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Lesson details

Key learning points

  1. In this lesson, we will look in detail at horizontal and vertical lines and how these relate to perpendicular pairs of lines. We will then identify where we find these in the real world and begin to draw them.

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4 Questions

Q1.
Perpendicular lines are...
any lines in 2-D shapes
Correct answer: lines that do (or would) meet at a right angle
lines which meet at an acute angle
Q2.
Squares (like the one below) contain 4 pairs of perpendicular lines. True or false?
An image in a quiz
False
Correct answer: True
Q3.
True or false, the two arrowed lines below are showing perpendicular lines.
An image in a quiz
Correct answer: False
True
Q4.
How many pairs of perpendicular lines can you find in the shape below?
An image in a quiz
0
Correct answer: 1
2
3

5 Questions

Q1.
A triangle contains how many angles inside?
1
2
Correct answer: 3
4
Q2.
Angles which are smaller than right angles are called...?
Correct answer: acute
obtuse
perpendicular
right angles
Q3.
A square contains 4 right angles, true or false?
False
Correct answer: True
Q4.
This image shows perpendicular lines, true or false?
An image in a quiz
Correct answer: False
True
Q5.
When a horizontal and vertical line meet at a right angle, it is called...?
acute
obtuse
Correct answer: perpendicular