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Gauss's first significant discovery, in 1792, was that a regular polygon of 17 sides can be constructed by ruler and compass alone.

CONSTRUCTIONS

Key questions

  1. Can we use a protractor and ruler to construct shapes?

  2. How do we construct a perpendicular bisector?

  3. How do we construct an angle bisector?

  4. What other compass constructions do we need?

  5. What are loci?

5 lessons

Specification details

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Literacy

  • stories that set a frame or background

  • stories that accompany or intertwine

  • stories that introduce

  • stories that explain

  • stories that ask a question

  • stories that entertain

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