Circle properties and circle theorems

  • Virtual Geoboard
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    Virtual Geoboard

    Age
    7 to 16

    This virtual geoboard allows you to create shapes by stretching rubber bands between pegs on the board.

  • 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?

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    Right Angles

    Age
    11 to 14
    Challenge level
    2 out of 3

    Can you make a right-angled triangle on this peg-board by joining up three points round the edge?

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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?

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    Salinon

    Age
    14 to 16
    Challenge level
    1 out of 3

    This shape comprises four semi-circles. What is the relationship between the area of the shaded region and the area of the circle on AB as diameter?

  • circles in quadrilaterals
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    Circles in Quadrilaterals

    Age
    14 to 16
    Challenge level
    1 out of 3

    Explore when it is possible to construct a circle which just touches all four sides of a quadrilateral.

  • Sitting Pretty
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    Sitting Pretty

    Age
    14 to 16
    Challenge level
    2 out of 3

    A circle of radius r touches two sides of a right angled triangle, sides x and y, and has its centre on the hypotenuse. Can you prove the formula linking x, y and r?

  • Compare Areas
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    Compare Areas

    Age
    14 to 16
    Challenge level
    3 out of 3

    Which has the greatest area, a circle or a square, inscribed in an isosceles right angle triangle?

  • Partly Circles
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    Partly Circles

    Age
    14 to 16
    Challenge level
    3 out of 3

    What is the same and what is different about these circle questions? What connections can you make?

  • Baby Circle
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    Baby Circle

    Age
    16 to 18
    Challenge level
    1 out of 3

    A small circle fits between two touching circles so that all three circles touch each other and have a common tangent? What is the exact radius of the smallest circle?