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Calculate Missing Angles

In this worksheet, students will be asked to calculate the missing angles on a straight line, in a quadrilateral, around a point and on an intersecting line.

'Calculate Missing Angles ' worksheet

Key stage:  KS 2

Year:  Year 6 Maths worksheets

Curriculum topic:   Geometry: Properties of Shapes

Curriculum subtopic:   Recognise/Find Angles

Popular topics:   Geometry worksheets

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Worksheet Overview

In this activity, you will need to find missing angles.

 

Missing angles on a straight line:

Angles on a straight line add up to 180°

To calculate a missing angle on a straight line, take away the known angle from 180°

 

missing angle on a straight line. 1 angle is 55 degrees. 1 angle is missing.

 

180° - 55° = 125°

 

 

Missing angles in a full turn:

Angles in a full turn add up to 360°

To calculate a missing angle in a full turn, take away the known angle from 360°

 

missing angle around a point. 1 angle is 105 degrees. 1 angle is missing.

 

360° - 105° = 255°

 

Missing angles on intersecting lines:

All four angles will add up to 360°

Opposite angles on a cross are equal.

 

2 missing angles at intersecting lines. 2 opposite angles are 72 degrees. Other 2 opposite angles are missing.

 

360° - 72° - 72° = 216°

216° ÷ 2 = 108°

Both missing angles are 108°

 

Missing angles in quadrilaterals:

A quadrilateral is any shape with four sides.

For example: square, rhombus, trapezium, parallelogram.

The angles in a quadrilateral add up to to 360°

 

missing angle in a trapezium. 2 bottom angles are 82 degrees. 1 top angle is 98 degrees. Other top angle is missing.

 

360° - 82° - 82° - 98° = 98°

We can also see that, in this trapezium, the two top angles are the same, as are the two bottom angles.

 

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