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Measure the distance between the point and the centre You can swop now so your partner also has a turn drawing while you hold the To keep the string stretched and the pencil vertical as youД¬areful, you have a circle (well, hopefully something pretty close to a circle). Move the tip of the other pencil around the middle one, drawing as you go. Must hold one pencil vertically with its point near the centre of the You have tied your string, the distance between the pencils when the string is The string must swing easily around the pencils without falling off. Tie the string to both pencils with double knots. You need two sharp pencils and a short length of string, an A4 sheet of paper and a ruler. You may need to work with a partner here. Perpendicular and parallel lines using a protractor and a ruler.ДЄnd now for something slightly different. In your exercise book, practise constructing With the new point that is an equal distance away from XY.You now have a That line.The sketch shows what you must do. Step 2: Measure the perpendicular distanceДЄnother line that is perpendicular to line XY.Mark off the same length as AC on Your angles must be measured anticlockwise

The vertexДЇor each of your angles is the point labelled O where the tiny vertical lineД¬uts the long horizontal one. Line below will be one arm of the angles you are going to construct. Step 4: Use a ruler to line up the two _ and draw a straight line that passes exactly through them.Д¬onstruct the angles using the line below. Step 3: Make a small, clear mark at the _ Step 2: Place the protractor with its _ on the line and its origin exactly on top of the _ Sometimes you must use a specific point on the line.) Step 1: Choose a point anywhere on the line. Use your understanding of a protractor to draw a 90В° angle. You must mark this point clearly and neatly with a small dot. Your first challenge is to construct a line at exactly right angles to the oneД«elow. You need your protractor, a sharp pencil and a straight ruler. Work together with a partner on this activity. Using a protractor to construct angles Constructing angles to a given line Try to do some further investigation and show your teacher what you Protractor cannot measure reflex angles like angles 7 and 8. Some angles can be measured directly, others not. You can extend theДЄrms if you need to it doesn't matter if they go across text or anotherДЇollowing figure. Measure the angles and complete the table on the next page. Measure an angle? Practise measuring with a protractor Do you agree? Do you see that there are two ways to Then the correct position looks like this:ДЄbove is 37В°.

You can also place the protractor on the angle using the other arm. The other angle arm passes under the degree scale. You choose the correct scale byДЇinding the one that starts with 0В° on the angle arm. MovesГѓВўГ‚ВЂГ‚В¦ start again! You are now ready to make aДegree scale and an anticlockwise degree scale. Be careful to line the ruler up with the arm.Д¬orrect place keep a finger on the protractor to stop it from moving. If they are too short, use a sharp pencil and a ruler to make them longer. The angle arms must be a little longer than the distance from the origin of the protractor to its edge.

Parallel and perpendicular lines how to#

How to use a protractor to measure an angle The angle at the origin of the protractor? In a group of three or four, use your protractor to measure the angles that you If you didn't do that activity, then go back now and follow the instructions in question 5. You need the four folded angles from the previous activity.

Size of the protractor makes no difference to Protractors can be big or small but they all Look at the picture of a typical protractor with its important parts labelled. We have a special instrument for measuring angles. The table by filling in the size of each angle described. Thousands of years ago that a revolution should be divided into 360 equal parts. No one today is completely sure why, but our ancestors decided many The units we use for measuring angles are veryДЄncient. You know that we use metres, centimetres, kilometres, millimetres, etc. We need units and measuring instruments in many situations. Soccer field without being able to measure accurately in metres?

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Imagine if we didn't have units for measuring length.Д¬lothes to the right size without a tape measure? How could an architect designДЄ safe and beautiful house without a ruler? How could we lay out a professional The arms and the vertices are in each of your examples. Situations in everyday life where objects are turned through angles? Say what Is the angle at 3 o' clock the same as the angleД«ook you can make different angles. Angle between the hands at 8 o' clock is the same size as the angle at 4Д¬ompare the angle at 2 o' clock with the angleДЄt 4 o' clock.