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Angles - points, lines and parallel lines. Speed and acceleration. Clock. Addition & subtraction. Length/distance. Time. Temperature. Mass and weight. Calendars. Working systematically.There are 43 results
Broad Topics > Angles, Polygons, and Geometrical Proof > Angles - points, lines and parallel lines
Sweeping Hands
Age 7 to 11 Challenge Level:
Use your knowledge of angles to work out how many degrees the hour and minute hands of a clock travel through in different amounts of time.
Watch the Clock
Age 7 to 11 Challenge Level:
During the third hour after midnight the hands on a clock point in the same direction (so one hand is over the top of the other). At what time, to the nearest second, does this happen?
Take the Right Angle
Age 7 to 11 Challenge Level:
How many times in twelve hours do the hands of a clock form a right angle? Use the interactivity to check your answers.
Clock Hands
Age 7 to 11 Challenge Level:
This investigation explores using different shapes as the hands of the clock. What things occur as the the hands move.
On Time
Age 11 to 14 Challenge Level:
On a clock the three hands - the second, minute and hour hands - are on the same axis. How often in a 24 hour day will the second hand be parallel to either of the two other hands?
Six Places to Visit
Age 7 to 11 Challenge Level:
Can you describe the journey to each of the six places on these maps? How would you turn at each junction?
Dotty Circle
Age 7 to 11 Challenge Level:
Watch this film carefully. Can you find a general rule for explaining when the dot will be this same distance from the horizontal axis?
How Safe Are You?
Age 7 to 11 Challenge Level:
How much do you have to turn these dials by in order to unlock the safes?
Olympic Turns
Age 7 to 11 Challenge Level:
This task looks at the different turns involved in different Olympic sports as a way of exploring the mathematics of turns and angles.
Being Resilient - Primary Geometry
Age 5 to 11 Challenge Level:
Geometry problems at primary level that may require resilience.
Being Resourceful - Primary Geometry
Age 5 to 11 Challenge Level:
Geometry problems at primary level that require careful consideration.
Cylinder Cutting
Age 7 to 11 Challenge Level:
An activity for high-attaining learners which involves making a new cylinder from a cardboard tube.
Being Curious - Primary Geometry
Age 5 to 11 Challenge Level:
Geometry problems for inquiring primary learners.
Dotty Relationship
Age 7 to 11 Challenge Level:
Can you draw perpendicular lines without using a protractor? Investigate how this is possible.
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?
Overlapping Squares
Age 7 to 11 Challenge Level:
Have a good look at these images. Can you describe what is happening? There are plenty more images like this on NRICH's Exploring Squares CD.
Polygon Rings
Age 11 to 14 Challenge Level:
Join pentagons together edge to edge. Will they form a ring?
Being Collaborative - Primary Geometry
Age 5 to 11 Challenge Level:
Geometry problems for primary learners to work on with others.
Interacting with the Geometry of the Circle
Age 5 to 16
Jennifer Piggott and Charlie Gilderdale describe a free interactive circular geoboard environment that can lead learners to pose mathematical questions.
Right Angles
Age 11 to 14 Challenge Level:
Can you make a right-angled triangle on this peg-board by joining up three points round the edge?
Making Maths: Equilateral Triangle Folding
Age 7 to 14 Challenge Level:
Make an equilateral triangle by folding paper and use it to make patterns of your own.
Which Solids Can We Make?
Age 11 to 14 Challenge Level:
Interior angles can help us to work out which polygons will tessellate. Can we use similar ideas to predict which polygons combine to create semi-regular solids?
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.
Angles Inside
Age 11 to 14 Challenge Level:
Draw some angles inside a rectangle. What do you notice? Can you prove it?
Witch's Hat
Age 11 to 16 Challenge Level:
What shapes should Elly cut out to make a witch's hat? How can she make a taller hat?
Maurits Cornelius Escher
Age 7 to 14
Have you ever noticed how mathematical ideas are often used in patterns that we see all around us? This article describes the life of Escher who was a passionate believer that maths and art can be. . . .
Angle Measurement: an Opportunity for Equity
Age 11 to 16
Suggestions for worthwhile mathematical activity on the subject of angle measurement for all pupils.
Triangles in Circles
Age 11 to 14 Challenge Level:
Can you find triangles on a 9-point circle? Can you work out their angles?
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?
Coordinates and Descartes
Age 7 to 16
Have you ever wondered how maps are made? Or perhaps who first thought of the idea of designing maps? We're here to answer these questions for you.
Pythagoras
Age 7 to 14
Pythagoras of Samos was a Greek philosopher who lived from about 580 BC to about 500 BC. Find out about the important developments he made in mathematics, astronomy, and the theory of music.
Triangle in a Trapezium
Age 11 to 16 Challenge Level:
Can you find and prove the relationship between the area of a trapezium and the area of a triangle constructed within it?
LOGO Challenge 1 - Star Square
Age 7 to 16 Challenge Level:
Can you use LOGO to create this star pattern made from squares. Only basic LOGO knowledge needed.
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?
Making Maths: Clinometer
Age 11 to 14 Challenge Level:
You can use a clinometer to measure the height of tall things that you can't possibly reach to the top of, Make a clinometer and use it to help you estimate the heights of tall objects.
LOGO Challenge 7 - More Stars and Squares
Age 11 to 16 Challenge Level:
Can you use LOGO to create a systematic reproduction of a basic design? An introduction to variables in a familiar setting.
LOGO Challenge 8 - Rhombi
Age 7 to 16 Challenge Level:
Explore patterns based on a rhombus. How can you enlarge the pattern - or explode it?
Round and Round and Round
Age 11 to 14 Challenge Level:
Where will the point stop after it has turned through 30 000 degrees? I took out my calculator and typed 30 000 ÷ 360. How did this help?
Shogi Shapes
Age 11 to 14 Challenge Level:
Shogi tiles can form interesting shapes and patterns... I wonder whether they fit together to make a ring?
Polygon Pictures
Age 11 to 14 Challenge Level:
Can you work out how these polygon pictures were drawn, and use that to figure out their angles?
NRICH is part of the family of activities in the Millennium Mathematics Project.