Angles, Polygons and Geometrical Proof

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    Cyclic Quadrilaterals

    Age
    11 to 16
    Challenge level
    1 out of 3

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

  • Parallelogram It
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    Parallelogram It

    Age
    11 to 16
    Challenge level
    1 out of 3

    Players take it in turns to choose a dot on the grid. The winner is the first to have four dots that can be joined to form a parallelogram.

  • Same length
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    Same Length

    Age
    11 to 16
    Challenge level
    2 out of 3

    Construct two equilateral triangles on a straight line. There are two lengths that look the same - can you prove it?

  • Tourism
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    Tourism

    Age
    11 to 16
    Challenge level
    2 out of 3

    If you can copy a network without lifting your pen off the paper and without drawing any line twice, then it is traversable. Decide which of these diagrams are traversable.

  • Pythagoras Proofs
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    Pythagoras Proofs

    Age
    11 to 16
    Challenge level
    2 out of 3

    Can you make sense of these three proofs of Pythagoras' Theorem?

  • Rhombus It
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    Rhombus It

    Age
    11 to 16
    Challenge level
    2 out of 3

    Players take it in turns to choose a dot on the grid. The winner is the first to have four dots that can be joined to form a rhombus.

  • Making sixty
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    Making Sixty

    Age
    14 to 16
    Challenge level
    1 out of 3

    Why does this fold create an angle of sixty degrees?

  • circles in quadrilaterals
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    Circles in Quadrilaterals

    Age
    14 to 16
    Challenge level
    1 out of 3

    Explore when it is possible to construct a circle which just touches all four sides of a quadrilateral.

  • Isosceles Seven
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    Isosceles Seven

    Age
    14 to 16
    Challenge level
    1 out of 3

    Is it possible to find the angles in this rather special isosceles triangle?

  • Small pepper seedlings in turquoise pots.
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    Triangle Midpoints

    Age
    14 to 16
    Challenge level
    2 out of 3

    You are only given the three midpoints of the sides of a triangle. How can you construct the original triangle?