Angles - points, lines and parallel lines

  • Isosceles Seven
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    Isosceles seven

    Age
    14 to 16
    Challenge level
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    Is it possible to find the angles in this rather special isosceles triangle?

  • Triangle in a Trapezium
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    Triangle in a trapezium

    Age
    11 to 16
    Challenge level
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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?

  • Using GeoGebra
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    Using GeoGebra

    Never used GeoGebra before? This article for complete beginners will help you to get started with this free dynamic geometry software.

  • Polygon Rings
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    Polygon rings

    Age
    11 to 14
    Challenge level
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    Join pentagons together edge to edge. Will they form a ring?

  • Olympic Turns
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    Olympic turns

    Age
    7 to 11
    Challenge level
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    This task looks at the different turns involved in different Olympic sports as a way of exploring the mathematics of turns and angles.

  • National Flags
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    National flags

    Age
    7 to 11
    Challenge level
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    This problem explores the shapes and symmetries in some national flags.
  • Cylinder Cutting
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    Cylinder cutting

    Age
    7 to 11
    Challenge level
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    An activity for high-attaining learners which involves making a new cylinder from a cardboard tube.
  • Which solids can we make?
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    Which solids can we make?

    Age
    11 to 14
    Challenge level
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    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?

  • Outside the Nonagon
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    Outside the nonagon

    Age
    11 to 14
    Challenge level
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    Weekly Problem 44 - 2010
    Extend two of the sides of a nonagon to form an angle. How large is this acute angle?
  • Angle Hunt
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    Angle hunt

    Age
    11 to 14
    Challenge level
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    Weekly Problem 39 - 2010
    If you know three lengths and an angle in this diagram, can you find another angle by calculation?