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Name the Triangle

In this worksheet, students will work out the missing angle in a triangle in order to identify the type of triangle.

'Name the Triangle' worksheet

Key stage:  KS 2

Year:  Year 4 Maths worksheets

Curriculum topic:   Geometry: Properties of Shapes

Curriculum subtopic:   Compare Geometric Shapes

Popular topics:   Geometry worksheets

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Worksheet Overview

In this activity, we will be learning to identify triangles using information about their angles. 

 

Remember that the interior angles of a triangle add up to 180º

 

right-angled triangle has one 90º angle.

 

An isosceles triangle has two equal angles.

 

An equilateral triangle has three equal angles, each of size 60º

 

scalene triangle has no equal angles.

 

Let's try an example question.

 

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Example

Two of the angles in a triangle are 35º and 110º.  Which type of triangle is it?

 

Answer

We must first work out the third angle which will be:

180º - (35º + 110º) = 180º - 145º = 35º

 

So the triangle has angles 35º, 110º, 35º 

Two angles are equal, so it is isosceles.

 

Are you ready to have a go at this now?

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