Triangles

  • Shapely pairs
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    Shapely Pairs

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    11 to 14
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    A game in which players take it in turns to turn up two cards. If they can draw a triangle which satisfies both properties they win the pair of cards. And a few challenging questions to follow...

  • Property chart
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    Property Chart

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    11 to 14
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    A game in which players take it in turns to try to draw quadrilaterals (or triangles) with particular properties. Is it possible to fill the game grid?

  • Isosceles Seven
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    Isosceles Seven

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    14 to 16
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    Is it possible to find the angles in this rather special isosceles triangle?

  • Triangle midpoints
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    Triangle Midpoints

    Age
    14 to 16
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    You are only given the three midpoints of the sides of a triangle. How can you construct the original triangle?

  • Of all the areas
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    Of All the Areas

    Age
    14 to 16
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    Can you find a general rule for finding the areas of equilateral triangles drawn on an isometric grid?

  • Triangle in a Triangle
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    Triangle in a Triangle

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    14 to 16
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    Can you work out the fraction of the original triangle that is covered by the inner triangle?

  • Lens Angle
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    Lens Angle

    Age
    14 to 16
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    Find the missing angle between the two secants to the circle when the two angles at the centre subtended by the arcs created by the intersections of the secants and the circle are 50 and 120 degrees.

  • Hexy-Metry
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    Hexy-Metry

    Age
    14 to 16
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    A hexagon, with sides alternately a and b units in length, is inscribed in a circle. How big is the radius of the circle?

  • Area I'n It
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    Area I'n It

    Age
    16 to 18
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    Triangle ABC has altitudes h1, h2 and h3. The radius of the inscribed circle is r, while the radii of the escribed circles are r1, r2 and r3 respectively. Prove: 1/r = 1/h1 + 1/h2 + 1/h3 = 1/r1 + 1/r2 + 1/r3 .
  • Farhan's Poor Square
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    Farhan's Poor Square

    Age
    14 to 16
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    From the measurements and the clue given find the area of the square that is not covered by the triangle and the circle.