Pythagoras' theorem

There are 108 NRICH Mathematical resources connected to Pythagoras' theorem
Tilting Triangles
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Tilting Triangles

Age
14 to 16
Challenge level
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A right-angled isosceles triangle is rotated about the centre point of a square. What can you say about the area of the part of the square covered by the triangle as it rotates?
Square Pair Circles
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Square Pair Circles

Age
16 to 18
Challenge level
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Investigate the number of points with integer coordinates on circles with centres at the origin for which the square of the radius is a power of 5.
Are you kidding
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Are you kidding

Age
14 to 16
Challenge level
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If the altitude of an isosceles triangle is 8 units and the perimeter of the triangle is 32 units.... What is the area of the triangle?
Matter of Scale
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Matter of Scale

Age
14 to 16
Challenge level
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Can you prove Pythagoras' Theorem using enlargements and scale factors?
Hex
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Hex

Age
11 to 14
Challenge level
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Explain how the thirteen pieces making up the regular hexagon shown in the diagram can be re-assembled to form three smaller regular hexagons congruent to each other.
Rhombus in Rectangle
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Rhombus in Rectangle

Age
14 to 16
Challenge level
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Take any rectangle ABCD such that AB > BC. The point P is on AB and Q is on CD. Show that there is exactly one position of P and Q such that APCQ is a rhombus.
Little and Large
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Little and Large

Age
16 to 18
Challenge level
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A point moves around inside a rectangle. What are the least and the greatest values of the sum of the squares of the distances from the vertices?
Zig Zag
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Zig Zag

Age
14 to 16
Challenge level
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Four identical right angled triangles are drawn on the sides of a square. Two face out, two face in. Why do the four vertices marked with dots lie on one line?
The medieval octagon
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The medieval octagon

Age
14 to 16
Challenge level
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Medieval stonemasons used a method to construct octagons using ruler and compasses... Is the octagon regular? Proof please.
Napkin
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Napkin

Age
14 to 16
Challenge level
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A napkin is folded so that a corner coincides with the midpoint of an opposite edge . Investigate the three triangles formed .