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Can you find and prove the relationship between the area of a trapezium and the area of a triangle constructed within it?
Is it possible to find the angles in this rather special isosceles triangle?
Construct two equilateral triangles on a straight line. There are two lengths that look the same - can you prove it?
Semi-regular tessellations combine two or more different regular polygons to fill the plane. Can you find all the semi-regular tessellations?
Join some regular octahedra, face touching face and one vertex of each meeting at a point. How many octahedra can you fit around this point?
It is impossible to trisect an angle using only ruler and compasses but it can be done using a carpenter's square.
Join the midpoints of a quadrilateral to get a new quadrilateral. What is special about it?
A quadrilateral changes shape with the edge lengths constant. Show the scalar product of the diagonals is constant. If the diagonals are perpendicular in one position are they always perpendicular?
Never used GeoGebra before? This article for complete beginners will help you to get started with this free dynamic geometry software.
Jennifer Piggott and Charlie Gilderdale describe a free interactive circular geoboard environment that can lead learners to pose mathematical questions.
Use simple trigonometry to calculate the distance along the flight path from London to Sydney.
A spiropath is a sequence of connected line segments end to end taking different directions. The same spiropath is iterated. When does it cycle and when does it go on indefinitely?
What angle is needed for a ball to do a circuit of the billiard table and then pass through its original position?
Make different quadrilaterals on a nine-point pegboard, and work out their angles. What do you notice?
Suggestions for worthwhile mathematical activity on the subject of angle measurement for all pupils.
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.
Six circles around a central circle make a flower. Watch the flower as you change the radii in this circle packing. Prove that with the given ratios of the radii the petals touch and fit perfectly.
What is the sum of the angles of a triangle whose sides are circular arcs on a flat surface? What if the triangle is on the surface of a sphere?
Can you use LOGO to create a systematic reproduction of a basic design? An introduction to variables in a familiar setting.
Explore patterns based on a rhombus. How can you enlarge the pattern - or explode it?
Can you use LOGO to create this star pattern made from squares. Only basic LOGO knowledge needed.
An equilateral triangle is constructed on BC. A line QD is drawn, where Q is the midpoint of AC. Prove that AB // QD.
ABCD is a square. P is the midpoint of AB and is joined to C. A line from D perpendicular to PC meets the line at the point Q. Prove AQ = AD.
My train left London between 6 a.m. and 7 a.m. and arrived in Paris between 9 a.m. and 10 a.m. At the start and end of the journey the hands on my watch were in exactly the same positions but the minute hand and hour hand had swopped places. What time did the train leave London and how long did the journey take?
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?
Consider a watch face which has identical hands and identical marks for the hours. It is opposite to a mirror. When is the time as read direct and in the mirror exactly the same between 6 and 7?
P is a point inside a square ABCD such that PA= 1, PB = 2 and PC = 3. How big is angle APB ?