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Regular polygons and circles. Similarity and congruence. Pythagoras' theorem. Golden ratio. Quadratic equations. Sine, cosine, tangent. Quadrilaterals. Sine rule & cosine rule. 2D shapes and their properties. Circle properties and circle theorems.There are 80 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.
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.
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?
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.
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.
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?
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?
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.
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. . . .
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?
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 .
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.
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?
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?
Circle Scaling
Age 14 to 16 Challenge Level:
Describe how to construct three circles which have areas in the ratio 1:2:3.
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 ?
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.
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?
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.
Medallions
Age 14 to 16 Challenge Level:
Three circular medallions fit in a rectangular box. Can you find the radius of the largest one?
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.
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? ...
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?
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?
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?
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. . . .
Floored
Age 14 to 16 Challenge Level:
A floor is covered by a tessellation of equilateral triangles, each having three equal arcs inside it. What proportion of the area of the tessellation is shaded?
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.
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?
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?
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. . . .
Pythagoras Proofs
Age 14 to 16 Challenge Level:
Can you make sense of these three proofs of Pythagoras' Theorem?
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
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 ?
Pythagorean Triples II
Age 11 to 16
This is the second article on right-angled triangles whose edge lengths are whole numbers.
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 ...?
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?
Round and Round
Age 14 to 16 Challenge Level:
Prove that the shaded area of the semicircle is equal to the area of the inner circle.
The Pillar of Chios
Age 14 to 16 Challenge Level:
Semicircles are drawn on the sides of a rectangle. Prove that the sum of the areas of the four crescents is equal to the area of the rectangle.
Zig Zag
Age 14 to 16 Challenge Level:
Four identical right angled triangles are drawn on the sides of a square. Two face out, two face in. Why do the four vertices marked with dots lie on one line?
Chord
Age 16 to 18 Challenge Level:
Equal touching circles have centres on a line. From a point of this line on a circle, a tangent is drawn to the farthest circle. Find the lengths of chords where the line cuts the other circles.
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?
Pythagorean Triples I
Age 11 to 16
The first of two articles on Pythagorean Triples which asks how many right angled triangles can you find with the lengths of each side exactly a whole number measurement. Try it!
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.
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. . . .
Grid Lockout
Age 14 to 16 Challenge Level:
What remainders do you get when square numbers are divided by 4?
Rhombus in Rectangle
Age 14 to 16 Challenge Level:
Take any rectangle ABCD such that AB > BC. The point P is on AB and Q is on CD. Show that there is exactly one position of P and Q such that APCQ is a rhombus.
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?
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