Year 8: Interior/Exterior Angle

Puzzles
Dr J Frost (jfrost@tiffin.kingston.sch.uk)
www.drfrostmaths.com

Last modified: 14th October 2016

Example
[IMC 2009 Q12] The diagram shows a square inside a regular
hexagon. What is the size of the marked angle at ?

𝐴 𝐵 Since both polygons are regular and

coincide at , and thus triangle is
isosceles.
?
𝐺 𝐻 Therefore:

𝐹 𝑋

𝐸 𝐷
Instructions

You have 12 puzzles on interior/exterior angles, of varying

difficulty (but in no particular order).

Get into teams of 4. Decide amongst you who is working on

what puzzles.
Each work on your puzzle individually, but once you have an
answer, put your initials at the top of the puzzle. This lets others
in your team, later working on the same puzzle, know that you
have an answer, allowing you to compare answers to check.
(This is the strategy Tiffin uses for the UKMT Team Maths
Challenges)
You get an extra bonus point for the killer question.

The winning team is the one with the most correct answers.
 Answer Sheet
1 7
2 8
3 9
4 10
5 11
6 N

Team: ________ Final Score: ____ / 13

Question 1

[TMC Final 2013 Q3] How many

regular polygons have an interior
angle such that
?

Solution:
? 18
Question 2

[TMC Regional 2012 Q7] is a square; is

a regular pentagon, not overlapping the
square. and are adjacent sides of a
regular polygon. How many sides does
this polygon have?

Solution:
? 20
Question 3
[JMO 2014 B1] The figure
shows an equilateral
triangle , a square , and a
regular pentagon .
What is the difference
between the sizes of
and ?

Solution:
?
Question 4

[JMO 2007 A6] The sizes in degrees

of the interior angles of a pentagon
are consecutive whole numbers.
What is the size of the largest of
these angles?

Solution:
?
Question 5

[IMC 2015 Q4] The

diagram shows a
regular pentagon
inside a square.
What is the value
of ?

Solution:
?
Question 6

[IMC 2015 Q9] What

is the value of in the
diagram?

Solution:
?
Question 7

[IMC 2006 Q19] The

diagram shows a
regular pentagon and
a regular hexagon
which overlap. What
is the value of ?

Solution:
?
Question 8
[Kangaroo Grey 2009
Q14] The diagram shows
a regular 9-sided
polygon (a nonagon or
an enneagon) with two
of the sides extended to
meet at the point . What
is the size of the acute
angle at ?

Solution:
?
Question 9
[SMC 2009 Q14] are vertices of a
regular polygon. The sides and are
produced to meet at , as shown in Solution:
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the diagram, and . How many sides 27
does the polygon have?
Question 10

[SMC 2007 Q4] The diagram

shows square and regular
hexagon .
What is the size of ?

Solution:
?
Question 11
[IMC 2005 Q14] Ten stones, of identical shape and size,
are used to make an arch, as shown in the diagram. Each
stone has a cross-section in the shape of a trapezium with
three equal sides. What is the size of the smallest angles
of the trapezium?

Solution:
?
Question N

[SMC 2014 Q25] Figure 1 shows a tile in the form of a

trapezium, where . Several copies of the tile are placed
together to form a symmetrical pattern, part of which is
shown in Figure 2. The outer border of the complete
pattern is a regular ‘star polygon’. Figure 3 shows an
example of a regular ‘star polygon’. How many tiles are
there in the complete pattern?

Solution:
?