MathsYears 5–6Geometry - Properties of Shapes

Angles in triangles and on a straight line

Know angles in a triangle sum to 180°; on a straight line sum to 180°; at a point sum to 360°

What you'll learn

  1. 1

    Imagine you have three pencils. You join them end to end to make a triangle. The corners where they meet are called angles. 🖊️

  2. 2

    How many angles does a triangle have? 🤔

  3. 3

    Let's find a missing angle in a triangle. 🧩

  4. 4

    Drag the protractor to measure this angle in a triangle. 🎯

  5. 5

    What do all three angles in a triangle add up to? ✨

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    Now try a straight line angle. 📏

  7. 7

    If one angle on a straight line is 45°, what is the other? 🧮

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