Similarity and congruence

  • Matching Triangles
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    Matching Triangles

    Age
    5 to 7
    Challenge level
    1 out of 3

    Can you sort these triangles into three different families and explain how you did it?

  • Hex
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    Hex

    Age
    11 to 14
    Challenge level
    1 out of 3

    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.

  • Same length
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    Same Length

    Age
    11 to 16
    Challenge level
    2 out of 3

    Construct two equilateral triangles on a straight line. There are two lengths that look the same - can you prove it?

  • Triangle in a Trapezium
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    Triangle in a Trapezium

    Age
    11 to 16
    Challenge level
    2 out of 3

    Can you find and prove the relationship between the area of a trapezium and the area of a triangle constructed within it?

  • Pythagoras Proofs
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    Pythagoras Proofs

    Age
    11 to 16
    Challenge level
    2 out of 3

    Can you make sense of these three proofs of Pythagoras' Theorem?

  • Making sixty
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    Making Sixty

    Age
    14 to 16
    Challenge level
    1 out of 3

    Why does this fold create an angle of sixty degrees?

  • Small pepper seedlings in turquoise pots.
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    Triangle Midpoints

    Age
    14 to 16
    Challenge level
    2 out of 3

    You are only given the three midpoints of the sides of a triangle. How can you construct the original triangle?

  • Two Ladders
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    Two Ladders

    Age
    14 to 16
    Challenge level
    2 out of 3

    Two ladders are propped up against facing walls. At what height do the ladders cross?

  • Sitting Pretty
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    Sitting Pretty

    Age
    14 to 16
    Challenge level
    2 out of 3

    A circle of radius r touches two sides of a right angled triangle, sides x and y, and has its centre on the hypotenuse. Can you prove the formula linking x, y and r?

  • Triangle in a Triangle
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    Triangle in a Triangle

    Age
    14 to 16
    Challenge level
    2 out of 3

    Can you work out the fraction of the original triangle that is covered by the inner triangle?