Angles - points, lines and parallel lines

  • Six Minutes Past Eight
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    Six Minutes Past Eight

    Age
    11 to 14
    Challenge level
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    Weekly Problem 45 - 2007
    What is the obtuse angle between the hands of a clock at 6 minutes past 8 o'clock?
  • Hexapentagon
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    Hexapentagon

    Age
    11 to 14
    Challenge level
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    Weekly Problem 53 - 2007
    The diagram shows a regular pentagon and regular hexagon which overlap. What is the value of x?
  • Angle to Chord
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    Angle to Chord

    Age
    14 to 16
    Challenge level
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    Weekly Problem 23 - 2008
    A triangle has been drawn inside this circle. Can you find the length of the chord it forms?
  • Symmetric Angles
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    Symmetric Angles

    Age
    14 to 16
    Challenge level
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    This diagram has symmetry of order four. Can you use different geometric properties to find a particular length?
  • On Time
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    On Time

    Age
    11 to 14
    Challenge level
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    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?
  • Similarly so
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    Similarly So

    Age
    14 to 16
    Challenge level
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    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.
  • Flower
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    Flower

    Age
    16 to 18
    Challenge level
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    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.
  • Orbiting Billiard Balls
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    Orbiting Billiard Balls

    Age
    14 to 16
    Challenge level
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    What angle is needed for a ball to do a circuit of the billiard table and then pass through its original position?
  • Dotty Circle
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    Dotty Circle

    Age
    7 to 11
    Challenge level
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    Watch this film carefully. Can you find a general rule for explaining when the dot will be this same distance from the horizontal axis?