Types of angles
Identify acute and obtuse angles; compare and order angles up to two right angles by size
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Try this together
If your child looks at the hands on a clock showing different times, can they tell you which angle between the hands is acute (sharper than a right angle) and which is obtuse (wider)?
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Curriculum alignment
Candidate matches to official curriculum codes — machine-suggested, unreviewed (v0.1).
Show candidate curriculum codes · 3 ACARA · 2 NSW · 3 VIC
Australian Curriculum v9 candidate
estimate and compare angles using angle names including acute, obtuse, straight angle, reflex and revolution, and recognise their relationship to a right angle
identify angles as measures of turn and compare angles with right angles in everyday situations
estimate, construct and measure angles in degrees, using appropriate tools including a protractor, and relate these measures to angle names
NSW syllabus codes & stages only
Victorian Curriculum 2.0 codes & levels only
These are candidate alignments generated by semantic matching — machine-suggested and unreviewed (v0.1), not official or verified mappings. For official curriculum content see australiancurriculum.edu.au, curriculum.nsw.edu.au and f10.vcaa.vic.edu.au. Don’t rely on them for registration or compliance purposes.