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GCSE Maths: Angles: measuring

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  1. What are the four main types of angles?

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    Acute, right, obtuse, and reflex.

  2. Which type of angle is smaller than 90 degrees?

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    Acute angle.

  3. How many degrees is a right angle?

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    90 degrees.

  4. What is the sum of angles that meet at a point?

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    360 degrees.

  5. When measuring an angle with a protractor, what common error occurs if you read the wrong scale?

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    Reading the outside number instead of the inside number (or vice versa), which gives the supplementary angle.

  6. If a protractor shows both 32° and 148° for the same angle, which reading represents an obtuse angle?

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    148°, because obtuse angles are between 90° and 180°.

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