Circle properties and circle theorems

There are 50 NRICH Mathematical resources connected to Circle properties and circle theorems
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.
Incircles
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Incircles

Age
16 to 18
Challenge level
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The incircles of 3, 4, 5 and of 5, 12, 13 right angled triangles have radii 1 and 2 units respectively. What about triangles with an inradius of 3, 4 or 5 or ...?
Triangle Incircle Iteration
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Triangle incircle iteration

Age
14 to 16
Challenge level
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Keep constructing triangles in the incircle of the previous triangle. What happens?
Similarly so
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Similarly so

Age
14 to 16
Challenge level
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ABCD is a square. P is the midpoint of AB and is joined to C. A line from D perpendicular to PC meets the line at the point Q. Prove AQ = AD.
Medallions
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Medallions

Age
14 to 16
Challenge level
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Three circular medallions fit in a rectangular box. Can you find the radius of the largest one?
Crescents and triangles
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Crescents and triangles

Age
14 to 16
Challenge level
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Can you find a relationship between the area of the crescents and the area of the triangle?
Bicentric Quadrilaterals
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Bicentric quadrilaterals

Age
14 to 16
Challenge level
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Investigate the properties of quadrilaterals which can be drawn with a circle just touching each side and another circle just touching each vertex.
Circumspection
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Circumspection

Age
14 to 16
Challenge level
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M is any point on the line AB. Squares of side length AM and MB are constructed and their circumcircles intersect at P (and M). Prove that the lines AD and BE produced pass through P.
Circumnavigation
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Circumnavigation

Age
14 to 16
Challenge level
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The sides of a triangle are 25, 39 and 40 units of length. Find the diameter of the circumscribed circle.
Long Short
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Long short

Age
14 to 16
Challenge level
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What can you say about the lengths of the sides of a quadrilateral whose vertices are on a unit circle?