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Megan Booth, grade 10, Fairfield HS Quilt has symmetry, lines, angles, tessellating patterns. Patterned bowl has symmetry, circles, angles. Kitchen floor has tessellations. ********** Phuong Le, grade 9, Fairfield HS Streets because they are not only streets but also parallel lines that never meet. Roofs because most roofs in New England have a triangular shape, therefore they let snow slide off easily instead of staying on top of the roof. A bush because it can be shaped into a circle, square, or anything you like. ********** Carly Tubbs, grade 9, Fairfield HS The three most geometric shapes in my house are a human face, a spider web, and a book. I chose a human face because geometry, in one definition, is shape or design. Shapes make up the nose, the eyes, and mouth -- all figures. The figures make up one symmetrical figure. A spider web was chosen because the strands are just lines apart, but together form shapes and these shapes form larger figures and so on. I chose a book not only because it is a prism and is filled with lines and shapes, but because the written lines and shapes form other imaginative lines and shapes. ********** Aaron Hagel, grade 9, Fairfield HS To me geometric is a shape that has a real lot of lines. Therefore, I would have to say the most geometric shape is the design of the outer shell of the house. Inside, I would have to say the tiling in the bathrooms is pretty geometrically impressive. The actual rectangles aren't, but if you take a look from the ceiling, it's good. The third best thing is the windows, because it symbolizes geometry with its one big grid with the wooden lines. ********** Liz Fuchs, grade 9, Fairfield HS A diamond -- it is very geometric because it is made up of angles, straight lines, and triangles. Salt -- it is crystalline so it also has many geometric characteristics, like angles, straight lines, and triangles. Snowflake -- a snowflake is an amazing geometric object. It, as well, is made up of many unique geometric characteristics. ********** Steve Kubiner, grade 9, Fairfield HS Everything is geometric. Some examples in my home are my refrigerator, my dome shaped ceiling, and my salad in the fridge. My refrigerator has a rectangular, 3-D shape. The ceiling has a spherical dome shape, and the salad has an irregular unique shape. ********** Mike Trefry, grade 9, Fairfield HS A compact disc or CD. It is perfectly round and has no mistakes in it. My room. It has right angles in all of the corners and has flat surfaces sort of like planes. Street signs because they are in geometric shapes. ********** Ed Blagriff, grade 9, Fairfield HS Cue ball -- perfect sphere Stereo speaker -- cube Trail markers -- triangles ********** Kyle Halligan, grade 9, Fairfield HS Lamp -- This is important because the entire lamp has many different cylinders and circles that show how there can be many different sized cylinders and circles. Stereo -- this object is also very "geometric" because it has many different shapes and sized buttons to show what a variety of quadrilaterals there really are. Cat -- My cat is also an important "geometric" object because she has many different line segments (hair) which takes up another part of geometry, endpoints, midpoints, and points, points, points! ********** Matt Tubin, grade 9, Fairfield HS Any building (i.e. house, schools) are usually built geometrically. All the sides are usually geometric shapes, and the bricks, etc. Computer screen -- the pixels are points on a line (in the screen). Grass -- each blade of grass is a segment. ********** Sara Pappas, grade 10, Fairfield HS Arched windows have many angles and curves. Stop sign is made of angles. TV tray has lots of angles, visible plane, triangles (where the legs come together), and intersecting lines. ********** Eric Bundonis, grade 9, Fairfield HS My TV because it is a square and it has many little circular and square buttons on it. My math book because it is also a square and it has all angles inside of it. My fireplace because it is rectangular and it has all different sized bricks around it. ********** The following grade 9 students from Fairfield HS also participated: Smita Chawla, Monica Coords, Brean Cunningham, Mark Dwyer, Robert Eng, Kelly Kraus, Heather Lambert, Moira Lewis, Sacha Meyrick, Kelly Nash, David Nassi, Adam Price, Brian Rondeau, Dana Scalisi, Bilal Seyal, Rebecca Simpson, Ashley Tillson Some of their suggested geometric objects include: checkerboard, a window screen, Bilal's neighbor Tim who teaches geometry, paperweight, tissue box, roll of lifesavers, dumbbell, light bulbs, doorknobs, tennis balls, table, telephone poles, pillows, picture frames, tapes, mirrors, and a deck of cards. ********************************************* Subject: POW Sept. One of the most geometric objects are games. The reason we chose games is because games have rules that we need to create geometic designs and you have many pieces to make the game whole. Another geometric object is an ice cream cone because it has many diffrent demensions. Last of all we chose the planet Earth because of it's many diffrent regions and has many diffrent shapes and measurements. Brande Martin and Francisco Muro ********************************************* Subject: POW Sept. Question: In our neighborhood the most geometric figures are tables (oval and square), televisions (square), and windows (oval, square, rectangles, octogons). Theses things are geometrical because, they represent some of the most common shapes in geometry. Sandra Rodriquez and Mayra Diaz ********************************************* Question: The three most geometric objects are: the roof of my house, my backyard, and the light on the top of my lightpost. I chose the roof of my house because it has a wierd geometric shape to it. It is shaped like a triangle and a rectangle in one. I chose my backyard because it used to be used for horses and it had a wierd geometric shape to it. I choose the light on top of the lightpole because it is like a cirle, rectangle, and a square all in one. Ebone' King and Eric Brown ********************************************* 1. A list of jobs to be done.They are things you have to do & accomplish in a certain time period. 2. A book of logic problems.They help you in the skills of elimination. 3. A crystal sphere that glows when you put a lit candle in it. You can find the volume & mass of the sphere. Shanna Slater and Jenna Myers ********************************************* My house because the roof is so many different shapes. My bicycle because the wheels are round and there are straight bars, and curvy bars. The portable fan because it has squares,circles,straight lines, and curvy lines. Wendy Burnett and Kim Jackson ********************************************* Question: The three most geometric shapes in my house and neighorhood would be bicycle, bed, and TV. I choose bicycle because a bicycle has two tires on it, just like two circles. I choose my bed because my bed's shape looks like a retriangle.and finally I choose TV because it looks like a square box. James Lin ********************************************* Question: The three most geometric shapes in our house or neighborhood would be a house, stop sign, and a can of soup. They all have different shapes and sizes. The roof of the house is a pyramid and the bottom of the house is the shape of a cube. The stop sign shape is a octagon. The can of soup is a cylinder shape. Kim Velvick and Raine Ortiz ********************************************* 1. A calendar because it has many numbers,also because it contains shapes. It has to do with the days,and months in a year. 2. A television because it is squared,also it shows many information that is occuring around the world. It has educational and entertaining programs. 3. A phone because it is something that is three dimentional and contains numbers,letters,and squared shaped buttons. It also gets you talking to many people around the world. Silvia Fernandez and Lucy Rivera ********************************************* Nathaniel Prevost: One of the things that I think is geometric is a car. It's geometric becaus it is very complex with a lot of shapes too. Another thing I think is geometric is a tv. It geometric because it is square. The last thing I think is geometic is my brain because geometry is mental. Sarah Fisher: One of the most geometric things in my house is my dad's guitar. It is geometric because the strings represent lines. Another geometric object is my brothers hair. It is geometric because he forms it into many shapes. The last geometric object is a stop sign. It is geometric because of it's shape. ********************************************* Question: The three most geometric objects in my house and neighborhood would be my bicycle, my ceiling fan, and our basketball court. The reason I picked my bicycle is because it has two cicular wheels, a body made out of cylinder pipe, and many gears with a chain that work together to make the bicycle move. I chose my ceiling fan because it has rectangular shaped propelers that are turned by a circular shaped box that controls it. I also chose my basketball court because it deal with throwing a circular object into a hoop on a half circle shaped back board. Rick Hummel ********************************************* Question: The three most geometric items around our house's my name is Rickey Lee and I think that the list rules on my bedroom door is because I follow the rules by each one.I also think my T.V. is because images and shapes that is form. My name is Isaac Nelson and I think that my satellite in my yard because it is a funny shape and electronic beams go back