Centroids of Triangles Worksheet
Explore the concept of centroids in triangles, including medians and their properties, with this Grade 8 geometry worksheet.
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1. What is the point of concurrency of the medians of a triangle called?
Incenter
Circumcenter
Centroid
Orthocenter
2. A median of a triangle connects a vertex to the of the opposite side.
3. The centroid divides each median into two segments with a ratio of .
4. In triangle ABC, if AD is a median and G is the centroid, and AG = 10 cm, what is the length of GD?
5. Consider the triangle below with vertices A(1, 6), B(5, 2), and C(9, 4). Draw the triangle and its medians to find the centroid. What are the coordinates of the centroid?
6. The centroid is always located inside the triangle.
True
False
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