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Angles
An angle represents an amount of turn.
Wecancompareanglestondoutwhichonehasmadealargerturn.
Observe angle aand angle b below.
Open the Angle Maker to form angle aas shown in Picture 1.
Without changing the size of angle a on your Angle Maker, place it on Picture 2 such that its
blue strip lies on the blue line. Then compare the two angles.
We can observe that:
Angle ais smaller than angle b.
Or
Angle bis greater than angle a.
b
Activity 5 Comparing angles
a
Picture 1 Picture 2
Drawing angles
Labelling angles