Year 8 · Term 3
8.14 Triangles
Learning Objectives
Triangles
- 1. Label triangles using three capital letters for the vertices.
- 2. Name angles using a capital letter with a hat (e.g. ABĈ).
- 3. Name sides using a single lowercase letter or two capital letters for the endpoints.
- 4. Understand and apply the triangle inequality (any two sides must sum to more than the third).
- 5. Identify uniqueness conditions for constructing a triangle (SSS, SAS, ASA, RHS).
- 6. Classify triangles by sides (scalene, isosceles, equilateral) and by angles (acute, right, obtuse).