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Geometry Videos
Haven't you always wondered how much cardboard it takes to encase a trunk warmer for your pet elephant?
3D Geometry Videos 15 videos
ACT Math: Plane Geometry Drill 4, Problem 1. What is the radius of the sphere?
ACT Math: Plane Geometry Drill 4, Problem 5. What is the height of the prism?
ACT Math: Plane Geometry Drill 5, Problem 5. How much material do you need to cover the entire tent?
Angles Videos 25 videos
Sure, Romeo and Juliet were a great pair, but they don't hold a candle to linear pairs. Find out more by clicking play.
This video explains the vertical angle theorem. Learn about supplementary angles, adjacent angles, and linear pairs, plus bungee jumping. Intersect...
FYI: cats don't like to get wet. Okay, so that fact won't be relevant every time you solve trig equations, but it happens to be this time.
Area and Volume Videos 38 videos
Los cubos de hielo no son ruidosos generalmente...pero tienen un volumen de tipo diferente. Este video te enseñará cómo encontrar el volumen de...
GED Math 5.4 Measurement. What is the volume of a sphere that measures 18 meters across?
Circles Videos 25 videos
Time to learn about the area of a sector. And no, that's not the sector's bedroom with a bumper sticker on the door that reads, "GO AWAY."
SAT Math 11.1 Geometry and Measurement. If y equals 117°, what is the measure of x?
Construction Videos 10 videos
No hard hat needed here–we're talking about mathematical constructions. If you're using a straight edge, a compass, and a pencil, you're working...
ACT Math: Plane Geometry Drill 5, Problem 3. What is the measure of Angle GHJ?
Coordinate Geometry Videos 38 videos
In geometry, points are called collinear if they all lie on the same line. What, no bunk beds?
Logic and Proofs Videos 13 videos
If you already know what a conditional statement is, then you're smarter than you look. And boy do you look smart.
Indirect proofs (or proofs by contradiction) prove their conclusion by showing that the opposite cannot be true. You can use this in math and in ar...
Parallel and Perpendicular Lines Videos 23 videos
To prove lines are parallel, you need a third line. We at Shmoop (and the rest of the world) call it a transversal.
Algebra I Drill 4, Problem 5. What is the slope of a line that is parallel to the graph of 8x + 4y = 5?
Polygons Videos 24 videos
It's super useful to be able to find the distance around stuff. Like when you’re being pursued by authorities while running around the base of an...
GED Math 4.3 Measurement. How should this equation for calculating the area of a hexagon be completed?
Quadrilaterals Videos 12 videos
Rectangles just love to have perimeters. And we just love to measure them.
CAHSEE Math: Mathematical Reasoning Drill 3, Problem 4. Which of the expressions gives the best estimate as to the length of this quadrilateral's p...
Right Triangles and Trigonometry Videos 37 videos
Verifying trig identities is important, especially when you're about to let one of them into the country—which is why they should keep their pass...
Mosquitos need their caffeine, just like the rest of us. Wouldn't think zipping around and stinging people all day long sap your energy?
Sine is the opposite over the hypotenuse; cosine is the adjacent over the hypotenuse; and tangent is the opposite side over the adjacent side....
Transformations Videos 4 videos
Bien, tú no eres el único que cae completamente en el aburrimiento por un rato. Dos figuras geométricas dimensionales también. ¿Cómo ellos pu...
If you were looking for the trailer for the new Michael Bay movie, you've got the wrong number. Transformations are rotations, reflections, and tra...
Triangles Videos 32 videos
Sine is the opposite over the hypotenuse; cosine is the adjacent over the hypotenuse; and tangent is the opposite side over the adjacent side....
Use the area formula to solve for length of the base of the triangle.
Word Problems Videos 5 videos
We’ve got a problem. Actually, we’ve got a ton of them. Fortunately, they’re only geometric word problems, which really aren’t so bad. Weâ€...
How do you figure out how long you have before the Galapagos Zombie Tortoises eat you? By using math, of course. If you can't solve this problem, w...
Simple steps to solving geometry word problems. If only the problems themselves were this simple...