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Mathematics · Topic 34

Triangles: angles, pythagoras and centers

Sub-topic 1 2025 · National One-Eighth Free

Does a triangle centre lie inside the triangle? centroid, circumcentre, orthocentre and incentre (true/false)

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Sub-topic 2 2026 · National One-Eighth Premium

Vacuous truth: if the angle sum is $200^\circ$ then the triangle is a square (true/false)

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Sub-topic 3 2026 · National Preliminary Premium

Exterior angles of a triangle with interior angles in the ratio $2:3:5$

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Sub-topic 4 2025 · National Preliminary Premium

Smallest and largest angles of a triangle in the ratio $2:3:5$

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Sub-topic 5 2026 · National Semifinal Premium

Area of a triangle with sides $\sqrt{7}$, $2\sqrt{5}$ and $3\sqrt{3}$

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Sub-topic 6 2026 · National Quarterfinal Premium

Area of a triangle with sides $\sqrt{7}$, $2\sqrt{7}$ and $\sqrt{35}$

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Sub-topic 7 2026 · National One-Eighth Premium

Riddles: the circumcentre, centroid, orthocentre and incentre

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Sub-topic 8 2026 · National Preliminary Premium

Which sides and angles determine a triangle, such as ssa and sas (true/false)

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Sub-topic 9 2026 · National Preliminary Premium

Angles $x+30$, $x-20$ and $2x-30$ of a triangle

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Sub-topic 10 2012 · National Preliminary Premium

Triangle $abc$ where $b=2a$ and $c=a+20^\circ$

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Sub-topic 11 2012 · National Preliminary Premium

Triangle $abc$ where $a=2b$ and $b=3c$

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Sub-topic 12 2012 · National Preliminary Premium

A triangle has at most one obtuse angle (true/false)

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Sub-topic 13 2013 · National Preliminary Premium

Riddles: similarity and congruence

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Sub-topic 14 2013 · National Preliminary Premium

Similar figures are not necessarily congruent (true/false)

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Sub-topic 15 2013 · National Preliminary Premium

The longer side of a triangle is opposite the greater angle (true/false)

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Sub-topic 16 2013 · National Quarterfinal Premium

Opposite angles of a kite (true/false)

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Sub-topic 17 2013 · National Quarterfinal Premium

Opposite and adjacent angles of a rhombus (true/false)

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Sub-topic 18 2013 · National Quarterfinal Premium

Corresponding angles cut by a transversal (true/false)

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Sub-topic 19 2013 · National Quarterfinal Premium

Alternate interior angles are congruent, not complementary (true/false)

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Sub-topic 20 2016 · National Preliminary Premium

Complementary angles can be congruent, $45^\circ$ each (true/false)

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Sub-topic 21 2016 · National Preliminary Premium

Any two right angles are congruent (true/false)

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Sub-topic 22 2016 · National Preliminary Premium

A parallelogram with congruent diagonals is a rectangle (true/false)

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Sub-topic 23 2016 · National Preliminary Premium

A rhombus with congruent diagonals is a square (true/false)

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Sub-topic 24 2018 · National Preliminary Premium

The diagonals of a rectangle form two pairs of congruent triangles (true/false)

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Sub-topic 25 2020 · National One-Eighth Premium

Diagonals of a rhombus are perpendicular but not congruent (true/false)

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Sub-topic 26 2020 · National One-Eighth Premium

Diagonals of a rectangle are congruent but not perpendicular (true/false)

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Sub-topic 27 2021 · National Quarterfinal Premium

Right-angled triangle with sides $x$, $2x-1$ and $2x+1$

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Sub-topic 28 2021 · National Quarterfinal Premium

Riddles: quadrilaterals such as the isosceles trapezium, kite and rhombus

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Sub-topic 29 2022 · National Preliminary Premium

Angles when one angle is twice another and the third is $40^\circ$ more than the smallest

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Sub-topic 30 2022 · National Preliminary Premium

Angles when one angle is thrice another and the third is $45^\circ$ more than the smallest

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Sub-topic 31 2022 · National Preliminary Premium

Angles when two are congruent and the third is $30^\circ$ more

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Sub-topic 32 2022 · National Preliminary Premium

Riddles: vertically opposite, corresponding and alternate angles

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Sub-topic 33 2022 · National One-Eighth Premium

An "auto center" is not a triangle centre (true/false)

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Sub-topic 34 2023 · National One-Eighth Premium

Legs of a right triangle with a $1:2$ leg ratio and hypotenuse $10$ cm

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