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Concept # 1. Cyclic quadrilateral

Learning objectives

1. A quadrilateral ABCD is called cyclic if all of its four vertices lie on a circle.
2. In a cyclic quadrilateral the sum of opposite interior angles is 180 degrees.
3. If the sum of a pair of opposite angles of a quadrilateral is 180, the quadrilateral is cyclic.
4. In a cyclic quadrilateral the exterior angle is equal to interior opposite angle.

Activity#1 Cyclic quadrilateral

• Estimated Time 10 minutes
• Materials/ Resources needed: Laptop, geogebra file, projector and a pointer.
• Prerequisites/Instructions, if any

1. The students should know a circle and its parts.
2. They should know that a quadrilateral is a 4 sided closed figure.

• Multimedia resources : Laptop
• Website interactives/ links/ / Geogebra Applets

• Process:

1. The teacher can recall the concept of a circle, quadrilateral, circumcircle.
2. Can explain a cyclic quadrilateral and show the geogebra applet.
3. Move points, the vertices of the quadrilateral and let the students observe the sum of opposite interior angles.

Developmental Questions:

1. What two figures do you see in the figure ?
2. Name the vertices of the quadrilateral.
3. Where are all the 4 vertices situated ?
4. Name the opposite interior angles of the quadrilateral.
5. What do you observe about them.

• Evaluation:

1. Compare the cyclic quadrilateral to circumcircle.

• Question Corner

1. Name this special quadrilateral.

Activity No # 2.Properties of a Cyclic quadrilateral

• Estimated Time: 45 minutes
• Materials/ Resources needed

coloured paper, pair of scissors, sketch pen, carbon paper, geometry box

• Prerequisites/Instructions, if any

1. The students should know a circle and a quadrilateral.
2. They should know that in a cyclic quadrilateral the sum of opposite interior angles is 180 degrees.
3. In a cyclic quadrilateral the exterior angle is equal to interior opposite angle

• Multimedia resources
• Website interactives/ links/ / Geogebra Applets

This activity has been taken from the website http://mykhmsmathclass.blogspot.in/2007/11/class-ix-activity-16.html

• Process:

Note: Refer the above geogebra file to understand the below mentioned labelling.

1. Draw a circle of any radius on a coloured paper and cut it.
2. Paste the circle cut out on a rectangular sheet of paper.
3. By paper folding get chords AB, BC, CD and DA in order.
4. Draw AB, BC, CD & DA. A cyclic quadrilateral ABCD is obtained.
5. Make a replica of cyclic quadrilateral ABCD using carbon paper.
6. Cut the replica into 4 parts such that each part contains one angle .
7. Draw a straight line on a paper.
8. Place angle BAD and angle BCD adjacent to each other on the straight line.Write the observation.
9. Place angle ABC and angle ADC adjacent to each other on the straight line . Write the observation.
10. Produce AB to form a ray AE such that exterior angle CBE is formed.
11. Make a replica of angle ADC and place it on angle CBE . Write the observation.

Developmental Questions:

1. How do you take radius ?
2. What is the circumference ?
3. What is a chord ?
4. What is a quadrilateral ?
5. Where are all four vertices of a quadrilateral located ?
6. What part are we trying to cut and compare ?
7. What can you infer ?

• Evaluation:

1. Angle BAD and angle BCD, when placed adjacent to each other on a straight line, completely cover the straight angle.What does this mean ?
2. Angle ABC and angle ADC, when placed adjacent to each other on a straight line, completely cover the straight angle.What can you conclude ?
3. Compare angle ADC with angle CBE.

• Question Corner:

Name the two properties of cyclic quarilaterals.

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Activity No # 2. When one side of a cyclic quadrilateral is produced, the exterior angle so formed is equal to the interior opposite angle

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Activity No #3. Suppose a quadrilateral is such that the sum of two opposite angles is a straight angle, then the quadrilateral is a cyclic quadrilteral.

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