Angles in polygons

  • Quadrilaterals
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    Quadrilaterals

    Age
    7 to 11
    Challenge level
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    How many DIFFERENT quadrilaterals can be made by joining the dots on the 8-point circle?

  • Cartesian Isometric
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    Cartesian isometric

    Age
    7 to 11
    Challenge level
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    The graph below is an oblique coordinate system based on 60 degree angles. It was drawn on isometric paper. What kinds of triangles do these points form?
  • Triangles all Around
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    Triangles all around

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

  • Triangle Pin-Down
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    Triangle pin-down

    Age
    7 to 11
    Challenge level
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    Use the interactivity to investigate what kinds of triangles can be drawn on peg boards with different numbers of pegs.
  • Polygon Pictures
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    Polygon pictures

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

  • Gibraltar Geometry
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    Gibraltar geometry

    Age
    11 to 14
    Challenge level
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    Take a look at the photos of tiles at a school in Gibraltar. What questions can you ask about them?
  • 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?

  • Polygon Rings
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    Polygon rings

    Age
    11 to 14
    Challenge level
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    Join pentagons together edge to edge. Will they form a ring?

  • Star Polygons
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    Star polygons

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

  • Plaid patterned bow tie.
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    Bow tie

    Age
    11 to 14
    Challenge level
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    Show how this pentagonal tile can be used to tile the plane and describe the transformations which map this pentagon to its images in the tiling.