Showing posts with label Maths. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Maths. Show all posts

Sunday, December 7, 2008

Monday, July 21, 2008

Angles on the Same Arc

Angles on the same arc at the circumferance are equal, if one angle is pulled off the arc the two become supplemantary (they add to 180°)











The Angle in a Semicircle

This is super simple, the angle in a semicirle is always a right angle (90°).

Angle at the Centre of a Circle

My first circle investigation on Geometer's Sketchpad!!!
The angle at the centre of a circle is ALWAYS double the angle at the circumference.

Wednesday, July 2, 2008

Exterior Angles of a Polygon

This table shows all the interior and exterior characteristics of polygons:















Shape

Angle sum


Shape

Angle sum

Quadrilateral

360 º


Quadrilateral

360 º

Pentagon

540 º


Pentagon

360 º

Hexagon

720 º


Hexagon

360 º

Heptagon

900 º


Heptagon

360 º

Octagon

1080 º


Octagon

360 º

Nonagon

1260 º


Nonagon

360 º

Decagon

1440 º


Decagon

360 º

Wednesday, June 25, 2008

INTERIOR / EXTERIOR ANGLE SUM OF A QUADRILATERAL

Number five!!!

For this investigation I made a quadrilateral using rays and then measured the interior angles, I predicted that the sum of the angles would be 360°, and I was right!
The some of the exterior angles was also 360°.

Angles and Parallel Lines












This investigation shows that when two parallel lines are cut by another line (a transversal), corresponding and alternate angles are equal, and co-interior angles are supplementary (add to 180°)
Corresponding angles are on the same side of the transversal and face the same direction:





















Alternate angles are on opposite sides of the transversal and face opposite directions:


















Co-interior angles are on the same side of the transversal but face opposit
e directions:

Wednesday, June 18, 2008

Angle Sum Of A Triangle



This is simple but frighteningly useful, the three angles of a triangle ALWAYS add up to 180°

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Wednesday, June 11, 2008

Adjacent Angles

I SEE ANGELS!!!

No, wait, there angles.




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Opposite angles are equal, and when two angles that share the same vertices are added they equal 180°.

Notes taken from exercise:
-If two angles sum to 180º they are called supplementary angles.
-When two lines intersect, the vertically opposite angles are equal.
-The angle sum of a straight line is 180º.