Angles in polygons

There are 72 NRICH Mathematical resources connected to Angles in polygons
Triangles all Around
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Triangles all around

Age
7 to 11
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Can you find all the different triangles on these peg boards, and find their angles?
Making sixty
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Making sixty

Age
14 to 16
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Why does this fold create an angle of sixty degrees?
Cyclic Quadrilaterals
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Cyclic quadrilaterals

Age
11 to 16
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Draw some quadrilaterals on a 9-point circle and work out the angles. Is there a theorem?

Triangles and petals
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Triangles and petals

Age
14 to 16
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An equilateral triangle rotates around regular polygons and produces an outline like a flower. What are the perimeters of the different flowers?
Semi-regular Tessellations
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Semi-regular tessellations

Age
11 to 16
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Semi-regular tessellations combine two or more different regular polygons to fill the plane. Can you find all the semi-regular tessellations?

Which solids can we make?
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Which solids can we make?

Age
11 to 14
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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?

Star Polygons
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Star polygons

Age
11 to 14
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Draw some stars and measure the angles at their points. Can you find and prove a result about their sum?

Polygon Pictures
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Polygon pictures

Age
11 to 14
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Can you work out how these polygon pictures were drawn, and use that to figure out their angles?

Angles inside
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Angles inside

Age
11 to 14
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Draw some angles inside a rectangle. What do you notice? Can you prove it?