PARCC Geometry Expressing Geometric Properties with Equations. Practice it free.

Students use coordinates and equations to describe geometric figures. This Geometry reporting domain maps to 11 practice skills and 8 representative questions from the playable bank.

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What the test measures

Expressing Geometric Properties with Equations skills

  1. Translate between the geometric description and the equation for a conic section

  2. Use coordinates to prove simple geometric theorems algebraically

  3. Find geometric measurements and relate them to equations

Standards basis

Common Core State Standards for Mathematics (CCSS-M) / PARCC Model Content Frameworks — national

How the PARCC reports it

PARCC was a multistate assessment system built around the Common Core-era PARCC mathematics model content frameworks rather than a separate proprietary standards set. Its math structure is organized by grade/course and aligned to CCSS-M content categories and model content frameworks.

Blueprint & weighting

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Practice playeasy

Find the area of a sector with radius 66 and central angle 120°120°. Use π=3\pi = 3.

Sector area =120360×πr2=120360×3×36=36= \dfrac{120}{360} \times \pi r^2 = \dfrac{120}{360} \times 3 \times 36 = 36.

Practice playeasy

A sector of a circle has radius 10 mm10\text{ mm} and central angle 90∘.90^{\circ}\textsf{.} What is the area of the sector?

The area of the whole circle is πr2=π⋅102=100π.\pi r^{2} = \pi \cdot 10^{2} = 100\pi\textsf{.} A 90∘90^{\circ} sector is 90360=14\dfrac{90}{360} = \dfrac{1}{4} of the circle, so the area is 14⋅100π=25π mm2.\dfrac{1}{4} \cdot 100\pi = 25\pi\text{ mm}^{2}\textsf{.}

Practice playeasy

A circle in the coordinate plane has a diameter with endpoints (8,0)(8, 0) and (8,6).(8, 6)\textsf{.} What is the radius of the circle?

The endpoints share the same xx-coordinate, so the diameter is vertical with length ∣6−0∣=6.|6 - 0| = 6\textsf{.} The radius is half the diameter, so r=62=3.r = \dfrac{6}{2} = 3\textsf{.}

Practice playmedium

The equation x2+(y+2)2=16x^2 + (y + 2)^2 = 16 represents Circle A. Circle B is obtained by shifting Circle A down 55 units in the coordinate plane. Which of the following equations represents Circle B?

Circle A has center (0,−2)(0, -2) and radius 44. Shifting down 55 moves the center to (0,−7)(0, -7), so Circle B is x2+(y+7)2=16x^2 + (y + 7)^2 = 16.

Practice playmedium

The graph of the equation (x+6)2+(y−4)2=100(x + 6)^2 + (y - 4)^2 = 100 is a circle in the coordinate plane. The point (a,b)(a, b) lies on the circle. Which of the following is a possible value for a?a\textsf{?}

The center is (−6,4)(-6, 4) and the radius is 10.10\textsf{.} A point on the circle must satisfy −6−10≤a≤−6+10,-6 - 10 \le a \le -6 + 10\textsf{,} so −16≤a≤4.-16 \le a \le 4\textsf{.} The value −11-11 is in this interval.

Practice playeasy

The ellipse x225+y29=1\dfrac{x^{2}}{25} + \dfrac{y^{2}}{9} = 1 crosses the positive x-axis at one point. What is the x-coordinate of that point?

Set y=0y = 0: then x2=25x^{2} = 25, and the positive solution is x=5x = 5.

Practice playeasy

A circle in the coordinate plane has equation (x−1)2+(y−4)2=81.(x - 1)^{2} + (y - 4)^{2} = 81\textsf{.} What is the value of r2?r^{2}\textsf{?}

In standard form the right side equals r2,r^{2}\textsf{,} so r2=81.r^{2} = 81\textsf{.}

Practice playeasy

M(4,7)M(4, 7) is the midpoint of AB‾\overline{AB} and A=(1,5).A = (1, 5)\textsf{.} What are the coordinates of the other endpoint?

Let B=(x,y).B = (x, y)\textsf{.} Since M=(4,7)M = (4, 7) is the midpoint of A=(1,5)A = (1, 5) and B,B\textsf{,} the midpoint formula gives 1+x2=4\dfrac{1 + x}{2} = 4 and 5+y2=7.\dfrac{5 + y}{2} = 7\textsf{.} Multiply 1+x2=4\dfrac{1 + x}{2} = 4 by 22 to get 1+x=8,1 + x = 8\textsf{,} so x=7.x = 7\textsf{.} Multiply 5+y2=7\dfrac{5 + y}{2} = 7 by 22 to get 5+y=14,5 + y = 14\textsf{,} so y=9.y = 9\textsf{.} The coordinates of BB are (7,9).(7, 9)\textsf{.}

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