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2D shapes and their properties. Coordinates. Estimating and approximating. GeoGebra. Gradients. Visualising. Pythagoras' theorem. Regular polygons and circles. Mathematical reasoning & proof. Maths Supporting SET.There are 90 results
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Where Is the Dot?
Age 14 to 16
Challenge Level
A dot starts at the point (1,0) and turns anticlockwise. Can you estimate the height of the dot after it has turned through 45 degrees? Can you calculate its height?
Pegboard Quads
Age 14 to 16
Challenge Level
Make five different quadrilaterals on a nine-point pegboard, without using the centre peg. Work out the angles in each quadrilateral you make. Now, what other relationships you can see?
Rolling Around
Age 11 to 14
Challenge Level
A circle rolls around the outside edge of a square so that its circumference always touches the edge of the square. Can you describe the locus of the centre of the circle?
The Medieval Octagon
Age 14 to 16
Challenge Level
Medieval stonemasons used a method to construct octagons using ruler and compasses... Is the octagon regular? Proof please.
Angles Inside
Age 11 to 14
Challenge Level
Draw some angles inside a rectangle. What do you notice? Can you prove it?
Tessellation Interactivity
Age 7 to 16
Challenge Level
An environment that enables you to investigate tessellations of regular polygons
Squaring the Circle and Circling the Square
Age 14 to 16
Challenge Level
If you continue the pattern, can you predict what each of the following areas will be? Try to explain your prediction.
Using Geogebra
Age 11 to 18
Never used GeoGebra before? This article for complete beginners will help you to get started with this free dynamic geometry software.
Pythagoras Proofs
Age 14 to 16
Challenge Level
Can you make sense of these three proofs of Pythagoras' Theorem?
Tilting Triangles
Age 14 to 16
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A right-angled isosceles triangle is rotated about the centre point of a square. What can you say about the area of the part of the square covered by the triangle as it rotates?
A Tilted Square
Age 14 to 16
Challenge Level
The opposite vertices of a square have coordinates (a,b) and (c,d). What are the coordinates of the other vertices?
Beelines
Age 14 to 16
Challenge Level
Is there a relationship between the coordinates of the endpoints of a line and the number of grid squares it crosses?
Same Length
Age 11 to 16
Challenge Level
Construct two equilateral triangles on a straight line. There are two lengths that look the same - can you prove it?
Sine and Cosine
Age 14 to 16
Challenge Level
The sine of an angle is equal to the cosine of its complement. Can you explain why and does this rule extend beyond angles of 90 degrees?
Semi-regular Tessellations
Age 11 to 16
Challenge Level
Semi-regular tessellations combine two or more different regular polygons to fill the plane. Can you find all the semi-regular tessellations?
Triangle in a Triangle
Age 14 to 16
Challenge Level
Can you work out the fraction of the original triangle that is covered by the inner triangle?
Mediant Madness
Age 14 to 16
Challenge Level
Kyle and his teacher disagree about his test score - who is right?
Shear Magic
Age 11 to 14
Challenge Level
Explore the area of families of parallelograms and triangles. Can you find rules to work out the areas?
L-triominoes
Age 14 to 16
Challenge Level
L triominoes can fit together to make larger versions of themselves. Is every size possible to make in this way?
The Farmers' Field Boundary
Age 11 to 14
Challenge Level
The farmers want to redraw their field boundary but keep the area the same. Can you advise them?
Up and Across
Age 11 to 14
Challenge Level
Experiment with the interactivity of "rolling" regular polygons, and explore how the different positions of the dot affects its vertical and horizontal movement at each stage.
Sine and Cosine for Connected Angles
Age 14 to 16
Challenge Level
The length AM can be calculated using trigonometry in two different ways. Create this pair of equivalent calculations for different peg boards, notice a general result, and account for it.
Squirty
Age 14 to 16
Challenge Level
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.