and forth from other satellites. ********************************************* Question: The three most geometric objects are the archway into my house, the shape of my pool and my chandaleir. The archway of my house is goemetric because of the intrakit design involved in the constuction. It has many rectangles, squares, diamonds, and half circles to form the arch.The shape of my pool is goemetric because of the lines and curves and ninty degree angles. Also my chandaleir has different shapes such as diamonds, oval, circles, rectangles, squares and many other shapes. Veronica Murillo and Anabel Arambula ********************************************* Question: In our neighborhood one of the most geometric things are the houses themselves. To build them you have to follow certain rules just like in geometry. The houses also have many different shapes to them and shapes are an important thing in geometry. Another thing is a blender because it has many shapes to it and it mixes things up the way geometry does to your head. The last thing are walls of the house because they're one step to making a house and in geometry there are many steps to solving a problem. Tiffany Solko and Kelli Haskel ********************************************* Question: The three most geometric objects are..... I would have to say that one of the most geometric objects in my life is my daily schedule because I always have some type of problem to solve with my schedule from being a crash course. You always have to solve problems in geometry and my schedule itself is a big problem that needs to be solved. The second most geometric shape in my home life would be my family relationships I mean I have about 4 relationships with my parents, and in geometry you always have to find out the relationship of the problem and the answer of the problem. The last and final most geometric shape would have to be traffic signals because they are gemetric in two ways one is that they tell people what to do by color and symbols and in geometry you learn what your supposed to do to answer the problem by using symbols. The second reason that traffic signals are geometric is their shape, their shape has parallel lines, vertical lines like the ones used in geometry. Angela Crabtree ********************************************* Question: The three most geometrical objects in my house are.... The most geometrical object in my house is my Bible. In life there are problems as there are in geometry. In geometry you have to find solutions to these problems, you find these solu -tions out from your teacher or your book. In life you find out some of these solutions in the Bible. Geometetry is an important foundation in math as the foundation of your house is. It supports your math skills, as the foundation of your house supports it and every thing in it. The square is the most important shape of all. It is the building block of everything, the foundation of a house is square, blocks are square etc. Daniel Barron ********************************************* Question: The three most geometric objects are... 1.My coffee table A.At the top and the bottom of the table, it's squared, B.There are round poles connected from top to bottom, C.There are squared blocks that help connect the poles from top to bottom. 2.My lazyboy A.The chair is squared, B.The arms of the couch is rectangeled, C.When you let the chair back,the part that you put your feet on is rectangeled, D.The wheels are round. 3.lightpoles on the street A.The poles are round, B.The light bulb cover has two different shapes. Sometimes they are round and sometimes they are squared, C.The light bulb is round, D.The part that holds the pole up is round. Ree Patterson ********************************************* Question: The three most geometric items around my house would be:1. Our mailbox around the corner because it's not just for us,it has a lot of little slots for different families and it has many different shapes on and around it.2.My boombox.I consider it to be geometric because all the little nodules on it are all different shapes and when you put your tape or Cd in it, the nodules turn until you get the music quality you derire. 3.The blinds in our front room.I consider them to be geometric because they are cut up.My mom was trying to be unique and she cut them up.They are all different shapes and colors and thats what I consider to be geometric! Jenni Davis ********************************************* Question: The three most "geometric" objects in my house or my neighborhood are stereo, microwave, and a clock. I chose these three items because, a stereo is rectangular shape, a microwave is square shape, and the clock is circular. That is my explanation. Michael-Paul Allen ********************************************* Question: the three most geometric figures in the household region are: -cube-bedroom, box, cupboard, picture frames, etc. -cylinder-cans, other containers, etc. -rectangle-yards, patios, rooms of houses, etc. we chose these three articles because they seemed to be the most common items of geometric form in our houses. we suppose the title "geometric" means any sort of polygonic shape, and that "geometry" is the study of geometric items. Will Stiern and Matt Rench ********************************************* Question: The three most geometric figures in the household is 1. circles- tables, swimming pool, rugs, plates 2. squares- pillows, windows 3. rectangles- bed, refridgerator, oven We chose these three most common geometric objects because they seem to be the most common shapes of the objects in are houses. Genny Mutz and Amber Demkey ********************************************* Question: I think the three most geometrical objects in the household are: 1. The House. It has a variety of shapes, measurements,angles and many more Geometrical things. 2. A car. The car has many different shapes,angles etc. that other household objects don't. 3. People. People have the strangest and most unique geometrical configurations in the entire world. Norman Eades ********************************************* Question: The three most "gemometric" objects are octigon (are the plates), and cylinder (the glasses), and squares (the bed). These are the three most "geometric" objects in our households. Tricia Coleman and Alicia Slater ********************************************* Question: THE MOST OBJECTS AROUND US ARE BOTTLES,BECAUSE IT IS A CYLINDER EYE GLASSES, BECAUSE THEY ARE CONGRUENT CIRCLES. THE TELEVISION BECAUSE IT IS A SQUARE. Eric Rushing and Tinia Blanton ********************************************* Question: THE TV BECAUSE IT IS A SQUARE, THE CLOCK BECAUSE IT IS A CIRCLE, AND THE POSTER BECAUSE IT IS A RECTANGLE. THE CABBINET BECAUSE IT IS A RECTANGLE. Michael Jones ********************************************* Subject: POW Sept. 11-15 Question: THE MOST GEOMETRIC THINGS IN OUR HOUSES ARE: OUR TV, DOG, AND CAR. THESE ARE BECAUSE THEY ALL HAVE DIFFERENT AND UNIQUE SHAPES AND SIZES. Drew Parker and Chad Odom ********************************************* Question: The three most geometric figures in my house are; the rafters in the roof of my garage, they are triangles because they have three sides with no openings. My endtable because it is an eightside figure which is a an octagon. And a board from my fence because it is a line segment Ian Varner and Anthony Gillespie ********************************************* Question: We think that the three most geometrical shapes in our houses are; 1)A window because of its square shape and its angles. 2)A trianguler shaped lamp because of the dimensions and the shape. 3)A wheel because of the circular shape. Geometry consists of the measurement of shapes such as circles, triangles, squares, and rectangles. Cindy Cardena and Jennifer Waters ********************************************* Subject: POW Sept. 11-15 Question: Circles, we love speakers. Squares,we like to nuke our food.Octagon,we hate stop signs. Shawn Ibarra and Ryan Ramirez ********************************************* Question: The three most "geometric" objects in my neihborhood are the stop sign, fences, and the shape of the yards. Because the stop sign is a hexagone. The fences are rectangle. And the yards are not alike they have different shapes. James Nichols ********************************************* Question: The three most Geometric things in my neighborhood or house, would be: #1- My lawnmower because it has so many different shapes and angles. #2- Melvin's toilet because it is a square, oval, and rectangle all in one. #3- Anyone's hair because they are all different shapes (ex. curly, straight, or goofy). Ian Orizaga and Melvin Thomas ********************************************* Question: The most geometric objects in our neighborhood are:1)A computer, because it has boxes, rectangles, and circles in its form. 2) A car because it has many different angles and shapes to it. 3) A piece of gum because its geometric shape is never exactly determined. Katie Muller and Jacque Soares ********************************************* Question: The most geometrical items in our house or neighborhood would be; 1.) A house, because different shapes and angles are present 2.) A vase, because of the structure and shape 3.) A car, because of the arithmatic that goes into it Ellena Espinosa and Nicole Estrada ********************************************* Question: -The shape of a stop sign. Because it's an octagon. -A house. If you look at it from the front it is a 5 sided figure. We think it's called a pentagon. -Geometry also deals with numbers. As you can tell because each of the shapes we have mentioned we have also said the number of sides it has. -We also think it