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Trigonometry

Degree Ceremony
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Degree Ceremony

Age
16 to 18
Challenge level
1 out of 3

Can you find the sum of the squared sine values?

Tri-angled Trig
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Tri-Angled Trig

Age
16 to 18
Challenge level
3 out of 3

Can you justify this equation involving three angles?

Making Waves
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Making Waves

Age
16 to 18
Challenge level
3 out of 3

Which is larger cos(sin x) or sin(cos x) ? Does this depend on x ?

Impossible square?
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Impossible Square?

Age
16 to 18
Challenge level
2 out of 3

Can you make a square from these triangles?

Impossible triangles?
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Impossible Triangles?

Age
16 to 18
Challenge level
2 out of 3

Which of these triangular jigsaws are impossible to finish?

Stand Up Arcs
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Stand Up Arcs

Age
16 to 18
Challenge level
1 out of 3

What happens when you straighten out concentric circles?

Geometric Trig
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Geometric Trig

Age
16 to 18
Challenge level
1 out of 3

Trigonometry, circles and triangles combine in this short challenge.

Trigger
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Trigger

Age
16 to 18
Challenge level
2 out of 3

Can you sketch this tricky trig function?

Trig identity
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Trig Identity

Age
16 to 18
Challenge level
1 out of 3

In this short challenge, can you use angle properties in a circle to figure out some trig identities?

t for Tan
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Favourite

T for Tan

Age
16 to 18
Challenge level
1 out of 3

Can you find a way to prove the trig identities using a diagram?

Loch Ness
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Favourite

Loch Ness

Age
16 to 18
Challenge level
2 out of 3

Draw graphs of the sine and modulus functions and explain the humps.

Calculating with cosines
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Calculating With Cosines

Age
14 to 18
Challenge level
2 out of 3

If I tell you two sides of a right-angled triangle, you can easily work out the third. But what if the angle between the two sides is not a right angle?

Tangled Trig Graphs
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Favourite

Tangled Trig Graphs

Age
16 to 18
Challenge level
1 out of 3

Can you work out the equations of the trig graphs I used to make my pattern?

Curved square
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Favourite

Curved Square

Age
16 to 18
Challenge level
1 out of 3

Can you find the area of the central part of this shape? Can you do it in more than one way?