Altitude of a Triangle Worksheet
Explore the concept of altitude in different types of triangles, including right, acute, and obtuse triangles, with this Grade 6 math worksheet.
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Read each question carefully and follow the instructions. Draw altitudes where indicated and answer the questions.
1. What is the definition of an altitude of a triangle?
2. Which of the following best describes an altitude?
A line segment from a vertex to the midpoint of the opposite side.
A line segment from a vertex perpendicular to the opposite side.
A line segment that bisects an angle of the triangle.
A line segment that connects two midpoints of the sides.
3. Draw an altitude from vertex A to side BC in the acute triangle below.
4. Draw an altitude from vertex A to side BC in the right-angled triangle below.
5. Draw an altitude from vertex A to side BC in the obtuse triangle below. (Hint: You may need to extend side BC).
6. Every triangle has exactly altitudes.
7. In a right-angled triangle, two of the altitudes are its .
8. The point where all three altitudes of a triangle intersect is called the .