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Geometry & measuresPuzzle
Answer chain:Pythagoras
Twelve right-angled triangles in a chain: each answer becomes a side of the next triangle. Six ask for the hypotenuse and six for a shorter side, so students have to decide each time. Every answer is a whole number, with a halfway check.
A free key stage 3 and GCSE geometry and measures puzzle with answers, spec code G20. It goes with the lessons on Pythagoras: finding the hypotenuse and Pythagoras: finding a shorter side.
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Pythagoras:Finding the hypotenuse
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Pythagoras:Finding a shorter side
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