Sunday, March 7, 2010

Pre-Algebra Poetry

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11 comments:

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  2. Rotation and Translation

    YAY!! Being in an escalator
    Just like being in an elevator
    Standing in the same position
    No, it is not a dilation

    A soccer ball spinning in a game
    Some may call it lame
    An ice skater turning in the same position
    This is definitely not a reflection

    What could we be?
    Why can't you see?
    We turn, we slide
    Until you know, goodbye

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  3. Christine L. & Jennifer C.March 14, 2010 at 5:10 PM

    -Reflection and Symmetry-

    Always same when split
    in different directions
    Dream catchers can
    be cut infinite times
    Cutting a cake for pieces
    in congruent shapes
    When you're dumped, your
    heart is split in half

    Just like two mimes
    facing each other
    mirroring the other
    looking the same.

    Available for all of the
    regular polygons.

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  4. Jenny Choe, Jasmine LeeMarch 14, 2010 at 5:11 PM

    "Similarity and Dilation"

    A balloon growing
    As you blow more air in
    It’s shape not changing
    Just getting more bloated

    Dilation is just that
    Multiplied by a scale factor
    Growing bigger by the minute
    Increasing each coordinate the same

    You see they have the same shape
    After you compare the two
    Same appearance, as if covered by tape
    Interchangeable angle degrees

    However, this tape is flexible
    And does not restrict the size
    Grows as big as it wants
    Before dilation and after are similar.

    Similar is a father and his son
    Who look exactly alike
    Their faces are the same
    But what’s different is their size

    People will look at some things
    And won’t note how small
    They’ll look only at the shapes
    And say they are indistinguishable

    This is called similar
    For they all look the same
    Their sizes are irregular
    They are different in that one way

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  5. Lizzie Jeon, Hye RIm LeeMarch 15, 2010 at 10:34 PM

    Supplementary, Complementary and Vertical Angles

    Two angles walked one day,
    and they met on a line.
    they supported each other
    and formed a smooth line.
    They are never blue
    nor never single.
    Always with each other
    on a smooth line.

    Below 90 degrees,
    two acute twins team up
    to form a right angle.
    Never apart always together,
    adding up to exactly 90 degrees.

    Like neighbors,
    not awkward or strangers.
    Like twins, identical
    Like a mirror in between.
    Reflection of itself
    on the other side.

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  6. Jessica and SoohyunMarch 15, 2010 at 10:36 PM

    Quads family

    Four sided family
    they live in house made with the straight line
    Their happiness and joy add up to 360!
    Mr. square and Mrs. square are happy couple
    and their sides and angles are congruent to each other

    Rhombus, the oldest diamond of the family, has all same sides
    Uncle rectangle, has two parallel sides and all the angles are same.
    Parallelogram, the youngest of the family, 
Keeps the family happy on and on forever
    Trapezoid, the age of puberty always wants to be different
    And has only one parallel side which is unusual in the two parallel sided family

    Some of the cousins are irregular
    But they are still family
    They have their own characteristics and names
    They are happy family.

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  7. Katherine Chung and Cindy LimMarch 16, 2010 at 4:06 PM

    Congruency

    Congruency is dull and boring,
    Twins, same size and shape.
    To make the same ol’ thing interesting,
    They’re located each in a different place.

    S stands for side, A is for angle
    Learn this well, it’s only for triangles.
    SSS, SAS, ASA, beware, bad luck is coming!
    Watch out for these types of congruency.

    SSS is two watermelon slices
    Sitting in two different places
    The 3 sides of a watermelon
    Are congruent to the side of the other

    SAS is a palindrome
    Spelled the same front and back
    Two congruent sides
    Surround one congruent angle

    ASA is a sandwich
    One congruent side
    is between two
    congruent angles.

    The gemini of polygons,
    The sign of congruency
    Is the reflection of
    The middle of the Korean flag
    Standing on two horizontal sticks.

    Remember, congruency
    is a crafty little fellow.
    It’s an enchantress,
    beautiful but evil.
    Don’t be fooled
    It isn’t as easy as it seems.

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  8. Right, Left, down, And Up But No Way Out

    Never welcoming,
    always door, closed, private
    a house with at least 3 walls,
    but 2 dimensional
    with angles between

    SSS comes to investigate,
    but SAS interferes,
    with ASA advertising,
    the importance of congruency

    Few sides, few angles
    but all congruent,
    what quintessential shape would it be,
    only if it is not called "regular"

    How about us? the angles,
    inconspicuas, but existing,
    how easy to find us,
    only if you knew,
    180 x (#of side -2)

    That was the polygon,
    not monogon, if there is one,
    a little curve, oh no! Not me,
    straight and closed,
    is how it
    should be

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  9. with 3 sides not 4
    like a sliced watermelon
    classified by sides
    with two of the same sides
    like an isosceles
    or with all the same sides
    like an equilateral
    or none of the same sides
    like a scalene

    with 3 angles that equal 180 degrees
    like a triangular sandwich
    classified by angels
    with an angle less than 90 degrees
    like an acute triangle
    or with a 90 degree angle
    like a right triangle
    or with a angle bigger than 90 degree
    like an obtuse triangle

    triangles, so simple and plain
    will never get in your brain
    because they are classified in so many ways
    and to memories will take many days

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  10. Never welcoming,
    always door, closed, private
    a house with at least 3 walls,
    but 2 dimensional
    with angles between

    SSS comes to investigate,
    but SAS interferes,
    with ASA advertising,
    the importance of congruency

    Few sides, few angles
    but all congruent,
    what quintessential shape would it be,
    only if it is not called "regular"

    How about us? the angles,
    inconspicuous, but existing,
    how easy to find us,
    only if you knew,
    180 x (#of side -2)

    That was the polygon,
    not monogon, if there is one,
    a little curve, oh no! Not me,
    straight and closed,
    is how it
    should be

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  11. justin Kang and sabin leeMarch 28, 2010 at 7:56 PM

    Corresponding, Alternate Interior/Exterior Angles

    If you are a true man
    And are twins
    Should be far away to each other

    Nothing different except for the position
    Hold the distance
    Or you’ll be alone

    Stay in the opposite ends
    Yes you are the same
    Just that a bit farther than usual

    If you like each other that much
    Just get closer a little bit
    Be sure to be in the other side
    In the same line

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