Angles - points, lines and parallel lines

  • Right angles
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    Right angles

    Age
    11 to 14
    Challenge level
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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
    Challenge level
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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
    Challenge level
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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
    Challenge level
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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
    Challenge level
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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
    Challenge level
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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
    Challenge level
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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
    Challenge level
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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?