Angles in polygons

  • No Right Angle Here
    problem

    No right angle here

    Age
    14 to 16
    Challenge level
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    Prove that the internal angle bisectors of a triangle will never be perpendicular to each other.
  • Getting an angle
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    Getting an angle

    Age
    11 to 14
    Challenge level
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    How can you make an angle of 60 degrees by folding a sheet of paper twice?
  • Convex Polygons
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    Convex polygons

    Age
    11 to 14
    Challenge level
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    Show that among the interior angles of a convex polygon there cannot be more than three acute angles.
  • Heptagon Has
    problem

    Heptagon has

    Age
    11 to 14
    Challenge level
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    Weekly Problem 15 - 2012
    How many of the five properties can a heptagon have?
  • Parallelogram in the Middle
    problem

    Parallelogram in the middle

    Age
    11 to 14
    Challenge level
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    Weekly Problem 27 - 2013
    The diagram shows a parallelogram inside a triangle. What is the value of $x$?
  • Equal Lengths
    problem

    Equal lengths

    Age
    11 to 14
    Challenge level
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    Weekly Problem 29 - 2013
    An equilateral triangle is drawn inside a rhombus, both with equal side lengths. What is one of the angles of the rhombus?
  • Trapezium Arch
    problem

    Trapezium arch

    Age
    11 to 14
    Challenge level
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    Weekly Problem 27 - 2007
    Ten stones form an arch. What is the size of the smallest angles of the trapezoidal stones?
  • Walking round a triangle
    problem

    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 she has turned when she gets back to where she started?

  • Triangle or No Triangle?
    problem

    Triangle or no triangle?

    Age
    5 to 7
    Challenge level
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    Here is a selection of different shapes. Can you work out which ones are triangles, and why?