Welcome to the Geometric World!
"There is geometry in the humming of the strings, there is music in the spacing of the spheres"
-Phytagoras
An Introduction to Geometry
Geometry is the greek word of :Geos- meaning Earth
metron- meaning measurements
In the ancient time, Geometry was used for measuring, navigation, building structures and navigation.Geometry is the study of the size, shape and position of 2 dimensional shapes and 3 dimensional figures. Geometry is the study of the size, shape and position of 2 dimensional shapes and 3 dimensional figures.
Some of the tools often used in geometry include:
Compass
protractors
squares
graphing calculators
Geometer's Sketchpad
rulers
etc.
Source: http://math.about.com/od/geometry/a/whygeom.htm
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