Angles - points, lines and parallel lines

  • Triangle in a Trapezium
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    Triangle in a Trapezium

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    11 to 16
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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?

  • Making sixty
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    Making Sixty

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    14 to 16
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    Why does this fold create an angle of sixty degrees?

  • Isosceles Seven
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    Isosceles Seven

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

  • Angle Trisection
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    Angle Trisection

    Age
    14 to 16
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    It is impossible to trisect an angle using only ruler and compasses but it can be done using a carpenter's square.

  • Trapezium made of wooden tangram pieces, including a square and a parallelogram.
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    Quad in Quad

    Age
    14 to 18
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    Join the midpoints of a quadrilateral to get a new quadrilateral. What is special about it?

  • Flexi Quads
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    Flexi Quads

    Age
    16 to 18
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    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?

  • Square World
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    Square World

    Age
    16 to 18
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    P is a point inside a square ABCD such that PA= 1, PB = 2 and PC = 3. How big is angle APB ?
  • Isosceles Meld
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    Isosceles Meld

    Age
    11 to 14
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    Weekly Problem 9 - 2012
    What is the angle QPT in this diagram?
  • Angular Reflection
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    Angular Reflection

    Age
    11 to 14
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    Weekly Problem 28 - 2013
    Two lines meet at a point. Another line through this point is reflected in both of these lines. What is the angle between the image lines?
  • Pegboard Quads
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    Pegboard Quads

    Age
    14 to 16
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    Make different quadrilaterals on a nine-point pegboard, and work out their angles. What do you notice?