MathsYears 4–5Geometry - Properties of Shapes

Identify acute and obtuse angles

Identify acute and obtuse angles and compare and order angles up to two right angles by size

What you'll learn

  1. 1

    Imagine a door 🚪 that's just a little bit open — that angle is like an acute angle.

  2. 2

    Which word means a small angle — like a door barely open? 🚪

  3. 3

    Drag the protractor to measure this angle. Is it acute or obtuse?

  4. 4

    Let's check this angle together. Is it acute or obtuse?

  5. 5

    Now you try — measure this angle and decide.

  6. 6

    Is 120° an acute or obtuse angle?

  7. 7

    Which angle is acute? 🔍

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