Circle properties and circle theorems

  • Some(?) of the Parts
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    Some(?) of the Parts

    Age
    14 to 16
    Challenge level
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    A circle touches the lines OA, OB and AB where OA and OB are perpendicular. Show that the diameter of the circle is equal to the perimeter of the triangle

  • 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?

  • Three tennis balls on a clay surface.
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    Three Balls

    Age
    14 to 16
    Challenge level
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    Do points P and Q lie inside, on, or outside this circle?

  • Circle Box
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    Circle Box

    Age
    14 to 16
    Challenge level
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    It is obvious that we can fit four circles of diameter 1 unit in a square of side 2 without overlapping. What is the smallest square into which we can fit 3 circles of diameter 1 unit?

  • Geometry and Measure - Short Problems
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    Tied Up

    Age
    14 to 16
    Challenge level
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    How much of the field can the animals graze?

  • 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?

  • Encircling
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    Encircling

    Age
    14 to 16
    Challenge level
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    An equilateral triangle is sitting on top of a square. What is the radius of the circle that circumscribes this shape?

  • Cyclic Quad Jigsaw
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    Cyclic Quad Jigsaw

    Age
    14 to 16
    Challenge level
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    A picture is made by joining five small quadrilaterals together to make a large quadrilateral. Is it possible to draw a similar picture if all the small quadrilaterals are cyclic?

  • 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.

  • 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?