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Similarity and congruence. Circle properties and circle theorems. 2D shapes and their properties. Pythagoras' theorem. Golden ratio. Quadrilaterals. Regular polygons and circles. Sine rule & cosine rule. Angles - points, lines and parallel lines. Sine, cosine, tangent.There are 79 results
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Strange Rectangle
Age 16 to 18 Challenge Level:
ABCD is a rectangle and P, Q, R and S are moveable points on the edges dividing the edges in certain ratios. Strangely PQRS is always a cyclic quadrilateral and you can find the angles.
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 .
Incircles Explained
Age 16 to 18
This article is about triangles in which the lengths of the sides and the radii of the inscribed circles are all whole numbers.
Square World
Age 16 to 18 Challenge Level:
P is a point inside a square ABCD such that PA= 1, PB = 2 and PC = 3. How big is angle APB ?
Circle Scaling
Age 14 to 16 Challenge Level:
Describe how to construct three circles which have areas in the ratio 1:2:3.
Circle Packing
Age 14 to 16 Challenge Level:
Equal circles can be arranged so that each circle touches four or six others. What percentage of the plane is covered by circles in each packing pattern? ...
Medallions
Age 14 to 16 Challenge Level:
Three circular medallions fit in a rectangular box. Can you find the radius of the largest one?
Rectangular Pyramids
Age 14 to 18 Challenge Level:
Is the sum of the squares of two opposite sloping edges of a rectangular based pyramid equal to the sum of the squares of the other two sloping edges?
Belt
Age 16 to 18 Challenge Level:
A belt of thin wire, length L, binds together two cylindrical welding rods, whose radii are R and r, by passing all the way around them both. Find L in terms of R and r.
Crescents and Triangles
Age 14 to 16 Challenge Level:
Can you find a relationship between the area of the crescents and the area of the triangle?
Two Circles
Age 14 to 16 Challenge Level:
Draw two circles, each of radius 1 unit, so that each circle goes through the centre of the other one. What is the area of the overlap?
Star Gazing
Age 14 to 16 Challenge Level:
Find the ratio of the outer shaded area to the inner area for a six pointed star and an eight pointed star.
Squ-areas
Age 14 to 16 Challenge Level:
Three squares are drawn on the sides of a triangle ABC. Their areas are respectively 18 000, 20 000 and 26 000 square centimetres. If the outer vertices of the squares are joined, three more. . . .
Compare Areas
Age 14 to 16 Challenge Level:
Which has the greatest area, a circle or a square inscribed in an isosceles, right angle triangle?
Logosquares
Age 16 to 18 Challenge Level:
Ten squares form regular rings either with adjacent or opposite vertices touching. Calculate the inner and outer radii of the rings that surround the squares.
Inscribed in a Circle
Age 14 to 16 Challenge Level:
The area of a square inscribed in a circle with a unit radius is, satisfyingly, 2. What is the area of a regular hexagon inscribed in a circle with a unit radius?
The Dodecahedron
Age 16 to 18 Challenge Level:
What are the shortest distances between the centres of opposite faces of a regular solid dodecahedron on the surface and through the middle of the dodecahedron?
Circumnavigation
Age 14 to 16 Challenge Level:
The sides of a triangle are 25, 39 and 40 units of length. Find the diameter of the circumscribed circle.
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?
Six Discs
Age 14 to 16 Challenge Level:
Six circular discs are packed in different-shaped boxes so that the discs touch their neighbours and the sides of the box. Can you put the boxes in order according to the areas of their bases?
Pythagoras for a Tetrahedron
Age 16 to 18 Challenge Level:
In a right-angled tetrahedron prove that the sum of the squares of the areas of the 3 faces in mutually perpendicular planes equals the square of the area of the sloping face. A generalisation. . . .
Under the Ribbon
Age 14 to 16 Challenge Level:
A ribbon is nailed down with a small amount of slack. What is the largest cube that can pass under the ribbon ?
Baby Circle
Age 16 to 18 Challenge Level:
A small circle fits between two touching circles so that all three circles touch each other and have a common tangent? What is the exact radius of the smallest circle?
Get Cross
Age 14 to 16 Challenge Level:
A white cross is placed symmetrically in a red disc with the central square of side length sqrt 2 and the arms of the cross of length 1 unit. What is the area of the disc still showing?
