Points, Lines, and Rays on the Town Map

Name, sort, and draw the lines and angles you find around town.

Name the figure

Each street and path on the town map is drawn as a figure. Choose or write its name.

Bus Route 5 starts at the station and goes on and on in one direction. It is drawn like this. What is its name?

A. line PQB. segment PQC. ray QPD. ray PQ

The crosswalk on Maple Street is drawn like this. Which name fits it?

A. segment GHB. line GHC. ray GHD. ray HG

Match each map picture to its name.

Oak Street and Elm Street are drawn as line AB and line CD.

Line AB and line CD never meet. They are lines.

First Avenue and Bridge Road are drawn as line JK and line LM.

The lines meet to make a angle, so line JK is to line LM.

Pine Road and River Road are drawn as line RS and line TU. Which words best describe these two lines?

A. parallel linesB. intersecting lines that are not perpendicularC. perpendicular lines

Streets and paths meet at corners. Name and sort the angles they make.

Two paths meet at the corner of the school yard and make this angle.

The vertex of the angle is point .
One name for the angle is angle .

Sort the street corners by the kind of angle they make.

The community garden is shaped like this triangle. Look at its three corners.

Right angles:
Acute angles:
Obtuse angles:

Use a ruler or another straight edge. Draw neatly and label your points.

10.

A new bike path starts at point S and goes on forever through point T. Draw ray ST.

11.

The town will build Lake Street perpendicular to line AB. Draw a line that is perpendicular to line AB and mark the right angle.

12.

Ella says segment GH and ray GH are the same figure because both are straight and both go through G and H. Is she right? Explain.