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Messenger! – Accurate Construction with Protractor and Compass.
In this game, one student at a time acts as a ‘messenger’ for the others in their team. Without running (!), they relay information about the questions (posted around
the room) to their teammates who answer them (draw the shapes).
Students can mark their own work at the end.
With the points system, students can attempt appropriately difficult questions.

2. Messenger!
Title Screen

3. 6 5 Question 2 Question 1 ? 6cm Construct an accurate
triangle with side lengths:
6cm, 7cm and 10cm.
Measure the three angles. ?
6cm
What is the vertical height?
(Hint: it’s equilateral)
1d.p.

4. copy of this rhombus with
Question 3
Question 4 8 7 ?
Construct an accurate
copy of this rhombus with
6cm side length.
Measure the diagonal.
4cm
70°
110°
7cm
Construct an accurate
copy of this trapezium.
Measure the top length. ?
6cm
1d.p.
1d.p.

5. 6 7 Question 6 Question 5 ? 70° 5cm Construct an accurate
triangle with side lengths:
5.5cm, 8.5cm and 9.5cm.
Measure the three angles.
70°
5cm
Construct an accurate
copy of this triangle.
Measure the side shown.
1d.p.

6. copy of this parallelogram.
Question 7
Question 8 7 11
120° ?
3.5cm
55°
7.5cm
7cm
40°
Construct an accurate
copy of this parallelogram.
Measure the diagonal.
Construct an accurate
copy of this kite.
Measure the side shown.
1d.p.
1d.p.

7. Construct triangle ABC.
Question 9
Question 10 6 7 ?
Construct triangle ABC.
AB = 6cm
BC = 7cm
&
AC = 9cm
Measure angle ABC.
70°
50°
6cm
Construct an accurate
copy of this triangle.
Measure the side shown.
1d.p.

8. 4 13 Question 12 Question 11 ? ? 5cm 108° 4cm Construct an accurate
copy of this regular pentagon.
Measure the length shown.
Construct an accurate
copy of this triangle.
Measure the length shown.
1d.p.
1d.p.

9. 6 5 Question 14 Question 13 ? 115° 35° 4.5cm Construct an accurate
triangle with side lengths:
5cm, 8cm and 6cm.
Measure the three angles.
115°
35°
4.5cm
Construct an accurate
Copy of this triangle.
Measure the side shown.
1d.p.

10. Question
Answer (within 0.5cm or 5°)
Points 1
5cm 5 2
35°, 45°, 100° 6 3
9.9cm 8 4
3.4cm 7
62°, 35°, 83°
7.5cm
5.8cm
3cm 11 9
5.2cm 10
87°
8.2cm 13 12
5.6cm
8cm 14
38°, 50°, 92°
Answers to display so students can mark their own or another team’s work.

11. Team Name: __________________________
Question
Answer 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14
Team Name: __________________________
Question
Answer 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14
Student answer sheet to use if you want.