Math and play MATHO or the Hidden Picture game.
Give a brief description of your individual game [ex: what was the hidden picture, what was
your time and type of MATHO (vertical, horizontal, oblique)] (10 points)
15. Visit the Math in Daily Life web site. Pick an activity, explore the activity and write a
summary of what you did and learned from it. (15 points)
16. Visit a Geometry Web Site of your choice. Give its URL and a brief description of why
you chose it/ why it is interesting. (10 points)
17. Find pictures of traffic signs and the various shapes of traffic signs. State what is the
significance of each shape. (1 point each...up to 10 max)
18. Create your own scavenger hunt item for the Internet. Give the URL of the Web site
where this item can be found. (10 points)