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Giving informal reasons for geometry results

MA27-11

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In this lesson

Give correctly-worded informal reasons when arriving at numerical answers for lines, chords, tangents, triangles or polygons, using the exact keywords examiners require.

What it covers

  • Giving a correctly-worded informal reason for lines, chords, tangents, triangles or polygon results
  • Spotting near-miss wording that swaps in the wrong keyword for a superficially similar reason

Key words

For: Edexcel IGCSE 4MA1

On the specification

BoardSpecStatement
Edexcel IGCSE 4MA1F4.7AGive informal reasons, where required, when arriving at numerical solutions to geometrical problems
For teachers

This GCSE Maths lesson teaches giving informal reasons for geometry results. By the end, students should be able to give correctly-worded informal reasons when arriving at numerical answers for lines, chords, tangents, triangles or polygons, using the exact keywords examiners require. It works through two worked examples and the mistakes examiners report.