Pyramid Panic

Basic shapes to advanced geometry

Apply increasingly complex rules of geometry to help an imprisoned mummy swing across pits and escape its pyramid prison

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Curriculum-aligned activities

  • Mangahigh maths quiz

    Perimeter of complex shapes

    Understand that the perimeter means the total distance around a shape. Calculate the perimeter of polygons based on rectangles and triangles.

  • Mangahigh maths quiz

    Area of a rectangle

    Use the formula for the area of a rectangle to calculate the rectangle's area.

  • Mangahigh maths quiz

    Area of a triangle

    Calculate the area of a triangle using the base length multiplied by the perpendicular height, then divided by 2. Include reverse problems e.g. find the perimeter or some side given the area. Derive the formula by considering the rectangle being halved.

  • Mangahigh maths quiz

    Use Pythagoras' theorem to find the hypotenuse

    Know the formula for Pythagoras and use it to find the length of the longest side in a right angled triangle.

  • Mangahigh maths quiz

    Use Pythagoras' theorem to find the length of a shorter side

    Know the formula for Pythagoras and use it to find the length of one of the shorter sides in a right angled triangle.

  • Mangahigh maths quiz

    Use Pythagoras' theorem to prove a triangle is right angled

    Use Pythagoras' theorem to find out if a triangle is right angled.

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