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Protractor

No protractor to hand? Print one, check the size with a ruler, and cut it out.

The protractor

Quick: choose and print. Advanced: the names of angles and the inner scale explained.

Type
  1. Print at «Actual size» / 100 %.
  2. Check with a ruler: the long line at the bottom must be 16 cm.
  3. Cut it out, and preferably glue it onto cardboard or laminated plastic.
  4. Place the centre point on the vertex of the angle and the zero line along one arm.
In depth: more numbers and “what if”

The names of angles

AngleName
0° – 90°acute angle
90°right angle (90°)
90° – 180°obtuse angle
180°straight angle
180° – 360°reflex angle

The half protractor has two scales: the outer counts from the right, the inner from the left. The two numbers at the same mark always add up to 180°.

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