Cyclic Quadrilaterals
Age 11 to 16
Challenge Level
Draw some quadrilaterals on a 9-point circle and work out the angles. Is there a theorem?
Round and Round a Circle
Age 14 to 16
Challenge Level
Can you explain what is happening and account for the values being displayed?
Square Coordinates
Age 11 to 14
Challenge Level
A tilted square is a square with no horizontal sides. Can you devise a general instruction for the construction of a square when you are given just one of its sides?
Triangles in Circles
Age 11 to 14
Challenge Level
Can you find triangles on a 9-point circle? Can you work out their angles?
How Far Does it Move?
Age 11 to 14
Challenge Level
Experiment with the interactivity of "rolling" regular polygons, and explore how the different positions of the red dot affects the distance it travels at each stage.
Bow Tie
Age 11 to 14
Challenge Level
Show how this pentagonal tile can be used to tile the plane and describe the transformations which map this pentagon to its images in the tiling.
Subtended Angles
Age 11 to 14
Challenge Level
What is the relationship between the angle at the centre and the angles at the circumference, for angles which stand on the same arc? Can you prove it?
Right Angles
Age 11 to 14
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Can you make a right-angled triangle on this peg-board by joining up three points round the edge?
Points in Pairs
Age 14 to 16
Challenge Level
Move the point P to see how P' moves. Then use your insights to calculate a missing length.
Isosceles Triangles
Age 11 to 14
Challenge Level
Draw some isosceles triangles with an area of $9$cm$^2$ and a vertex at (20,20). If all the vertices must have whole number coordinates, how many is it possible to draw?
Polygon Rings
Age 11 to 14
Challenge Level
Join pentagons together edge to edge. Will they form a ring?
Solving Together - Estimating Angles
Age 11 to 14
Week 2
How well can you estimate angles? Playing this game could improve your skills.
Translating Lines
Age 11 to 14
Challenge Level
Investigate what happens to the equation of different lines when you translate them. Try to predict what will happen. Explain your findings.
At Right Angles
Age 14 to 16
Challenge Level
Can you decide whether two lines are perpendicular or not? Can you do this without drawing them?
Reflecting Lines
Age 11 to 14
Challenge Level
Investigate what happens to the equations of different lines when you reflect them in one of the axes. Try to predict what will happen. Explain your findings.
More Twisting and Turning
Age 11 to 16
Challenge Level
It would be nice to have a strategy for disentangling any tangled ropes...
Arrowhead
Age 14 to 16
Challenge Level
The points P, Q, R and S are the midpoints of the edges of a non-convex quadrilateral.What do you notice about the quadrilateral PQRS and its area?
Exploring Diagonals
Age 11 to 16
Move the corner of the rectangle. Can you work out what the purple number represents?
Just Rolling Round
Age 14 to 16
Challenge Level
P is a point on the circumference of a circle radius r which rolls, without slipping, inside a circle of radius 2r. What is the locus of P?
Picturing Triangular Numbers
Age 11 to 14
Challenge Level
Triangular numbers can be represented by a triangular array of squares. What do you notice about the sum of identical triangle numbers?
Partitioning Revisited
Age 11 to 14
Challenge Level
We can show that (x + 1)² = x² + 2x + 1 by considering the area of an (x + 1) by (x + 1) square. Show in a similar way that (x + 2)² = x² + 4x + 4
Overlap
Age 11 to 14
Challenge Level
A red square and a blue square overlap so that the corner of the red square rests on the centre of the blue square. Show that, whatever the orientation of the red square, it covers a quarter of the. . . .
Areas from Vectors
Age 11 to 16
Use the applet to explore the area of a parallelogram and how it relates to vectors.
Is There a Theorem?
Age 11 to 14
Challenge Level
Draw a square. A second square of the same size slides around the first always maintaining contact and keeping the same orientation. How far does the dot travel?
NRICH is part of the family of activities in the Millennium Mathematics Project.