has to do with dimentions, but were not sure how. Angela Moore and Jamie Covert ********************************************* Question: My three most geometric objects in my house are,1)My car because it has alot of angels to it.2)My table because it's a rectangle shape.3)My stair because there 90 degrees. Rigo Rodriquez ********************************************* Question: We think a car,a pot,and a table are the most geometric shape because they canhold things. Marcus Ramsey and Tarnjit Kaur ********************************************* Question: We think that the most geometric shapes around our neighborhood are: a) A bicycle because of it's round wheels and it's squared pedals. b) A refrigerator because of it's rectangular shapes and demensions. c) A Mini Van because of it's circular wheels it's squared doors and because of it's rectangular form. Isabel Varela and Irene Nunez ********************************************* Question: THE THREE MOST GEOMETRIC ITEMS AROUND OUR HOUSE ARE A `95 HONDA ACCORD,A ROLL OUT BASKETBALL COURT,AND A CD. A HONDA ACCORD HAS FOUR CIRCULAR WHEELS,A RECTANGULAR SHAPED SPOILER,AND A SQUARE SUNROOF. A ROLL OUT BASKETBALL COURT HAS TWO ROUND WHEELS,A SQUARE BASE, A LONG CYLINDER POLE THAT GOES TO THE SEMI CIRCLE BACKBOARD. A CD IS SHAPED IN A CIRCLE. Jennifer Gallup and Lisa Flores ********************************************* Question: 1. Henry's pool because it's shaped in an unusual way. 2. A cube because it's a three dimensional object. Henry Washington and Andriana Lopez ********************************************* Question: The most geometrical objects in my neighborhood would probably be; 1.The two story house thats around the corner because it has a lot of windows,doors,and unique features that make the house diaginals, squares. 2.The fire department also has a lot of shapes that make it very geometrical.It has windows,doors,sliding pole. 3.My house also has a lot of geometrical shapes.It has windows,doors, sliding doors,a fireplace and different other features. Maria Correa ********************************************* Question: After long periods of continued thought, we have reached the conclusion that our screen on our screen door defines geometry because it has the resemblence of a grid on an x,y axis on a graph. I would have to say that a rubik's cube also defines geometry because, well, it has many squares and cubes. My couch because we saw a picture of a shape resembleing it. Matt Rengers and Issac Garcia ********************************************* Question: The three things that we would like to submit that are geometric would be (1.)the cabinets are geometric because they have a shape of square and have a base, height, and a depth. (2.)the shower is geometric because the tiles are made of squares that make up one big rectangle, and the tiles could have a pattern that make different shapes. (3.)the last thing in my house that I believe to have a geometrical shape is my computer because it contains different shapes that work together to make it run. Natalie Sharp and Dannette Deal ********************************************* Question: 1. Computer 2. Dishwasher 3. Stopsign The reason we chose a computer is because it has a large quanity of line segments and angles. It also contains these shapes: square, rectangle, and circles. The reason we chose the dishwasher is because it has lots of lines, cyclinders, circles, squares, cubes, rectangles, and rectangular prisims. Our reasoning for choosing a stopsign is that it is an octagon, it contains curves, and it has dimension. Amanda Parks and Amanda Grombly ********************************************* Question: My first geometric figure can run and jump. My geometric figure is a weiner dog. I think it is a unique geometric shape because it has a lot of different shapes and deminsions. It has a very long body and tail. My other shape are my shoes. They have different shapes everyday. My last shapes are chips. There are many different shapes of chips, like Fritos they are short and curly but when you get Doritos they are big triangles. Sam Morris ********************************************* Question: 1).Toaster because it is a rectangle and has two more rectangles on the top of it. 2). Soda can because it has a circle at each end and also the body of the can is a rectanguler-circle. 3). A door because it is a rectangle and it has a circle as the door knob. Jennifer Apperson and Erik Fosbus ********************************************* Question: Geometric Surroundings My house in it's whole is geometric. The roofing is triangular, the foundation is rectangular, the walls are squared (each of them consists of a 90 degree angle). The closet is (unfortunately) the shape of a box. My swimming pool is a 360 degree circle. There is also the relationship between me and my family. As in Geometry, we try to find a relationship between two objects. Another thing that I have in my house that has to do with Geometry is Guess and Check. We always think of some ways to repair things such as the toaster and then we have to try it out to see if it was the right thing to do,and if it wasn't,we try again until we get it right. These are just a few of the things we have in our house that are Geometric. Janelle Green and Tiffany Rocha ********************************************* Question: 1) HOUSE: In the house there are many right triangles for example your roof and flooring have many right triangles. It has many differant dimensions for example all the windows and doors have dimensions. To come up with the actual house you have to have and use many differant theorem like Pythagorean Theorem. 2) COOLER AND HEATER: They are related to a graph because of the tempature. When you turn on the cooler the tempature gets cooler, it falls. When you turn the heat on it rises as it gets hotter. 3) POOL: Pool because it shows volume. The volume goes higher and lower as you fill it and empty it. You will need an equation to find out how much water is actually in the pool. April Arnold and Kevin Miller ********************************************* Question: In my home and neighborhood there are many things that have geometric characteristics. My swimming pool is one thing that has geometric shape. It's three-d and holds lots of water. There isn't any specific shape or size. My water bed is very geometric. The bed itself is one shape, but when you sit on the mattress it takes a whole different shape and keeps the same volume. Last but not least we have ice which is also very geometric. It starts as water, and then you freeze it. When freezing it can take any form. Then when it melts and turns back into water, it takes back it's original form. These are what we feel to be geometric shapes. Thank You. Gina Torchia and Jeremy McCoy ********************************************* Question: There are a lot of geometrical shapes around my house.For one I have a swimming pool shaped like a skeleton key hole.It is a cicle with a square on it.I have a dog that looks like an oval with a circle head. Jacob Cox and Larry Patton ********************************************* Question: 3 THINGS THAT ARE GEOMETRIC AROUND MY HOUSE: 1. MY HOUSE IS GEOMETRIC BECAUSE OF THE WAY IT IS SHAPED. LIKE TRIANGLES, RECTANGLES, AND SQUARES. 2. LOTS OF OBJECTS IN MY KITCHEN ARE GEOMETRIC BECAUSE OF THEIR SHAPES, SIZES, VOLUME,AND WEIGHT. 3. AROUND MY HOUSE WE HAVE PROBLEMS AND IN GEOMETRY WE ALSO HAVE PROBLEMS WE HAVE TO SOLVE. Marin Munoz ********************************************* Question: 1.Geometry is graphing because you do lot of graphing in geometry. 2.A house is geometric because it is made with the help of geometry. 3.A clock is geometric because it is like a circle and a circle is in geometry. Dupiner Dhaliwal ********************************************* Question: What I Think is Geometric in My Surroundings: There are a whole lot of objects in my house that I consider "geometric" and here is an example of three: 1.My Backyard is geometric because it is considered to be a right triangle. It goes from point "a" to point "b" and from point "b" it goes to point "c" that goes back to point "a". If I were to take the patio side and the fence side (leg a & leg b) square each then add them together, square root the sum, I would get the hypotenuse (c squared), otherwords, the length squared for the other side of the yard. 2.This morning I came to school with three dollars. By the end of the day I only had a nickel left. For lunch I ate at the Taco Ridge, which cost $1.85. After P.E., 7th period, I had a soda which cost .60 cents and then after school I had another soda costing me another .60 cents. Leaving me with a nickel. The beginning of the day I had $3, by the end, $0.05. This is geometric because it deals with relations. 