Acute, obtuse or reflex?

Angles puzzle path

Choosing any starting card, decide if the statement is true or false to get your next card.
Note down the letters as you follow the path through the 16 cards – when you have
finished, find the correct starting letter to decipher the final task.

True? True?
1 Go to 8. 2 Go to 5.
All angles less than
100° are acute.
This angle is reflex. False? False?
A Go to 9. A Go to 16.

True? True?
3 Go to 9. 4 Go to 12.

False? False?
D This angle is reflex.
Go to 8. E This angle is obtuse. Go to 14.

True? True?
5 Go to 10. 6 Go to 15.

False? False?
N This angle is acute. Go to 6. U This angle is reflex.
Go to 5.

True? True?
7 Go to 9. 8 Go to 15.
A reflex angle has to
be bigger than 270°.
False? False?
L Go to 11. R This angle is acute.
Go to 2.

True? True?
9 Go to 6. 10 Go to 11.
A straight line is
360°.
False? False?
C This angle is reflex. Go to 3. G Go to 7.

True? True?
11 An obtuse angle is Go to 2. 12 A reflex angle is Go to 8.
between 100° and between 90° and
180°. False? 180°. False?
E Go to 3. A Go to 5.

True? True?
13 Go to 1. 14 Go to 9.
My protractor shows A straight line is 90°.
this angle is 120° or False? False?
N 60°. It must be 60°. Go to 16. A Go to 13.

True? True?
15 Go to 11. 16 Go to 14.
A right angle is 100°.
False? This angle is 180°. False?
T Go to 4. W Go to 7.

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Teaching notes

This resource contains 16 ‘facts’ about acute, obtuse and reflex angles. Students must
decide if the facts are true or false to find the correct order of cards.

You can decide whether to cut out the cards or not – the activity works well either way.
You could even decide to use this activity as a treasure hunt, by photocopying the cards
onto A3, cutting out and hanging around the room.

The cards form a loop, so students will have to determine which is the starting card, in
order to decipher the message.

You could extend the activity by asking students to correct the cards which give false
statements.

Answers

The starting card is 3. The message is ‘Draw an acute angle’.

3 8 2 16 14 13
D R A W A N

1 9 6 15 4 12 5 10 7 11
A C U T E A N G L E

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