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title: "Using a protractor to measure angles"
url: "https://waterside.stoke.sch.uk/blog/2024-04-19-10-05-00-using-a-protractor-to-measure-angles"
school: "Waterside Primary School"
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# Using a protractor to measure angles

  ![Image of Using a protractor to measure angles](https://files.schudio.com/waterside-primary-school/images/blog/A193E71B-59EF-4441-BB7E-D0181B06E369.jpeg)  19 April 2024   [Joshua Grocott](https://waterside.stoke.sch.uk/blog/author/Jgrocott)

Today in maths we have learnt how to use our protractors to measure angles up to 180 degrees, the children have been using vocabulary such as the origin on a protractor and the vertex which is where two lines meet. We also had to classify whether the angles we measured were acute, obtuse or right angles and then we also looked at mistakes that could be made when using this tool and how to correct or prevent this from happening.

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