Internal angles in a quadrilateral

Internal angles in a quadrilateral

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Key learning points

  1. In this lesson, we will be able to use triangles to deduce the sum of the interior angles in a quadrilateral. We will also be able to find unknown angles in quadrilaterals.

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6 Questions

Q1.
Decide if the following statement is always, sometimes or never true: The diagonals of a quadrilateral intersect.
Always true
Never true
Correct answer: Sometimes true
Q2.
Decide if the following statement is always, sometimes or never true: The diagonals of a rhombus are perpendicular.
Correct answer: Always true
Never
Sometimes
Q3.
Decide if the following statement is always, sometimes or never true: The diagonals of a trapezium are perpendicular.
Always
Never
Correct answer: Sometimes
Q4.
Decide if the following statement is always, sometimes or never true: The diagonals of a quadrilateral are the same length
Always
Never
Correct answer: Sometimes
Q5.
Which line (A, B or C) is a diagonal of this shape?
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A
B
Correct answer: C
They are all diagonals of the rectangle
Q6.
The diagonals of a three quadrilaterals are shown, draw and name the shapes.
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Isosceles trapezium, Kite, Rhombus
Parallelogram, Kite, Delta
Rhombus, Rectangle, Delta
Correct answer: Square, Kite, Delta

6 Questions

Q1.
Find the size of the missing angle.
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Correct answer: 100 degrees
155 degrees
260 degrees
Q2.
Calculate the missing angle, labelled x
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Correct answer: 128 degrees
180 degrees
90 degrees
Q3.
Find the missing angles, x, y and z
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Correct answer: x = 38, y = 142, z = 142
x = 38, y = 142, z = 38
x = 38, y = 52, z = 142
Q4.
Find the size of the missing angles.
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x = 123, y = 100
Correct answer: x = 37, y = 100
x = 68.5, y = 68.5
Q5.
Shown below is a rhombus. Calculate each of the missing angles
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They are all diagonals of the rectangle
x = 11.5, y = 141.5, z = 141.5
x = 23, y = 314, z = 314
Correct answer: x = 23, y = 157, z = 157
Q6.
Find the size of the missing angle.
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Correct answer: 106 degrees
180 degrees
74 degrees

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UnitMaths / Classifying 2-D shapes