Angles in polygons

  • Triangles in circles
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    Triangles in Circles

    Age
    11 to 14
    Challenge level
    1 out of 3

    Can you find triangles on a 9-point circle? Can you work out their angles?

  • Polygon Rings
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    Polygon Rings

    Age
    11 to 14
    Challenge level
    1 out of 3

    Join pentagons together edge to edge. Will they form a ring?

  • Star Polygons
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    Star Polygons

    Age
    11 to 14
    Challenge level
    2 out of 3

    Draw some stars and measure the angles at their points. Can you find and prove a result about their sum?

  • Which solids can we make?
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    Which Solids Can We Make?

    Age
    11 to 14
    Challenge level
    3 out of 3

    Interior angles can help us to work out which polygons will tessellate. Can we use similar ideas to predict which polygons combine to create semi-regular solids?

  • Semi-regular Tessellations
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    Semi-Regular Tessellations

    Age
    11 to 16
    Challenge level
    1 out of 3

    Semi-regular tessellations combine two or more different regular polygons to fill the plane. Can you find all the semi-regular tessellations?

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    Cyclic Quadrilaterals

    Age
    11 to 16
    Challenge level
    1 out of 3

    Draw some quadrilaterals on a 9-point circle and work out the angles. Is there a 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?

  • Isosceles Seven
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    Isosceles Seven

    Age
    14 to 16
    Challenge level
    1 out of 3

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

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    Terminology

    Age
    14 to 16
    Challenge level
    2 out of 3

    Given an equilateral triangle inside an isosceles triangle, can you find a relationship between the angles?

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    Triangles and Petals

    Age
    14 to 16
    Challenge level
    2 out of 3

    An equilateral triangle rotates around regular polygons and produces an outline like a flower. What are the perimeters of the different flowers?