← 4.1 Geometrical Constructions
Drawing parallel lines
Mathematics · Grade 8 · about 40 minutes
What parallel means, the set square and ruler method, and the compass method for a parallel through a given point.
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- 8 sections of explanation, worked examples and diagrams
- 1 practice task with hints and worked answers
- A quiz that marks itself as you go
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Other lessons in this sub-strand
- Drawing parallel lines
- Drawing perpendicular lines
- Dividing a line proportionally
- Angles inside a polygon
- Exterior angles and the number of sides
- Constructing an equilateral triangle and a square
- Constructing a regular pentagon
- Constructing a regular hexagon
- Constructing irregular polygons
- The circle through the vertices of a triangle
- The circle touching the sides of a triangle
- Patterns with circles and polygons