Angles in polygons

There are 72 NRICH Mathematical resources connected to Angles in polygons
Pentakite
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Pentakite

Age
14 to 18
Challenge level
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Given a regular pentagon, can you find the distance between two non-adjacent vertices?
Terminology
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Terminology

Age
14 to 16
Challenge level
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Given an equilateral triangle inside an isosceles triangle, can you find a relationship between the angles?
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.
Dodecawhat
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Dodecawhat

Age
14 to 16
Challenge level
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Follow instructions to fold sheets of A4 paper into pentagons and assemble them to form a dodecahedron. Calculate the error in the angle of the not perfectly regular pentagons you make.
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?
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?
Pent
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Pent

Age
14 to 18
Challenge level
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The diagram shows a regular pentagon with sides of unit length. Find all the angles in the diagram. Prove that the quadrilateral shown in red is a rhombus.
Tricircle
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Tricircle

Age
14 to 16
Challenge level
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The centre of the larger circle is at the midpoint of one side of an equilateral triangle and the circle touches the other two sides of the triangle. A smaller circle touches the larger circle and two sides of the triangle. If the small circle has radius 1 unit find the radius of the larger circle.
Floored
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Floored

Age
14 to 16
Challenge level
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A floor is covered by a tessellation of equilateral triangles, each having three equal arcs inside it. What proportion of the area of the tessellation is shaded?