Angles in a triangle worksheet for Pre-Algebra
In Pre-Algebra the triangle sum is a chance to write and solve a short equation: add the known angles and subtract from 180, or set expressions in x equal to 180 and solve. Right triangles come up too, where the two acute angles share the remaining 90.
Also taught in Geometry, at its own level and with its own examples.
Not quite the one you need? Same words, different skill:
- Classifying Triangles (Pre-Algebra). Scalene, isosceles, equilateral. Acute, right, obtuse.
- Isosceles and Equilateral Triangles (Geometry). Equal sides mean equal angles.
- The Exterior Angle Theorem (Geometry). An exterior angle equals the two far interior ones.
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How to do these
The angles of a triangle are , and . Find the largest angle
- The three angles add to 180: 4x + 20 = 180.
- Subtract 20 and divide by 4: x = 40.
- The angles are 40, 60 and 80.
The answer is .
Where students go wrong
Stopping at x. The question usually asks for an angle, so once x = 40 you still have to put it back into each expression, and the three angles should add to 180 as a check.
Also called triangle sum theorem or angle sum of a triangle.
What you can put on this worksheet
- The third angle
- In right , is the right angle and . Find . →
- Exterior angles
- Two interior angles of a triangle measure and . Find the exterior angle at the third corner. →
- Angles written in x
- Find the value of . — a triangle with its angles written in terms of x →
- Exterior angles written in x
- What is the value of ? — a triangle with one side extended to show an exterior angle, labeled 69°, 54° →
- The acute angles of a right triangle
- One acute angle of a right triangle is twice the other. Find each angle. → and
- Exterior angles at two corners
- Find the third exterior angle, . — a triangle with sides carried on past its corners to show exterior angles, labeled x, 120°, 119° →
- Two triangles meeting at a crossing
- Two segments cross to make two triangles. Find . — two triangles meeting where two segments cross, labeled 47°, 73°, x°, 62° →