3.My kitchen is tiled with 10 tiles horizontal and 10 vertical. This is geometric because it deals with area and perimemter. The area of the kitchen floor is 100, the perimeter is 40...This is a perfect square. Andrea Brazier and Julie Brinkman ********************************************* Subject: POW Sept. 11-15 The three most geometric objects in my house are books, clocks,and people. I chose them because they are the most common things in a house and my neighborhood. They are all geometric to me because they all have shape of the geometric shapes or they are all built with geometric shapes either small or big most everything is made of them. John Paul Vergara ********************************************* Question: The three most geometrical things in our neighborhood are a trash can, car and a house. We picked these three things because a trash can is round( a geometrical shape) a car has different shapes like a rectangle. A house is usually shaped more like a square. Favor Moses and Melissa Lopez ********************************************* Question: The three most geometric things in at my house are the kitchen table:because it has alot of angles, my bed; because it has circle bed post and the back yard; because there is an area and a perimeter Amanda Elmore ********************************************* Question: The geometric objects in our houses are that we both have cars, people, and we have locks in our house. What makes a car geomtric is because they have different shapes and sizes. What makes a person geometric is that they have different shapes and sizes. With a lock you have to have a certain key that fits the lock hole to open it. Annette Cazares and Sara Ramos ********************************************* Question: The most geometric objects in my neighborhood is the houses. The second most geometric objects in my neighborhood is the cars. John Levingston ********************************************* Question: The three objects in my neighborhood that are the most geometric are the cotton field by my house, which is rectangular, the street lights that put out a spherical ray of light,and my brothers shoes that put out an odor in a 100 yard radius. Sam Burke and Starr Sanders ********************************************* Subject: POW Sept. 11-15 Question: A computer 'cause it has shape and shows you shapes. A T.V. for the same reasons. A circle, lenses for glasses. Nicci Otto and John Franco ********************************************* Question: THE MOST GEOMETRIC SHAPES ARE THE HOUSES, THE STOP SIGNS, AND THE T.V. Lino Banuelos and Matt Williams ********************************************* Question: An octagon because of the stop sign at every street corner. All of the books at my house in my rectangle bookshelf. Table's because they are all shapes Kylie Garza ********************************************* Question: The three most geometric objects in my house or in my neighborhood are my geometry book, the walls in my house, and my fish. I choose those because they all look totally different, but they can all come together in a geometric world. Josh Weesner ********************************************* Question: rollling pin because it is a cylnder fish tank because it is a hexagon refridgerator cuz its e recktengaluar qub Yvonne and Tamatha ********************************************* Question: Fire hydrant:because of the large variety of different geometrical shapes. Ceiling fan:because of the circular motion in which the fan moves,and the many different shapes. Bicycle:because of the motions,the shapes,and the way in which the bike moves. Luke Bauer and Roxanna Moreno ********************************************* Question: The most geometric thing in my house is my collection of coke cans because they are cylinder shaped. The second would have to be my kitchen table because of its roundness. Matt's soccer ball is very geometric because it is a sphere. Matt Wallace and Maureen Thompson ********************************************* Question: DOOR-BECAUSE IT IS A RECTANGLE TABLE-BECAUSE IT IS A OVAL TV-BECAUSE IT IS A BOX PANAMA BAKERS SUR 13 Sabas Garcia and Heidi Miranda ********************************************* I would think the most geometric shapes in my house would be my coffee table,china cabinet and my entertainment center, I belive that the items I suggested are the most geometric items because not only would you have to find the shape of the outside but you would have to find the curves of the outside and the inside. Heather Stewart and Julie Sierra ********************************************* The three most geometric figures around Bakersfield are 1. The amount of acres or space used to grow cotton and oranges because of the shapes of the fields used. 2. The Valley Plaza Mall is also Geometric because of all the different stores and shops inside. 3. The last answer of ours would be the blocks that our houses sit on because of the shapes of the houses and streets on our blocks are all different shapes and demensions. Kirk Nicklaus and Kelly Blackett ********************************************* Question: Jason's answer. My refrigerater,T.V.,and my bed. My refrigerater is a rectangle,T.V. is a square,and my bed is rectangular also. Derek's answer. the three most geometric things in my house are my table, my room, and my house itself.my table is round. my room and my house are both filled with many different shapes. Jason Gridiron and Derek McLaughlin ********************************************* Question: I think that the three most "geometric" objects in my house and in my neighborhood is:a fish tank,a microwave,washer and dryer. Ihave chosen the following objects because I believe they are accurate. Randasha McQuiller ********************************************* Question: I new here, so I don't know if an 8th grader should be writing here. I think the three most geometric shapes would be the rectangle, circle and triangle. I chose rectangle, because all windows would be rectangular and not a window is ever square. I heard it somewhere. Many books are also rectangluar. I chose the circle because many people have CD's and some clocks are circular. I chose the triangle because they are like clothes hanger (think that's the right spelling.) Those are my reasons. Jason Lee, IS 119, Queens, NYC ********************************************* Question: 1. Chandelier-Polygons(many of them), lines, circles, spheres (for the bulbs in some of them. 2. Skateboard-cylinders for the wheels, spheres for the ball bearings, concave tip (?) 3. Roof of a house-inclined plane, triangles, squares for the tiles (but really they are rectangular prisms because they have thickness) Ms. Solak's 2nd Period Geometry Class, York High School, Elmhurst, IL ********************************************* Question: One of the most common geometrical shapes in our home and neighbourhood is the traffic controllers. eg. traffic lights, stop signs and round abouts. We started by choosing traffic lights because they have line, shape, angle and symmetry. We then decided to add the traffic signs as well because they have more interesting shapes such as octagonal stop signs. The second one we choose was a bike because it also has these things and others. The wheel has circles, tessellation on the tread,different angles in the spokes, and lines.The frame is full of angles and lines and is basically symmetrical if you look front on.The whole bike has symmetry, shape and angle. Our last choice was a stained glass window. These are usually always symmetrical and have many shapes that tessellate and lines separating colours. Georgia, Renee, Rebecca, Jeannie, Gemma, Kate, and Amanda Methodist Ladies' College ********************************************* Steve Ausmus - Geometry 5th hour - Hinckley-Finlayson H.S. 1. Rhombicosidodecahedron - It has a lot of sides, we will be making them in Geometry class. (I have some examples of solids in my classroom that past classes have constructed.) 2. Soccer Ball - It has a lot of Geometry in designing it. It is made with two figures, pentagons and hexagons that are all the same. 3. Bleachers - I picked them because they are interesting. There is Geometry put into building them. If they weren't built correctly, they would not work properly. Hinckley, Minnesota ********************************************* I believe that almost everything in my house is geometric. Because there's no real diffinition of geometry. Matt Sebonia ********************************************* Question: The most geometric things in Caleb Sjogren's house are a globe, an ice cream cone, and a bottle of perfume shaped like a pyramid because they all involve basic principles of geometry including circles and angles, volume and area. ********************************************* Question: Something can not be more geometric than another, therefor if I choose any three objects and my answer will be correct. Therfore I chosse a piece of paper, a pencil, and a stop sign. By Steven Beda ********************************************* Question: All you have to do is look outside and you'll see the shapes of the houses and the cars are basically squares and rectangles, and the roofs are the shapes of triangles. Eric Michel ********************************************* Question: I belive that the most geometric shape in my house and area is a car because it contains the most amount of different angles and geometric shapes, also another is very basic the door with the glass it has many of angles, and finaly the third most geometric shape in my life is my computer it has many angles shapes tubes and wires. John Barry ********************************************* Question: The most "geometric" shapes in my household are the window which has a rectangular shape,the bed which also has a rectangular shape, and the clock in my house is sphereical well. LJ Hagensee ********************************************* Question: The most "geometric shape in my house is my t.v. which is a cube, my clock which is a circle, and my phone which is a rectangle. All of these things have geometric shape. Hagensee Maureen Hagensee ********************************************* Question: Two of my favorite geometric objects are my Specialized Rockhopper Comp A1 (mountain bike), and my Miyata Nine Twelve (road bike). My third choice is our car, it's an oldsmobile. Aaron Graham ********************************************* Question: Three geometric objects in my house or neighborhood are a refrigerator, a stop sign, and a t.v. A refrigerator because it is rectangular shaped. A stop sign because it is an eight sided object. And lastly a t.v. because it is a square shaped object. I picked these objects because they are all things that are common to us everyday. Katie Arthurs, York High School ********************************************* Question: The three most geometric objects in house or neighborhood are: The television because it has four sides, equalling a square. A clock because it is a circle, and lastly, a street because it makes up all the lines. Chris Borchert, York High School ********************************************* Question: The three objects in my house are stop sign because it has eight sides to it. A refrigerator, because it is a rectangle and it is 3D and many geometrical shapes can be in side. Car because it has many geometrical shapes inside and outside. Frank Palumbo, York High School ********************************************* Question: Three geometric objects in my house would be a wall, because it is square. Geometric shapes can be circles, squares, rectangles, etc. Another shape would be a door because that is also rectangle. A third would be the clock on my wall because it is circular. Kelly Wychoff, York High School ********************************************* Question: The three most geometric figures in my house and neighborhood are: 1. a stop sign because it is an octagon, therefore it has eight sides. 