Retracircles
Age 16 to 18 Challenge Level:
Four circles all touch each other and a circumscribing circle. Find the ratios of the radii and prove that joining 3 centres gives a 3-4-5 triangle.
Are You Kidding
Age 14 to 16 Challenge Level:
If the altitude of an isosceles triangle is 8 units and the perimeter of the triangle is 32 units.... What is the area of the triangle?
Holly
Age 14 to 16 Challenge Level:
The ten arcs forming the edges of the "holly leaf" are all arcs of circles of radius 1 cm. Find the length of the perimeter of the holly leaf and the area of its surface.
The Fire-fighter's Car Keys
Age 14 to 16 Challenge Level:
A fire-fighter needs to fill a bucket of water from the river and take it to a fire. What is the best point on the river bank for the fire-fighter to fill the bucket ?.
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?
Some(?) of the Parts
Age 14 to 16 Challenge Level:
A circle touches the lines OA, OB and AB where OA and OB are perpendicular. Show that the diameter of the circle is equal to the perimeter of the triangle
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?
Ball Packing
Age 14 to 16 Challenge Level:
If a ball is rolled into the corner of a room how far is its centre from the corner?
Semi-detached
Age 14 to 16 Challenge Level:
A square of area 40 square cms is inscribed in a semicircle. Find the area of the square that could be inscribed in a circle of the same radius.
Take a Square
Age 14 to 16 Challenge Level:
Cut off three right angled isosceles triangles to produce a pentagon. With two lines, cut the pentagon into three parts which can be rearranged into another square.
Xtra
Age 14 to 18 Challenge Level:
Find the sides of an equilateral triangle ABC where a trapezium BCPQ is drawn with BP=CQ=2 , PQ=1 and AP+AQ=sqrt7 . Note: there are 2 possible interpretations.
Incircles
Age 16 to 18 Challenge Level:
The incircles of 3, 4, 5 and of 5, 12, 13 right angled triangles have radii 1 and 2 units respectively. What about triangles with an inradius of 3, 4 or 5 or ...?
Orthogonal Circle
Age 16 to 18 Challenge Level:
Given any three non intersecting circles in the plane find another circle or straight line which cuts all three circles orthogonally.
30-60-90 Polypuzzle
Age 16 to 18 Challenge Level:
Re-arrange the pieces of the puzzle to form a rectangle and then to form an equilateral triangle. Calculate the angles and lengths.
Equilateral Areas
Age 14 to 16 Challenge Level:
ABC and DEF are equilateral triangles of side 3 and 4 respectively. Construct an equilateral triangle whose area is the sum of the area of ABC and DEF.
Reach for Polydron
Age 16 to 18 Challenge Level:
A tetrahedron has two identical equilateral triangles faces, of side length 1 unit. The other two faces are right angled isosceles triangles. Find the exact volume of the tetrahedron.
Golden Construction
Age 16 to 18 Challenge Level:
Draw a square and an arc of a circle and construct the Golden rectangle. Find the value of the Golden Ratio.
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.
Three Four Five
Age 14 to 16 Challenge Level:
Two semi-circles (each of radius 1/2) touch each other, and a semi-circle of radius 1 touches both of them. Find the radius of the circle which touches all three semi-circles.
Circle Box
Age 14 to 16 Challenge Level:
It is obvious that we can fit four circles of diameter 1 unit in a square of side 2 without overlapping. What is the smallest square into which we can fit 3 circles of diameter 1 unit?
Ladder and Cube
Age 14 to 16 Challenge Level:
A 1 metre cube has one face on the ground and one face against a wall. A 4 metre ladder leans against the wall and just touches the cube. How high is the top of the ladder above the ground?
At a Glance
Age 14 to 16 Challenge Level:
The area of a regular pentagon looks about twice as a big as the pentangle star drawn within it. Is it?
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. . . .
Semi-square
Age 14 to 16 Challenge Level:
What is the ratio of the area of a square inscribed in a semicircle to the area of the square inscribed in the entire circle?
About Pythagorean Golden Means
Age 16 to 18
What is the relationship between the arithmetic, geometric and harmonic means of two numbers, the sides of a right angled triangle and the Golden Ratio?
In a Spin
Age 14 to 16 Challenge Level:
What is the volume of the solid formed by rotating this right angled triangle about the hypotenuse?
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