Classifying Angles

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Course: GKT101: General Knowledge for Teachers – Math
Book: Classifying Angles
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Date: Saturday, May 18, 2024, 7:43 PM

Description

Often, the angles are described based on their degree measure: they can be acute, right, or obtuse. Watch this lecture series and complete the exercises to practice identifying different types of angles.

Acute, right, & obtuse angles

Recognizing angles


Drawing acute, right and obtuse angles


Practice

   

Angle types - Questions

1. Is the following angle acute, right, obtuse, or straight?



Choose 1 answer:

(A) Acute angle

(B) Straight angle

(C) Right angle

(D) Obtuse angle

2. Is the following angle acute, right, obtuse, or straight?



Choose 1 answer:

(A) Right angle

(B) Acute angle

(C) Straight angle

(D) Obtuse angle

3. What type of angle is \angle A B C?



Choose 1 answer:

(A) Straight angle

(B) Right angle

(C) Obtuse angle

(D) Acute angle

4. What type of angle is \angle Q R S?



Choose 1 answer:

(A) Right angle

(B) Straight angle

(C) Obtuse angle

(D) Acute angle


Angle types - Answers

1. The angle shown makes a square corner.

Therefore, it is a right angle.

2. The angle shown is smaller than a right angle.

Therefore, it is an acute angle.

3. \angle A B C is an acute angle.

4. \angle Q R S is a straight angle.


Recognize angles in figures - Questions

1. What type of angle is the highlighted angle below?



Choose 1 answer:

(A) Acute angle

(B) Obtuse angle

(C) Right angle

2. Which of the angles in the diagram are acute angles?


Choose all answers that apply:

(A) \angle 1

(B) \angle 2

(C) \angle 3

(D) \angle 4

3. What type of angle is \angle A?



Choose 1 answer:

(A) Obtuse angle

(B) Right angle

(C) Acute angle

4. What type of angle is the highlighted angle below?



Choose 1 answer:

(A) Acute angle

(B) Obtuse angle

(C) Right angle

Recognize angles in figures - Answers

1. The highlighted angle is an obtuse angle.

2. \angle 2 and \angle 4 are acute angles.

3. \angle A ais an acute angle.

4. The highlighted angle is an obtuse angle.