2. a t.v. because it is a square or rectangle with four sides. 3. a building because they are rectangles with four sides, both sides opposing each other are congruent. Mark Stasch, York High School ********************************************* Question: Three geometric objects in my house are a clock, a picture frame, and a block. I think these are geometric objects because the clock is in the shape of a circle, the picture frame is in the shape of a square, and the block is in the shape of a triangle. I say this because a triangle, circle, and a square are all geometric objects. Rosalyn Padiyara ********************************************* Question: The three goemetrical figures in my house and\or my neighborhood I think include: in my house a bed I think this because a bed is a rectangle which is a 4 sided figure. in my neighborhood a yield sign because a yield sign is a triangle which has 3 sides. in my house a tv because a tv is a square whilch has 4 sides. Denise Bartels, York High School ********************************************* Question: Three geometric shapes? OK. #1. a refridgerator, because it is shaped like a rectangular prism, it contains shelves that are in a rectangular shape and its lightbulb is in the shape of a sphere. #2. a tree, which is in my neighborhood, is geometric because its trunk is in the shape of a cylinder, and its branches are like rays that begin at the endpoint which is the trunk. And, finally, #3. the sidewalk, because each slab of cement is, in the most part, in the shape of a quadrilateral. Nini Schmelter, York High School ********************************************* Question: A square because there are many floor and celing tiles in my house. An octagon because there are many stop signs in my neighborhood. And a rectangle because there are many boxes in my house. Brad Logan, York High School ********************************************* Question: A stop sign would be a geometric object because it is an eight sided object and all sides are congruent. Second I think a toaster is a geometric object because it is a four sided rectangular object. Lastly, I think a watermelon because it is an oval object. Alex Arteaga, York High School ********************************************* Question: The three geometric objects in my house and/or neighborhood are: 1.) rectangular door-because it is a four-sided polygon that has no "curvey" lines. 2.) octagon stop sign-because it is an eight-sided polygon. 3.) square computer screen-because it is a four-sided polygon, that is equal on all four sides. Sarah Nazeer Siddiqui, York High School ********************************************* Three most "geometric" objects in my house are a television, a door, and a roof. Television is a square, so that's why it a geometrical shape. A door is a rectangle form, so that's why it makes a geometrical shape. Another geometrical shape is a roof because it is a shape of a pyramid. These are all geometric shapes. Dena Pavlovic, York High School ********************************************* Three geomitrical shapes within my house or within my neighborhood are refrigerators, televisions, and beds. They are geometrical because they all form shapes. The refrigerator is geometrical because it is in a rectangular form, a television is geometrical because it is the form of a cube, and a bed is geometrical because it is also rectangular. Since they all form geometrical forms that means they are geometrical. Priscilla Dumitrescu, York High School ********************************************* Question: Three geometric objects in my house or neighborhood would be windows=squares, doors=rectangles, and stop signs=octagons. My definition of "geometric" is a shape with equal sides and angles. Squares have 4 equal sides and angles, rectangles have equal sides and angles and so do octagons. Shawn Hageman, York High School ********************************************** Question: Computer-has many different angles, sides, and dimensions. Sofa-when you lift up the cushions there are many dimensions from the springs. Card board box-there are so many geometric things you can do with it, measure the sides, the angles, ect... Scott Bredemann ********************************************* Question: Geometric obeject around your house and neighborhood 1. A rectangular prism is common because of the following objects: books, table tops, kleenex box, file cabinets, frames, boxes, suitcase. A rectangular prism is found everywhere outside and inside because most objects are three dimensional in the world. 2. A cylinder is common because of the following objects:pipes, jars, and tape rolls. Because a cylider is the strongest object in the world. 3. A sphere is common because of the following objects: globes , planets, and all athletic sports containing balls. Colleen May and Jette Wichman Center for the Arts and Sciences, Saginaw, Michigan ********************************************* Question: Some of the geometric figures found around our house or in our neighborhood are: A cylinder because of pipes, aluminum cans, and jars. A rectangular prism because of houses, windows, doors, shelves, cabinets, and mirrors. A sphere because of sports balls. Shaun Thayer and Steve Nyquiest Center for the Arts and Sciences, Saginaw, Michigan ********************************************* Jenny Ottelein: The three most geometric objects in my house or neighborhood are the apartment buildings, a pond, and a Mobil gas station. The apartments are geometric, first of all, because they are rectangular in shape. Also they have other geometric objects attached, such as doors, windows, balconies, porches, bushes, and the many items inside. The pond is geometric also. Not only because it is round, but it also contains many geometric objects, as in fish, weeds, and an important one - the perfectly round rafts we use to float on. Why Mobil is geometric is because it is a square building with numerous geometric objects inside. Also, the people everyday are constantly shipping geometric objects in and out of the building. ********************************************* Erika Meister: 1) My riding saddles - because they have many different shapes like ovals, triangles, squares, rectangles, circles. 2) My horse - it has ovals, rectangles, squares, and circles. 3) Fish - it has triangles, circles, squares, and rectangles. ********************************************* Tracie Thacker: 1) Stove - because it is made up of lines, circles, and squares. 2) Fire hydrant - it is made up of polygons, squares, and circles. 3) TV - it is made up of pixels, rectangles, and squares. ********************************************* Kirk Wormington: 1) Wind Chimes - they are shaped and hollowed to different sizes for different sounds. 2) Cue Stick - it is sanded and shaped precisely for perfection. 3) Stairs - my stairs are leveled out, cut to be even, and don't squeak. ********************************************* Cory Ballard: 1) TV - it is rectangular and has a lot of pixels. 2) Clock - it is circular (and has the 4th dimension!) 3) Stop sign - it is an octagon. ********************************************* Johanna Wilson: 1) Desk - it has so many points. 2) Cabinets - it has shapes, angles, and planes. 3) Couch - it has many different planes, angles, and "nodes". ********************************************* Tom Sadler: 1) I think the cube is the most geometric object in my neighborhood. Most rooms of houses, and their structures, are cube shaped. Also TVs and alarm clocks. 2) I think the rectangle is most common in houses. Houses, doors, some walls, dressers, bed and mattresses, alarm clocks, pillows, books, tables, side of dressers, picture frames, etc. A lot of things are made up of rectangles. 3) I think the circle is another one of the most geometric objects. Many people have round pools. Also tires on cars, cups, bowls, juice and milk caps, soda caps, speakers, etc. ********************************************* Lee Guk: 1) Car - it has all sorts of angles, sides, shapes, and figures. 