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Right-angled triangles inquiry
This prompt will guide students to make a connection between Pythagoras and trigonometrical ratios. This can build the students' conceptual understanding of what a trigonometrical ratio is. The resource includes classroom examples, teacher notes and guided questions.
- Resource details
- Year level
- Year 8 Year 9
- Purpose
- Assessment tasks Student activities Teaching resource
- Strand
- Measurement Space
- Topic
- Pythagoras and trigonometry
- Audience
- Teachers
- Format
- Downloadable resource
- Numeracy progression
- Understanding units of measurement (P10) Understanding geometric properties (P7) Multiplicative strategies (P9) Proportional thinking (P7)
- Publisher
- Inquiry Maths
- Copyright
- © Andrew Blair 2012-21. Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 4.0.
- Keywords
- right angle ratio scale factor
- Other terms
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