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Parallel lines and angles in a triangle
In this activity students find the missing angle in a triangle and identify angles on parallel lines.
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| Year level(s) | Year 7 |
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| Audience | Teacher |
| Purpose | Content knowledge, Teaching resource |
| Teaching strategies and pedagogical approaches | Feedback |
| Keywords | angles, parallel, co-interior, alternate, triangle, interior |
Curriculum alignment |
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| Strand and focus | Space |
| Topics | Angles and geometric reasoning |
| AC: Mathematics (V9.0) content descriptions |
AC9M7M04
Identify corresponding, alternate and co-interior relationships between angles formed when parallel lines are crossed by a transversal; use them to solve problems and explain reasons
AC9M7M05
Demonstrate that the interior angle sum of a triangle in the plane is 180° and apply this to determine the interior angle sum of other shapes and the size of unknown angles |
| Numeracy progression |
Understanding geometric properties (P6)
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| Organisation | GeoGebra |
| Copyright | © 2022 GeoGebra. Free-for-education material. |
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