General (cloned)

General Geometry

There are a couple of “basic” principles that help you way more than they seem like they ought to.

They are:

1. On a geometry problem, the first thing you should do is to draw a picture, big, and (if possible) accurately.
2. On a geometry problem, the next thing you should do after drawing it once is to redraw it for accuracy (if needed), then label everything.
3. On a geometry problem, the thing you should do after you have a big, accurate, labelled drawing is ask yourself: would coordinates help here?

Take a moment to review right now:

On a geometry problem, what should you do first?

On a geometry problem, what should you do after drawing it once?

On a geometry problem, what should you do after you have a big, accurate, labelled drawing?

What to do

• Click “complete” below. We’ll add the above three questions to your deck. Then, during your short daily practice, we’ll occasionally quiz you on this knowledge in a way that etch it into your memory for good.
• Also, take a minute right now to try to memorize the above steps, in the order given. We are trying very hard to put this into your memory because it will help you enormously if you just start doing these steps, in order, for every Geometry problem on the AMC.

Now continue onto your drills by clicking Quizzes in the menu on your left.