2) House - all the walls, rooms, corners, doors, etc. 3) Person - all shapes and all sizes, and can also move to form another shape. ********************************************* Jackie Jardin: The three most geometric shapes in my house are rectangular doors, circular clocks, and a square screen on a TV. I chose these items because they are the most common and the most familiar to me. ********************************************* Joe Ristow: My television is one of the most geometric objects in my house. First it is a rectangle, the screen is square, and the adjustments are cylinders. Another is my window. The frame is a rectangle, and so is the window. The glass is like a plane. Third is my math book. The book is a rectangle; so are the pages. When you look inside of it everything has to do with geometry. ********************************************* Chris Bauer: 1) My radio - I chose it because it is a three- dimensional rectangle. I like to listen to it a lot. I like to play my CD's (circular) and cassette tapes (rectangular) on it. I also have of lot of room to put junk on the top of it. 2) TV - I chose it because it is a three-dimensional square. Whenever I'm bored sometimes I turn on the TV and there's something on. 3) Comic book - I chose these books because they are squares. I also like reading them because that is the only thing I do a night besides study. ********************************************* Leanne Plencner: 1) TV - it is square and has rectangular buttons. 2) Door - it is a rectangle with a circle for the knob. 3) Speakers - they are rectangles with two small circles. ********************************************* Bryon Beatka: 1) a house - it is a bunch of different shapes and arcs; it has length, width, and height. 2) a door - its rectangular and that's a shape; it has length, width, and height. 3) a window - its a shape, and has length, width, and height. ********************************************* Ian Angers: 1) rectangles - are found in things like windows, TV, appliances, etc. 2) squares - in things like tiles, boxes, cushions, tables, pans, etc. 3) circles - are in plates, clocks, cans, glasses, pipes, etc. ********************************************* Katie Freiberg: 1) lawn mower - has many geometric parts. 2) dog - has many limbs. 3) tree - many shapes protruding from it. ********************************************* Marianne Sadler: 1) Cabinets in kitchen - has squares, circles, rectangles. 2) Microwave - square; buttons are square. 3) Doors - has rectangles, circles. ********************************************* Date: Fri, 15 Sep 1995 17:53:25 -0400 To: pow@mathforum.org Subject: Prob of the Week Here is my answer for this week's problem: The three geometric figures in my house that I chose was a book, my desk, and my refridgerator. I selected a book because it is a good representation of a basic geometric figure: a square. My desk contains a combination of both squares as well as rectangles. Lastly, I used a refridgerator which has an outside frame of a rectangle, the inside has many squares and cubes, and the food that is contained there represents many various shapes such as circles, ovals, etc. ----Rebekah Itzkowitz 10th Grade Akiba Hebrew Academy September 11-15 1995 ********************************************* Subject: POW Sept. 11-15 -Smoke Dector Circular, non symetric (regular) -Hanger Triangular and one of those objects that falls under "other", non symetrical (regular) -Licence Plate Rectangular, non symetric (regular) def of geometric- a figure consisting of straight lines, figures; regular and symmetrical Matt Tyler, Smoky Hill High School, Grade 99 ********************************************* Date: Sun, 17 Sep 1995 20:21:47 -0400 To: pow@mathforum.org Subject: Geometry problem of the week The three most geometeric objects in my home are as follows: 1: the windows in my house are all in geometeric forms such as rectangles and triangles 2:my house is made up of two geometeric shapes, a rectangle with a triangle peaked roof 3:on a table in my house we have a three dimensional, transparent glass pentagon made out of equalateral triangles -Kirsten Woods- Send reply to SKWOODSMD through America Online. ********************************************* Date: Sun, 17 Sep 1995 23:17:11 -0400 To: Pow@mathforum.org Subject: problem of the week The three most geometric objects in my house are: Bed: because the is more than one demension Refridgerator: because ther is movement and it has more than one demension. Clock: because there is time demension. I really didn't understand this at all and I chose things that I thought would work, I would be incredibly surprised if I was at all correct. Jana Bell at Sammamish High School, 10th grade ********************************************* Amy Barbieri Grade 9 Mount Saint Joseph Academy The three most geometric objects in my neighborhood are a house, tree, and gazebo. I chose a house because houses have many different shapes and angles. Most houses are basically a cube, a rectangular solid, or a combination of both. They have either pyramid roofs or just plain squares and rectangles. Windows can be many shapes and sizes. The window panes form more shapes and many right angles. Angles are all over the house. Obtuse, acute, and right angles make up the many shapes. I chose a tree as my second object because I believe "geometric" hasd to do with angles. The trunk and branches of a tree are a cylindershape, while the many leaves have shapes of their own. The main reason I decided on a tree is because of the many angles the branches form. The last geometric object that I chose was a gazebo. The poles of a gazebo are made up of cylinders. The benches are rectangular pieces of wood nailed together. The main reason I picked a gazebo is because of the hexagon pyramid shaped roof. Each of the six panels are formed by triangles - acute angles. Also, each panel is shingled with rectangular shaped shingles. To come to my decision, I first thought of what "geometric" means to me. I then looked around my house and neighborhood to find the most shapes and angles in one object. ********************************************* Annie McIntyre Mount Saint Joseph's Academy Grade 9 Problem of the Week 9/11 to 9/15 My three most "geometric objects are all objects that contain many shapes of all sizes. 1. A door- It may seem simple, but the doors in my house contain many shapes. They contain rectangles and squares. The knobs are circles. The hinges are cylinders and the door itself is a rectangle. 2. A chandelier- I have a chandelier in my dining room which is made up of a variety of different shapes. The light bulbs are ovals and the rest of the chandelier is made of cylinders, triangles, pyramids, circles, cones, and lines. 3. A grandfather clock- The grandfather clock in my living room is what I would consider the most "geometric" of the three objects. The clock, itself, is a rectangular prism. The face is a circle. The hands are line segments. The clock is also made up of cylinders, triangles, more circles, and squares. ********************************************* Colleen Cusick Grade 10 Mount Saint Joseph's Academy Problem of the Week ending 9/15 The three most geometric objects in my house or neighboor-hood are: a piano, a stop sign, and a swing set. 1) I chose a piano because I felt that the strings inside the piano were like lines, the hammers were like points, and the top of a grand piano is a plane. 2) A stop sign has many sides and angles and is a well-known geometric figure. 3) I chose a swing set because of its complicated inter-locking structure and many angles, lines, and planes. ********************************************* Catie Hill POW Sept. 11-15, 1995, Grade 9 THe three most geometric objects in my house are the kitchen cabinets, my parents' sink, and the little box-table in my sister's room. The cabinets are geometric because they are perfect rectangles; the sink is geometric because it is a perfect hemisphere; the box-table is geometric because it is a perfect cube. ********************************************* Celine McElwee 9th grade Mount Saint Joseph Academy POW 9/11-15/95 The three most geometric objects in my house/ neighborhood are: 1. the baseball field at the park - it's a perfect diamond with straight lines with square bases and a rectangular mound. 2. my stool -the top is a perfect blue circle surrounded by a white circle and the legs form 4 acute angles. 3. my ceiling -it's a panel of squares measuring 1' x 1'(I measured them) with 12 across and 9 down. ********************************************* Courtney Piper Problem of the Week 9/11-9/15 Mount St. Joseph Academy The three most geometric objects I found in my house are a plaque, a quilt, and our wall paper. The reason I chose the plaque because it has a different shape compaed to most plaques. It is a four sided figure, but the outside border curves all around. Also the edges curve inward. The reason I chose the quilt was because the shapes on it were in no definite pattern. On it there was a large star and inside that there was a smaller star and then a heart inside of that. The reason I chose our wallpaperwas because it had one design, but it was made up of shapes. The design was a flower and the top part of it was a heart, the leaves were ovals, and there was a small circle at the bottom fo a finishing touch. ********************************************* Elissa Serrao Grade 9 Mount Saint Joseph's Academy Problem of the Week- 9/15 My definition of a geometric object is something that contains "shapes within shapes." Here are my three objects: 1.) My fireplace. I chose this to be a geometric object because it contains many shapes within its rectangular frame. It has rectangular bricks, circular handles, a square screen, and a triangular base. 2.) My stereo. Like the fireplace, my stereo contains "shapes within shapes." Because it contains many sections, levels, knobs, buttons, and switches, I found it to be very geometric. 