Construct the shapes Deputy Grimes needs for the tools he wants to aid his survival as well as cutting a couple of things in half using only a ruler and a protractor.
KS3 Maths Curriculum Area
Geometry and Measures
- Derive and use the standard ruler and compass constructions (perpendicular bisector of a line segment, constructing a perpendicular to a given line from/at a given point, bisecting a given angle); recognise and use the perpendicular distance from a point to a line as the shortest distance to the line
- Identify and construct congruent triangles, and construct similar shapes by enlargement, with and without coordinate grids
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