Angles in polygons

  • Walking round a triangle
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    Walking round a triangle

    Age
    5 to 7
    Challenge level
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    This ladybird is taking a walk round a triangle. Can you see how much he has turned when he gets back to where he started?
  • Which solids can we make?
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    Which solids can we make?

    Age
    11 to 14
    Challenge level
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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?

  • Wood Pile Perimeter
    problem

    Wood pile perimeter

    Age
    14 to 16
    Challenge level
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    Weekly Problem 30 - 2011
    Three touching circles have an interesting area between them...
  • Incentre Angle
    problem

    Incentre angle

    Age
    14 to 16
    Challenge level
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    Weekly Problem 1 - 2011
    Use facts about the angle bisectors of this triangle to work out another internal angle.
  • Circled Corners
    problem

    Circled corners

    Age
    14 to 16
    Challenge level
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    Three circles have been drawn at the vertices of this triangle. What is the area of the inner shaded area?
  • Outside the Nonagon
    problem

    Outside the nonagon

    Age
    11 to 14
    Challenge level
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    Weekly Problem 44 - 2010
    Extend two of the sides of a nonagon to form an angle. How large is this acute angle?
  • Angle Hunt
    problem

    Angle hunt

    Age
    11 to 14
    Challenge level
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    Weekly Problem 39 - 2010
    If you know three lengths and an angle in this diagram, can you find another angle by calculation?
  • Cyclic Quadrilaterals
    problem

    Cyclic quadrilaterals

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

  • Making sixty
    problem

    Making sixty

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

  • Triangle Split
    problem

    Triangle split

    Age
    11 to 14
    Challenge level
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    Weekly Problem 50 - 2008
    The lengths SP, SQ and SR are equal and the angle SRQ is x degrees. What is the size of angle PQR?