3.) My mantle clock. It's frame is an octagon, with a circular face. The hands are line segments, that form an angle because they share a common point. It is set on a stand that is a pentagon with circular designs inside. ********************************************* Joanne Getson Grade 9 Mount Saint Joseph Academy Problem of Week 9/11 to 9/15 Three Most Geometric Objects Tissue box- This object is a rectangulatr prism with two sides the same size and shape and four other sides with the same size and shape. All the angles are right angles. Two ends are smaller than the four surrounding it. This is a perfect example of a rectangular prism. Top of cup- This object is a great example of a circle. It has a radius and a diameter. Using this, one can figure the circumference using 3.14. Also this shape, like any other circle has a 180 degree angle. Wall- this object for me represents a plane. I particular a vertical plane because it is standing upright. Using this as a modle for a plane one can easily picture a plane. ********************************************* Jen Keeney Mount St. Joesph Academy Grade 10 POW 9/15 The most geometric things in my house are: 1. The floor, because it is like a plane. 2. My globe, because it is a sphere. 3. The railing on the stairway, because it is a line segment. ********************************************* Kelly Larkin Mount Saint Joseph Academy Grade 9 The three most geometric objects in my house are: 1. car - The car has a variety of geometric shapes, inside and out. The inside shapes are used as functions and decoration. The outside shapes are used for decoration and aerodynamics, which make the car less resistant to the wind. 2. tile floor - The tile floor in my kitchen contains many different shapes such as: octagons, diamonds, and squares. 3. pool - A pool itself has a very irregular "geometric" shape to it with many curves that make it interesting to look at. It also has tiles around the inside and stairs that are both functional and decorative. ********************************************* Katrina Myers Grade 10 Mt. St. Joseph Academy Problem of the Week 9/15/95 1.Rectangles 2.Squares 3.Circles I chose these shapes as the three most "geometric" shapes in my house and neighborhood because they are the ones I found most often. Some examples of rectangles are a wall, door, bed, table, paper, etc. Square objects include windows, floor tiles, computer monitors, paper towels, etc. The circles that I found were clocks, sinks, lamp bases, doorknobs, etc. ********************************************* Kristin Pigeon Grade 10 Mount Saint Joseph's Academy Problem of the week Sept. 15 The three most geometric objects in my neighborhood and house: 1. tire on a car with hubcap - both are definite circles with shape and size. 2. windows on a house - either rectangles or squares with definite shapes and sizes. 3. Stop sign - perfect octagon with definite shape and size. ********************************************* Karen Wing Mount St. Joseph Academy Grade 10 Problem of the Week Sept 11-15, 1995 The three most geometric things in my house would be the original frame or structure, the refridgerator, and the stairway. I chose the frame because of the many planes, angles, and vertexes. I chose the refridgerator because it consists of two overlaying geometric figures called cubes. Finally I chose the stairway because it consists of many horizontal and vertical planes linking to create a horizontal-like plane connecting two floors. ********************************************* Kathleen Wuerth Grade 9 Mount Saint Joseph Academy P.O.W. 9/11/95 The three most geometrical things that I have found in my home are my outside deck, a set of bookshelves, and a mirror on my living room wall. The deck begins on the side of my house, and makes its way around the back. The section on the side of my house is oblong, that of a rectangle. The section in the back is a sqaure. A set of bookshelves in my bedroom is the second item. Its height is twice the measure of its width. It contains five shelves, which are all equal in height. The final thing is a mirror on my living room wall. It is the shape of an octagon, and has brass sides. ********************************************* Lauren Goldbeck Grade 9 Mount Saint Joseph Academy I think that the three most geometric figures in my house are my window, fan and globe. The window is shaped like a rectangle and is therefor geometric with a narrow rectangle at the bottom for the windowsill. The reason why I chose my fan is because the middle is shaped like a circle and there are four narrow rectangles attached to it. Also, I chose my globe because it is the perfect example of a sphere. ********************************************* Luisa Galdi Grade 10 Mount Saint Joseph Academy Problem of the Week 9/15/96 The three most "geometric" objects in my house or neighborhood are: 1) clock: It contains two rays which share a common vertex and form various angles as the rays (hands) rotate. 2)picture frame: It contains four line segments, four right angles, and two pairs of congruent sides. 3)bicycle wheel: It contains many line segments which share a common vertex forming various angles within a circle. ********************************************* Lindsay Parsons Grade 9 Mount Saint Joseph Academy The 3 most geometric objects to me are the yield sign at the end of my street, a cake mix box, and the circular clock in my room. First, the yield sign is triangular and has three angles that are congruent making it an equalateral triangle. A triangle best describes a geometric object to me because it has segments intersecting one another. The cake mix box is a rectangle that has many right angles, and 6 planes. Most planes are adjcent to another plane. The circular clock in my bedroom has a diameter, radius, circumference, and radius. The hands of the clock are rays. ********************************************* Lori Simmons Grade 10 MSJA LSPOW9/15 The three most geometric objects in my house or neighborhood are: a rectangular prism, a cylinder, and a sphere. First, I chose the rectangular prism because most of the things in my house are rectangles or squares. Books, shelves, most major appliances, furniture, boxes, etc. are all rectangular prisms. Second, I chose the rectangle, because like the rectangle, cylinders are abundant. Examples include: cans, a lamp shade, and recycling containers. Finally, I chose the sphere. Many things around us are spheres. You can find them all around you, especially in watching neighborhood sports teams such as volleyball, basketball, baseball, lacrosse, field hockey and softball. You might also find them in many rooms in your house. ********************************************* Lauren Wall Grade 9 Mount Saint Joseph Academy Problem of the week September 15, 1995 The three most geometric things in my house or neighborhood are as follows: 1. My cornercabinet is shaped like a triangular prism. The glass panes and wood grids are rectangular. The shelves are triangular and the hinges are rectangles on either side of cylinders. The edges are line segments and the knobs are spheres on cylinder bases. 2. My coffeemaker is a rectangular prism on the side and half circles on top and bottom. The coffee ground container is cyndrical with a right angle for a handle. The pot itself is a cylinder with a circular band and rectangular handle. 3. My oven has a rectangular prism for a base and a smaller one in back where the circular knobs and clock are. The front has a rectangular drawer, window, and handle. The whole oven has line segment edges. The range is rectangular with circular burners. ********************************************* Melissa DiFeo Mount Saint Joseph Acadamy Grade 9 Name the three most geometric objects in your house. 1. chimes because they are cylinders 2. doors because they are rectangular 3. roof because they have a triangular shape ********************************************* Omua Ahonkhai Mount St. Joseph Academy Grade 10 POW 9/15 One of the most geometric objects in house is my family's station wagon. I choose this because it has so many shapes. It has circles foe example the wheels and the steering wheel, and rectangle incluing the bumpers and the dashboard, and it has squares like the windows. I also chose my backporch because it's entirely made up of rectangles and squares, for example the windows,the bricks that make up the walls under the windows, the square designs on the floor,and the doors. The third thing I chose was my stairs because of its interesting pattern of rectagles. ********************************************* Susan Tull Grade 9 Mount Saint Joseph Academy In my opinion the three most geometric objects in my house are: a square clock, a showerhead, and the refrigerator. The reason being is that they all stand out as shapes and contain other geometric ideas. The hands of the clock are rays. The showerhead has two circles, a cylinder, and any number of points. The refrigerator contains a number of smaller squares and points. ********************************************* Shannon Firth Grade 9 Mount St. Joseph Academy The three most geometric shapes in my house are a chair, the fireplace, and my computer. Although they are all very different and are made from different shapes with different angles all three fulfill my definition of geometric. Geometric objects are in my definition of objects with parallel lines to objects with many different shapes together. My first object is a chair. It has four cylinder legs and a seat that resembles a square except it has a curved arc at the section where your legs go. The back of the chair has seven wooden cylinders with a long rectangle attached to the top of them. My second object is a fireplace. It is different from the chair, because it is made of