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Triangle in a Triangle printable sheet
Draw a right-angled triangle $ABC$, and mark a point $\frac13$ of the way along $AB$, $\frac13$ of the way along $BC$ and $\frac13$ of the way along $CA$.
Join your three points together to form a new triangle.
Can you work out the fraction of the original triangle that is covered by your new triangle?
You may wish to explore using the interactive diagram below.
Try a few examples. What do you notice?
Can you explain why?
Perhaps it might help to add some extra lines... click below to see.
We started with a right-angled triangle... what about other triangles?
What fraction of the triangle is shaded purple?
Can you prove it?
You may wish to try Areas and Ratios and Another Triangle in a Triangle next.