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Mathematical reasoning & proof. Mixed triangles. Practical Activity. Odd and even numbers. Investigations. Working systematically. Angle properties of shapes. Quadrilaterals. Making and proving conjectures. Interactivities.

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Walking Round a Triangle

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This ladybird is taking a walk round a triangle. Can you see how much he has turned when he gets back to where he started?

Cartesian Isometric

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The graph below is an oblique coordinate system based on 60 degree angles. It was drawn on isometric paper. What kinds of triangles do these points form?

Triangle Pin-down

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Use the interactivity to investigate what kinds of triangles can be drawn on peg boards with different numbers of pegs.

Folding

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What shapes can you make by folding an A4 piece of paper?

Rectangle Tangle

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The large rectangle is divided into a series of smaller quadrilaterals and triangles. Can you untangle what fractional part is represented by each of the ten numbered shapes?

Three Fingers and a Loop of String

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Using a loop of string stretched around three of your fingers, what different triangles can you make? Draw them and sort them into groups.

Nine-pin Triangles

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How many different triangles can you make on a circular pegboard that has nine pegs?

Sticks and Triangles

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Using different numbers of sticks, how many different triangles are you able to make? Can you make any rules about the numbers of sticks that make the most triangles?

Triangles All Around

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Can you find all the different triangles on these peg boards, and find their angles?

Triangle Edges

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How many triangles can you make using sticks that are 3cm, 4cm and 5cm long?

Mrs Trimmer's String

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Can you help the children in Mrs Trimmer's class make different shapes out of a loop of string?

Cutting it Out

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I cut this square into two different shapes. What can you say about the relationship between them?

Part the Polygons

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Draw three straight lines to separate these shapes into four groups - each group must contain one of each shape.

Making Maths: Test the Strength of a Triangle

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Have you noticed that triangles are used in manmade structures? Perhaps there is a good reason for this? 'Test a Triangle' and see how rigid triangles are.

Tri.'s

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How many triangles can you make on the 3 by 3 pegboard?

Putting Two and Two Together

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In how many ways can you fit two of these yellow triangles together? Can you predict the number of ways two blue triangles can be fitted together?

Seven Sticks

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Explore the triangles that can be made with seven sticks of the same length.

Inside Triangles

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How many different triangles can you draw on the dotty grid which each have one dot in the middle?

Overlaps

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What does the overlap of these two shapes look like? Try picturing it in your head and then use the interactivity to test your prediction.

Egyptian Rope

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The ancient Egyptians were said to make right-angled triangles using a rope with twelve equal sections divided by knots. What other triangles could you make if you had a rope like this?

Let's Investigate Triangles

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Vincent and Tara are making triangles with the class construction set. They have a pile of strips of different lengths. How many different triangles can they make?

Repeating Patterns

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Try continuing these patterns made from triangles. Can you create your own repeating pattern?

Triangle Island

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You have pitched your tent (the red triangle) on an island. Can you move it to the position shown by the purple triangle making sure you obey the rules?

Animated Triangles

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Watch this "Notes on a Triangle" film. Can you recreate parts of the film using cut-out triangles?

Shapely Lines

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This challenge invites you to create your own picture using just straight lines. Can you identify shapes with the same number of sides and decorate them in the same way?

Data Shapes

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Sara and Will were sorting some pictures of shapes on cards. "I'll collect the circles," said Sara. "I'll take the red ones," answered Will. Can you see any cards they would both want?

Diagrams

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A group activity using visualisation of squares and triangles.

Shapely Tiling

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Use the interactivity to make this Islamic star and cross design. Can you produce a tessellation of regular octagons with two different types of triangle?

Board Block

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Take it in turns to make a triangle on the pegboard. Can you block your opponent?

Bracelets

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Investigate the different shaped bracelets you could make from 18 different spherical beads. How do they compare if you use 24 beads?

Fraction Fascination

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This problem challenges you to work out what fraction of the whole area of these pictures is taken up by various shapes.

Matching Triangles

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Can you sort these triangles into three different families and explain how you did it?

Tessellating Triangles

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Can you make these equilateral triangles fit together to cover the paper without any gaps between them? Can you tessellate isosceles triangles?

Number the Sides

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The triangles in these sets are similar - can you work out the lengths of the sides which have question marks?

Liethagoras' Theorem

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Liethagoras, Pythagoras' cousin (!), was jealous of Pythagoras and came up with his own theorem. Read this article to find out why other mathematicians laughed at him.