Angles - points, lines and parallel lines

There are 80 NRICH Mathematical resources connected to Angles - points, lines and parallel lines
Right angles
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Right angles

Age
11 to 14
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Can you make a right-angled triangle on this peg-board by joining up three points round the edge?
Subtended angles
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Subtended angles

Age
11 to 14
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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?
Triangles in circles
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Triangles in circles

Age
11 to 14
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Can you find triangles on a 9-point circle? Can you work out their angles?
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?
Sweeping Hands
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Sweeping Hands

Age
7 to 11
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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.
Right Angle Challenge
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Right Angle Challenge

Age
5 to 7
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How many right angles can you make using two sticks?
Octa-flower
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Octa-flower

Age
16 to 18
Challenge level
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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?
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?
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.
Lunar Angles
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Lunar Angles

Age
16 to 18
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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?