acute isotile
obtuse isotile

Trapeziums

THINGS TO DO

You should have one acute and one obtuse Isotile.

Arrange these two Isotiles to make a trapezium.

In the new shape you have made, can you see two angles which prove that you have got two lines that are parallel?

Add up all the angles so that you know their sum. We will be thinking about the sum of the angles of all four sided shapes.


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