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Grade 4 Math · Level 4, Measurement, Area, Angles & Symmetry

Angle Meaning & Classification

How the lesson starts: Angle Meaning & Classification

  1. Dizzy's dance contest

    Meet Dizzy, a dancing robot! Coach Luna calls out moves like "Spin a quarter turn!" and "Open your arms 30°!" But Dizzy doesn't know what degrees are yet. Let's teach Dizzy all about angles!

  2. Acute, right, obtuse

    An angle is two rays that meet at a vertex. Angles get names by size. Less than 90° is acute. Exactly 90° is a right angle, a square corner. Between 90° and 180° is obtuse. Exactly 180° is a straight angle.

  3. Turns around the circle

    One full spin, all the way around, is 360°. A quarter turn is 360 ÷ 4 = 90°. A half turn is 180°. A three-quarter turn is 3 × 90 = 270°. And a full turn brings Dizzy back to the start at 360°!