Types of Angles
What is an Acute Angle?
An acute angle is an angle that is less than 90°
What is an Obtuse Angle?
An obtuse angle is an angle that is greater than 90° but less than 180°
PRACTICE GAME!
Click the colored icon to the right to practice identifying whether the angle shown is obtuse, right, acute, or straight
What is a Right Angle?
A right angle is an angle that measures exactly 90°
What are Congruent Angles?
Congruent angles are angles that have equal angle measurements
If two shapes have congruent angles, then the shapes are also congruent, meaning they are the same shape
What are Exterior Angles?
An exterior is the angle between any side of a shape, and a line extended from the next side
Finding the exterior angles of a polygon can be tricky. View the video above to learn how you can do it!
What are Interior Angles?
An interior angle is an angle inside of a shape
The interior angles of a triangle add up to 180°
The interior angles of a quadrilateral add up to 360°
The interior angles of a pentagon add up to 540°
The interior angles of a hexagon add up to 720°
What are Supplementary Angles?
Supplementary angles are angles whose sum adds up to 180°
PRACTICE GAME!
Click the "XP" icon to the right to play a matching game where the goal is to find 2 angles whose sum is 180°
What are Complimentary Angles?
Complimentary angles are angles whose sum add up to 90°
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Click the "XP" icon to the right to play a matching game where the goal is to find 2 angles whose sum is 90°