Year 8 · Maths
Apply facts about angles and sides in Year 8 Maths
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Focus on angle facts in triangles and polygons. Start with “Find Missing Angles in Special Triangles”, then explain the idea in your own words.
Year 8 learners practise angle facts in triangles and polygons.
The activities include Find Missing Angles in Special Triangles, Calculate Angles Around Polygons, Calculate Missing Angles in Triangles and Straight Lines, and related practice. The checked support below includes teaching-practice, teaching, lesson, video. Open a resource in its provider's website and choose the format that best helps the learner explain the idea independently.
Activities covered
- Find Missing Angles in Special Triangles
- Calculate Angles Around Polygons
- Calculate Missing Angles in Triangles and Straight Lines
- Calculate Missing Interior Angles of Polygons
- Identify Similar Shapes and Find Missing Lengths
- Name the Triangle
- Solve Geometrical Problems with Angles in Parallel Lines
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Oak video: Using The Sum Of The Interior Angles Of A Triangle
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Oak video: Interior Angles Of A Polygon
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Oak video: Similarity In Shapes
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Oak video: Formalising Understanding Of Triangles From Ks2
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Oak video: Angles On Parallel Lines Traversed By A Straight Line
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Oak lesson slides: Using The Sum Of The Interior Angles Of A Triangle
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Angles in Triangles KS3 Walkthrough Worksheet
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Geometrical properties: polygons
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Oak lesson slides: Interior Angles Of A Polygon
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Angles in Polygons KS3 Walkthrough Worksheet
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Angle Properties KS3 Walkthrough Worksheet
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Angles in Irregular Polygons KS3 Walkthrough Worksheet
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Oak lesson slides: Similarity In Shapes
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Similar Shapes KS3 Walkthrough Worksheet
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Oak lesson slides: Formalising Understanding Of Triangles From Ks2
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Oak lesson slides: Angles On Parallel Lines Traversed By A Straight Line
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Angles in Parallel Lines KS3 Resource Pack
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Oak worksheet: Using The Sum Of The Interior Angles Of A Triangle
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Oak worksheet: Interior Angles Of A Polygon
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Oak worksheet: Similarity In Shapes
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Oak worksheet: Formalising Understanding Of Triangles From Ks2
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Oak worksheet: Angles On Parallel Lines Traversed By A Straight Line
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