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History of trigonometry
A three-part history of the origins of trigonometry.
- Resource details
- Year level
- Year 9
- Strand
- Space
- Topic
- Pythagoras and trigonometry
- Audience
- Teachers
- Format
- Webpage
- Numeracy progression
- Understanding geometric properties (P7) Proportional thinking (P7) Understanding units of measurement (P10)
- Publisher
- NRICH
- Copyright
- © 1997-2021 University of Cambridge. Free-for-education material.
- Keywords
- Pythagoras's theorem tangent ratio cosine ratio sine ratio angle
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