Transcript Rhombus in Shapesville

Rhombus in Shapesville
5th grade reading book
By: Yasir fisher
The Beginning
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Once upon a time, in a land called
shapesville, there was a very odd
shape called rhombus and he was
VERY different from all the other
shapes. No one liked rhombus
because he was not the same……
….All the of the other shapes in shapesville
were square, rectangle and triangle, but
no one had ever seen a shape like
rhombus…
In shapesville, all the shapes had properties that made them similar.
The sqaure properties state: The perimeter of a square: To find the
perimeter of a square, just add up all the lengths of the sides. The
area of a square: To find the area of a square, multiply the lengths
of two sides together
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The rectangle properties stated:To find the perimeter of a rectangle, just
add up all the lengths of the sides: To find the area of a rectangle, just
multiply the length times the width:
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And the triangle properties states that: A plane figure with three straight
sides and three angles and the formula is one half times the base length
times the height of the triangle
So everyone thought that
rhombus should leave
shapesville because he did
not belong so he left…….
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Rhombus wandered on for days until he came across a town called Circle
Properties… and in the town city properties there were shapes called Circles and
they had rules that seperated them from other shapes they were their own family.
these were the properties:
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Center A point inside the circle. All points on the circle are equidistant (same
distance) from the center point.
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Radius The radius is the distance from the center to any point on the circle. It is half
the diameter
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Diameter The distance across the circle. The length of any chord passing through
the center. It is twice the radius…..
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………..Circumference The circumference is the distance around the circle
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Area Strictly speaking a circle is a line, and so has no area. What is usually
meant is the area of the region enclosed by the circle.
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ChordA line segment linking any two points on a circle.
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TangentA line passing a circle and touching it at just one point
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SecantA line that intersects a circle at two points.
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Rhombus knew he did not belong in that city so he continued his
search until he came to a village called Pythagoras' Theorem
where they believed that In a right angled triangle:
the square of the hypotenuse is equal to
the sum of the squares of the other two sides. In this village there
were all different kinds of triangles…they were filled with complex
formulas and examples of their belief like a2 + b2 = c2 and they
used this formula to find missing values to triangles like these:
a2 + b2 = c2
52 + 122 = c2
25 + 144 = c2
169 = c2
c2 = 169
c =√169
c = 13
• Rhombus knew that this town was not for him so he continued on
sad and lonely until he came onto a cave he decided he would stay
there so he went in……
As he walked into the cave he heard the
sounds of other shapes……
As rhombus walked into the cave he heard a
noise. “helloooo” Rhombus called out
nervously. “Hello” a little voice answered
and walked into the light…………
Rhombus could not believe it the shape that was talking to
him was a shape even he had never seen before. “Who
are you”, rhombus asked nervously. “My name is
octagon and what is yours?” Asked the shape…..
..“My name is rhombus” he replied. “I-I have never seen a
shape like you before”, he continued to say. I could say
the same to you but in this cave there are a lot of shapes
you will find different.
Really? Rhombus asked. “Yes come see for
yourself” he replied…and walked deeper
into the cave
Rhombus followed Octagon deeper into the cave
where they finally stopped in front of a camp fire
with a lot of different shapes surrounding it
Rhombus was shocked.
• “All of you shapes are different from the shapes
in shapesville” said Rhombus. “So are You” said
a shape as he stepped forward. “We all have
been banned from Shapesville because we are
different, but that is what makes us unique”…..
……“My name is scalene triangle and I have three unequal
sides” said the shape.
All of the shapes then started stepping up saying their
name as they came up
My name is Trapezoid and I am a quadrilateral with one
pair of parallel sides”. Said another shape.
My name is Pentagon and I am a Polygon having
five sides and five interior angles.
And last but not least “I am Octagon as you know
and I am a plane figure with eight straight sides
and eight angles” he said boldly.
....“And we are the uncommon shapes. We
have been kicked out of our homes
because we are different”…… “I see you
have been banned too”.
“Yes …um..can I stay here”? Rhombus
asked nervously.
“Of course you can, This will be your new
family and you can live in harmony with all
the uncommon shapes’ said octagon with
a grin
…….So from that day forward
rhombus lived happily in the
cave of the uncommon
shapes where they were not
based on their angles or
perimeter or even their area
but by their character…..
THE END