Angles, polygons and Geometrical Proof - Stage 4

Two ladders are propped up against facing walls. The end of the first ladder is 10 metres above the foot of the first wall. The end of the second ladder is 5 metres above the foot of the second wall. At what height do the ladders cross?

A circle of radius r touches two sides of a right angled triangle, sides x and y, and has its centre on the hypotenuse. Can you prove the formula linking x, y and r?

A napkin is folded so that a corner coincides with the midpoint of an opposite edge . Investigate the three triangles formed .

It is impossible to trisect an angle using only ruler and compasses but it can be done using a carpenter's square.

Using a ruler, pencil and compasses only, it is possible to construct a square inside any triangle so that all four vertices touch the sides of the triangle.

The diagonals of a trapezium divide it into four parts. Can you create a trapezium where three of those parts are equal in area?

If the hypotenuse (base) length is 100cm and if an extra line splits the base into 36cm and 64cm parts, what were the side lengths for the original right-angled triangle?

What is the same and what is different about these circle questions? What connections can you make?

Why does this fold create an angle of sixty degrees?

Draw some quadrilaterals on a 9-point circle and work out the angles. Is there a theorem?

Can you make sense of the three methods to work out what fraction of the total area is shaded?