Geometry

Geometry is the course where you stop taking results on trust and start proving them. It is also the one that looks least like the algebra either side of it, which catches students out. The reasoning skills built here — stating what you know, justifying every step, spotting what a diagram does and does not tell you — are what the rest of mathematics assumes you have.

43 topics · 7 units

43 Topics Proof, congruence, similarity and the shapes algebra describes.

Foundations & Proof

6 topics

The undefined terms everything is built from, and the reason geometry is the course where you finally have to prove things.

14:26
Geometry Intro

Points, Lines & Planes

The three things geometry refuses to define, and why that is deliberate.

Unit
Foundations & Proof
Video
14:26
Source
The Organic Chemistry Tutor
Level
Intro
14:24
Geometry Intro

Angle Relationships

Vertical, linear, complementary and supplementary pairs, used as equations.

Unit
Foundations & Proof
Video
14:24
Source
The Organic Chemistry Tutor
Level
Intro
11:40
Geometry Advanced

Writing Two-Column Proofs

Statements on the left, reasons on the right, and how to get unstuck.

Unit
Foundations & Proof
Video
11:40
Source
The Organic Chemistry Tutor
Level
Advanced

Triangles & Congruence

9 topics

The centre of the course. Five congruence criteria, what they unlock, and the special segments inside every triangle.

3:56
Geometry Core

What Congruence Means

Same shape and size, defined by motion rather than by measurement.

Unit
Triangles & Congruence
Video
3:56
Source
Khan Academy
Level
Core
3:53
Geometry Advanced

CPCTC

Prove the triangles congruent first, then everything else follows.

Unit
Triangles & Congruence
Video
3:53
Source
Mario's Math Tutoring
Level
Advanced
5:52
Geometry Core

Triangle Inequalities

Which three lengths can actually form a triangle, and which angle is biggest.

Unit
Triangles & Congruence
Video
5:52
Source
Khan Academy
Level
Core
3:07
Geometry Core

The Midsegment Theorem

Join two midpoints and you get a parallel segment, half as long.

Unit
Triangles & Congruence
Video
3:07
Source
Professor Dave Explains
Level
Core

Similarity & Right Triangles

7 topics

Same shape at a different scale, and the right-triangle results that fall out of it.

4:54
Geometry Core

Similar Polygons

Equal angles, proportional sides, and what scaling does to perimeter and area.

Unit
Similarity & Right Triangles
Video
4:54
Source
Mario's Math Tutoring
Level
Core
23:53
Geometry Advanced

The Side-Splitter Theorem

A line parallel to one side cuts the other two proportionally.

Unit
Similarity & Right Triangles
Video
23:53
Source
The Organic Chemistry Tutor
Level
Advanced
11:11
Geometry Core Practice ready

Special Right Triangles

45-45-90 and 30-60-90, and the shortcuts they give you.

Unit
Similarity & Right Triangles
Video
11:11
Source
The Organic Chemistry Tutor
Level
Core
10:33
Geometry Advanced

Solving Right Triangles

Trig ratios applied to real heights and distances.

Unit
Similarity & Right Triangles
Video
10:33
Source
The Organic Chemistry Tutor
Level
Advanced

Quadrilaterals & Polygons

5 topics

The family tree of four-sided figures, what each one guarantees, and how to prove which is which.

9:10
Geometry Intro

Polygon Angle Sums

Interior angles grow with the number of sides; exterior angles never do.

Unit
Quadrilaterals & Polygons
Video
9:10
Source
Khan Academy
Level
Intro
13:36
Geometry Core

Trapezoids & Kites

The two quadrilaterals that are not parallelograms.

Unit
Quadrilaterals & Polygons
Video
13:36
Source
The Organic Chemistry Tutor
Level
Core
11:08
Geometry Advanced Practice ready

Proving Quadrilateral Types

Choosing the least work needed to classify a shape.

Unit
Quadrilaterals & Polygons
Video
11:08
Source
The Organic Chemistry Tutor
Level
Advanced

Circles

7 topics

Angles, arcs, chords and tangents — a set of theorems that all reduce to one relationship.

32:30
Geometry Intro

Circle Vocabulary

Radius, chord, secant, tangent, and the words the theorems depend on.

Unit
Circles
Video
32:30
Source
The Organic Chemistry Tutor
Level
Intro

Area, Volume & Solids

5 topics

Measuring flat figures precisely, then moving into three dimensions.

3:17
Geometry Core

Volume of Solids

Base area times height, and the one-third rule for anything pointed.

Unit
Area, Volume & Solids
Video
3:17
Source
Mario's Math Tutoring
Level
Core
5:22
Geometry Advanced

Similar Solids

Scale by k and volume grows by k³.

Unit
Area, Volume & Solids
Video
5:22
Source
Mario's Math Tutoring
Level
Advanced

Coordinate Geometry & Transformations

4 topics

Where geometry and algebra meet: proving theorems with formulas, and defining congruence by motion.

9:39
Geometry Intro Practice ready

Distance & Midpoint Formulas

The Pythagorean theorem and an average, doing most of coordinate geometry.

Unit
Coordinate Geometry & Transformations
Video
9:39
Source
Khan Academy
Level
Intro
9:06
Geometry Advanced

Coordinate Proofs

Proving a theorem for every case by using variables instead of numbers.

Unit
Coordinate Geometry & Transformations
Video
9:06
Source
Khan Academy
Level
Advanced
7:22
Geometry Core

Rigid Motions & Symmetry

Translations, reflections, rotations, and the symmetry they reveal.

Unit
Coordinate Geometry & Transformations
Video
7:22
Source
Khan Academy
Level
Core