rectangles and squares. All of the vertical and horizontal lines in the fireplace are parallel. There are no bisecting line segments, but there are eight places where the "planes" intersect. All angles in this object are 90 degree angles. My last and final object is the computer. Unlike the fireplace not all the lines that make up the computer are parallel, and not all the angles are 90 degrees. Most lines are, but there are a few that aren't parallel. The "planes" at the back of the computer are not parallel as well as the planes that make up the keyboard. There is one half-circle on the top plane at the back of the computer. This one circle accounts for the difference in shapes between the computer and the fireplace. ********************************************* Sarah Schmalbach Freshman Mount Saint Joseph Academy September 11-15, 1995 1. My mother's old photo gallery 2. My Grand piano 3. Louvers on the wooden shades in my family room The first item on my list is the illustrious photo gallery that my mother has patiently been composing for many years. While the pictures are of most of the same people (family members), the frames often vary. There are a whole spectrum of shapes ranging from squares to rectangles to octagons and ovals. In all there are fifty-seven frames. I would guess that it is the closest thing that to a family tree that I have. While the shiny, elegantly curved, red mahogany surface may be deceiving, when it is opened up a wonderland of geometric shapes is revealed. The first and most obvious are the black and white keys that essentially form the instrument. Next there is the array of coils, rounded pegs, Segments, rays strings, hollowed holes, and the flat planes of the underbelly. All of these geometric forces combined can dance to the notes of Bach, Stravinsky, Mozart, and countless others. The louver shutters are quite plain but they definitely serve a geometric purpose. There are parallel segments, all with bisectors, many perpendicular segments, and right angles galore. Each individual louver could even be considered its own plane. So as you can see, my house holds many geometric shapes, more than I could count in a lifetime (even each key I stroke holds a geometric purpose) but it was fun trying to describe a few. ********************************************* Tara Shepherd Grade 10 Mt. St. Joseph Academy Problem of the Week 9/15/95 Problem: What are the three most "geometric" objects in your house or neighborhood? The three most "geometric" objects are: 1. Jungle Gym: contains various geometric objects and shapes, such as a circular tire tube, a ramp used as a slide, and various line segments used as monkey bars. 2. Ladder: contains both parallel and perpendicular line segments forming right angles. 3. Bicycle wheel: a circular object containing many line segments sharing one vertex and forming acute angles. ********************************************* One of the three most geometric objects in my house is first my clock because it has angles, segments, rays, numbers, circles, arcs, radius, diameter, and points. The second most geometric object in my house is my remote control because it contains numerous geometric shapes such as squares, rectangles, and circles. My third most geomtric object are the tiles on my kitchen floor the tiles are perfect squares which can form diamonds, triangles, rectangles and a large square when all pictured together. Uzo Asonye - grade 10 - Homewood Flossmoor Community High School ********************************************* 1. I have a stop sign in my room and it's an octagon which a geometric shape. 2. My bathtub because it's an antique and has many shapes and forms. 3. My car because it has many many curves, sides and shapes to it. Paige Harvey - grade 10 - Homewood Flossmoor Community High School ********************************************* -My refrigerator is the most geometric shape in my house because it's rectanlges. It has angles and sides to it. -My stairs because they're all shaped differently and have _many_ angles and sides all the way up. -My tv because it is square and has angles and sides to it. It is medium sized and is the most geometric shape in my home. Annie Turlay - grade 10 - Homewood Flossmoor Community High School ********************************************* Geomtric - walls because all the sides are equal. Stairs - because the steps are all the same height. Dresser - the drawers all have the same dimensions Mike Velazquez - grade 10 - Homewood Flossmoor Community High School ********************************************* The three most geomtric things 1. ceiling fans - these are geometrical because the blades are rectangular, the motor runs in a circular motion, and everything is symmetrical. 2. upright stove - it is geometrical because it is made up of a series of squares. the knobs are round and the shape of the oven is a rectangle. 3. front door - this is geometrical since the overall shape is a rectangle. the knob is circular and the window is a square shape. Allison Weiss - grade 10 - Homewood Flossmoor Community High School ********************************************* 1) My stove because it's geometric. The heat can circulate well within. 2) My refrigerator - because the cold air can circulate well. 3) My front door - being geometric they can open and close easily. Carly Morgan - grade 12 - Homewood Flossmoor Community High School ********************************************* 1. TV - it's a cube. 2. Lampshade - it's a cylinder 3. Bowl - it's a sphere Jackie Kersten - grade 11 - Homewood Flossmoor Community High School ********************************************* 3 Most Geometric Shapes (1) Bookshelves in my family room (2) Stained glass lamp (3) My desk in my room Karyn Detrick - grade 10 - Homewood Flossmoor Community High School ********************************************* The roof of my house. The street layout. My dog Toto. Chris Powers - grade 10 - Homewood Flossmoor Community High School ********************************************* 1) The windows in my house are squares. 2) The lampshades/ the bottom of the lampshades are shaped like circles. 3) My clock is shaped like an octagon. Anna Weiss - grade 10 - Homewood Flossmoor Community High School ********************************************* -The most geometric thing in my house is notebook paper because it has lots of straight angles. -The most geometric thing in my house is the screen of the tv because it has right angles. -The most geometric thing in my house are the hands on the clock because they intersect and form angles. Karen Crispe - grade 10 - Homewood Flossmoor Community High School ********************************************* TV Poster in my room Microwave Jon Hoffmann - grade 10 - Homewood Flossmoor Community High School ********************************************* My t.v. is geometric because it has the shpare of a square. My door is geometric because it has the shape of a rectangle. The trash can is round (cylindrical) so it's a geometric shape. Carlos Jose Ramos - grade 10 - Homewood Flossmoor Community High School ********************************************* The most geometrical thing in my house is a chair with perpendicular, evenly spaced wood bars. those are connected to a half oval shaped piece of woos that connects to the cylical seat at an obtuse angle. Next there are bars underneath the seat which connect at right angles. However, the legs from the chair come out angleing obtusely into the ground. Megan Helm - grade 10 - Homewood Flossmoor Community High School ********************************************* The three most common geometric shapes in my house are: Triangle - my roof is a right triangle. Square - most of my tiles in the bathroom are squares. Rectangle - my doors, windows and garage doors are all rectangles. Charles Zadlo - grade 10 - Homewood Flossmoor Community High School ********************************************* Sheet of paper because it has right angles. My bed because it has right angles. My room because it has perpendicular sides. They meet at right angles. Dwight Perry - grade 10 - Homewood Flossmoor Community High School ********************************************* 1) The most geometric thing in my house is the TV because of all the 90 degree angles on it. 2) My Laser Discs are also geometric. 3) The third most geometric thing in outside my house. It's my drive-way. It's such a flat plane. Clifton Potter - grade 10 - Homewood Flossmoor Community High School ********************************************* My door because it is made up of 4 right angles. The clock hanging on the wall because the hands on it always form some kind of angle. The poster by M.C. Escher hanging on the wall because it is a tesselation that means it has to be geometrically perfect in order to work. Aimee Davis - grade 10 - Homewood Flossmoor Community High School ********************************************* 1. Clock - reason it has points, angles and rays. 2. Window - reason it has lines, angles and midpoints. 3. The rest of a house: has points, angles and forms a triangle. Darlene Alexander - grade 10 - Homewood Flossmoor Community High School ********************************************* kitchen table clock television Yohance Pickett - grade 10 - Homewood Flossmoor Community High School ********************************************* Bathroom mirror - because all the sides make right angles. They are all congruent. Rabbit's cage - all sides are congruent. all little squaqres are congruent. Envelope - makes a rectangle with congruent sides and it has a triangle with congruent sides. Julie Stiles - grade 10 - Homewood Flossmoor Community High SchoolAll Names
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