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Ratio. Calculating with ratio & proportion. Fractions. Regular polygons and circles. Speed and acceleration. Similarity and congruence. 2D shapes and their properties. Visualising. Creating and manipulating expressions and formulae. Area - triangles, quadrilaterals, compound shapes.There are 45 results
Broad Topics > Angles, Polygons, and Geometrical Proof > Similarity and congruence
Doubly Isosceles
Age 14 to 16 Short Challenge Level:
Find the missing distance in this diagram with two isosceles triangles
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?
Nicely Similar
Age 14 to 16 Challenge Level:
If the hypotenuse (base) length is 100cm and if an extra line splits the base into 36cm and 64cm parts, what were the side lengths for the original right-angled triangle?
Napkin
Age 14 to 16 Challenge Level:
A napkin is folded so that a corner coincides with the midpoint of an opposite edge . Investigate the three triangles formed .
Sitting Pretty
Age 14 to 16 Challenge Level:
A circle of radius r touches two sides of a right angled triangle, sides x and y, and has its centre on the hypotenuse. Can you prove the formula linking x, y and r?
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.
Pent
Age 14 to 18 Challenge Level:
The diagram shows a regular pentagon with sides of unit length. Find all the angles in the diagram. Prove that the quadrilateral shown in red is a rhombus.
Kite in a Square
Age 14 to 16 Challenge Level:
Can you make sense of the three methods to work out the area of the kite in the square?
Figure of Eight
Age 14 to 16 Challenge Level:
On a nine-point pegboard a band is stretched over 4 pegs in a "figure of 8" arrangement. How many different "figure of 8" arrangements can be made ?
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.
It Depends on Your Point of View!
Age 14 to 16 Challenge Level:
Anamorphic art is used to create intriguing illusions - can you work out how it is done?
Pythagoras Proofs
Age 14 to 16 Challenge Level:
Can you make sense of these three proofs of Pythagoras' Theorem?
Wedge on Wedge
Age 14 to 16 Challenge Level:
Two right-angled triangles are connected together as part of a structure. An object is dropped from the top of the green triangle where does it pass the base of the blue triangle?
A Sameness Surely
Age 14 to 16 Challenge Level:
Triangle ABC has a right angle at C. ACRS and CBPQ are squares. ST and PU are perpendicular to AB produced. Show that ST + PU = AB
Matter of Scale
Age 14 to 16 Challenge Level:
Prove Pythagoras' Theorem using enlargements and scale factors.
Arrh!
Age 14 to 16 Challenge Level:
Triangle ABC is equilateral. D, the midpoint of BC, is the centre of the semi-circle whose radius is R which touches AB and AC, as well as a smaller circle with radius r which also touches AB and AC. . . .
How Big?
Age 11 to 14 Challenge Level:
If the sides of the triangle in the diagram are 3, 4 and 5, what is the area of the shaded square?
From All Corners
Age 14 to 16 Challenge Level:
Straight lines are drawn from each corner of a square to the mid points of the opposite sides. Express the area of the octagon that is formed at the centre as a fraction of the area of the square.
Bus Stop
Age 14 to 16 Challenge Level:
Two buses leave at the same time from two towns Shipton and Veston on the same long road, travelling towards each other. At each mile along the road are milestones. The buses' speeds are constant. . . .
Slippage
Age 14 to 16 Challenge Level:
A ladder 3m long rests against a wall with one end a short distance from its base. Between the wall and the base of a ladder is a garden storage box 1m tall and 1m high. What is the maximum distance. . . .
Look Before You Leap
Age 14 to 16 Challenge Level:
Can you spot a cunning way to work out the missing length?
Fitting In
Age 14 to 16 Challenge Level:
The largest square which fits into a circle is ABCD and EFGH is a square with G and H on the line CD and E and F on the circumference of the circle. Show that AB = 5EF. Similarly the largest. . . .
Trapezium Four
Age 14 to 16 Challenge Level:
The diagonals of a trapezium divide it into four parts. Can you create a trapezium where three of those parts are equal in area?
Folding Squares
Age 14 to 16 Challenge Level:
The diagonal of a square intersects the line joining one of the unused corners to the midpoint of the opposite side. What do you notice about the line segments produced?
Triangular Slope
Age 14 to 16 Short Challenge Level:
Can you find the gradients of the lines that form a triangle?
All Tied Up
Age 14 to 16 Challenge Level:
A ribbon runs around a box so that it makes a complete loop with two parallel pieces of ribbon on the top. How long will the ribbon be?
Triangle Midpoints
Age 14 to 16 Challenge Level:
You are only given the three midpoints of the sides of a triangle. How can you construct the original triangle?
Parallel Universe
Age 14 to 16 Challenge Level:
An equilateral triangle is constructed on BC. A line QD is drawn, where Q is the midpoint of AC. Prove that AB // QD.
Partly Circles
Age 14 to 16 Challenge Level:
What is the same and what is different about these circle questions? What connections can you make?
Hex
Age 11 to 14 Challenge Level:
Explain how the thirteen pieces making up the regular hexagon shown in the diagram can be re-assembled to form three smaller regular hexagons congruent to each other.
Folding Fractions
Age 14 to 16 Challenge Level:
What fractions can you divide the diagonal of a square into by simple folding?
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?
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. . . .
Angle Trisection
Age 14 to 16 Challenge Level:
It is impossible to trisect an angle using only ruler and compasses but it can be done using a carpenter's square.
A Shade Crossed
Age 14 to 16 Challenge Level:
Find the area of the shaded region created by the two overlapping triangles in terms of a and b?
Fit for Photocopying
Age 14 to 16 Challenge Level:
Explore the relationships between different paper sizes.
Two Triangles in a Square
Age 14 to 16 Challenge Level:
Given that ABCD is a square, M is the mid point of AD and CP is perpendicular to MB with P on MB, prove DP = DC.
The Line and Its Strange Pair
Age 14 to 16 Challenge Level:
In the diagram the point P' can move to different places along the dotted line. Each position P' takes will fix a corresponding position for P. If P' moves along a straight line what does P do ?
Mapping the Wandering Circle
Age 14 to 16 Challenge Level:
In the diagram the point P can move to different places around the dotted circle. Each position P takes will fix a corresponding position for P'. As P moves around on that circle what will P' do?
Two Ladders
Age 14 to 16 Challenge Level:
Two ladders are propped up against facing walls. The end of the first ladder is 10 metres above the foot of the first wall. The end of the second ladder is 5 metres above the foot of the second. . . .
Pentakite
Age 14 to 18 Challenge Level:
ABCDE is a regular pentagon of side length one unit. BC produced meets ED produced at F. Show that triangle CDF is congruent to triangle EDB. Find the length of BE.
Triangular Tantaliser
Age 11 to 14 Challenge Level:
Draw all the possible distinct triangles on a 4 x 4 dotty grid. Convince me that you have all possible triangles.
Stadium Sightline
Age 14 to 18 Challenge Level:
How would you design the tiering of seats in a stadium so that all spectators have a good view?
Pinhole Camera
Age 11 to 14 Challenge Level:
Make your own pinhole camera for safe observation of the sun, and find out how it works.
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