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Resources tagged with Perpendicular lines similar to Weekly Problem 18 - 2011:

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At Right Angles

Stage: 3 Challenge Level: Challenge Level:2 Challenge Level:2

Can you decide whether two lines are perpendicular or not? Can you do this without drawing them?

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Sorting Letters

Stage: 1 and 2 Challenge Level: Challenge Level:1

This interactivity allows you to sort letters of the alphabet into two groups according to different properties.

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Dotty Relationship

Stage: 2 Challenge Level: Challenge Level:2 Challenge Level:2

Can you draw perpendicular lines without using a protractor? Investigate how this is possible.

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What Are You Plotting?

Stage: 2 Challenge Level: Challenge Level:1

Investigate the positions of points which have particular x and y coordinates. What do you notice?

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Right Time

Stage: 3 Challenge Level: Challenge Level:2 Challenge Level:2

At the time of writing the hour and minute hands of my clock are at right angles. How long will it be before they are at right angles again?

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Perpendicular Lines

Stage: 3 Challenge Level: Challenge Level:3 Challenge Level:3 Challenge Level:3

Position the lines so that they are perpendicular to each other. What can you say about the equations of perpendicular lines?


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