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Trig Sorting Cards
Trig Sorting Cards
1. Students cut out the 18 triangles and put them into groups.
2. If they have not done so they need to put them into groups where you will
need sin, cos or tan to solve.
Sin: C, E,, H, J, N, P, R
Cos: D, G, K, L, M, O, Q
Tan: A, B, I, F
3. Students cut out the answers and match them to the triangles.
A 4
x= = 6.93
tan(30)
B x = 12 tan(40) = 10.07
C x = 12 sin(32) = 6.36
D 17
x= = 34
cos(60)
E 32
x= = 45.25
sin(45)
F x = 22 tan(36) = 15.98
G x = 14 cos(47) = 9.55
H 30
x= = 32.84
sin(66)
I 12
x= = 8.72
tan(54)
J x = 45 sin(77) = 43.85
K x = 16 cos(20) = 15.04
L x = 40 cos(39) = 31.09
M 34
x= = 80.45
cos(65)
N 100
x= = 100.38
sin(85)
O 17
x= = 97.90
cos(80)
P x = 9 sin(30) = 4.5
Q x = 73 cos(15) = 70.51
R x = 69 sin(12) = 14.35
Cut out the measurements and match them to the triangles.
12km
4m x C
A x B
32º
30º 40º
x 12mm
x x
D 32cm E x F
60º 45º 36º
17m 22mm
54º
47º 14cm 66º x
x I
x G H
12m
30mm
20º 16 km
45mm 40mm
x K L
x J
39º
77º
x
80º x
85º x
x 17cm O
N
M
65º
100km
34mm
15º 73mm
9m 69mm
x x R
x P Q
12º
30º