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Angles on a straight line.

Find an angle using a straight-line total of 180 degrees.

Numihana · England Year 5

Angles on a straight line

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Name: ______________
Date: ______________

Find an angle using a straight-line total of 180 degrees.

1

Two angles on a straight line total 180°. One is 120°. What is the other angle?

Answer: ________________
2

Two angles on a straight line total 180°. One is 100°. What is the other angle?

Answer: ________________
3

Two angles on a straight line total 180°. One is 120°. What is the other angle?

Answer: ________________
4

Two angles on a straight line total 180°. One is 110°. What is the other angle?

Answer: ________________
5

Two angles on a straight line total 180°. One is 160°. What is the other angle?

Answer: ________________
6

Two angles on a straight line total 180°. One is 90°. What is the other angle?

Answer: ________________
Numihana · England Year 5 · Angles on a straight line
Numihana · England Year 5

Angles on a straight line

Answer key

Name: ______________
Date: ______________

Find an angle using a straight-line total of 180 degrees.

1

Two angles on a straight line total 180°. One is 120°. What is the other angle?

Answer: 60
2

Two angles on a straight line total 180°. One is 100°. What is the other angle?

Answer: 80
3

Two angles on a straight line total 180°. One is 120°. What is the other angle?

Answer: 60
4

Two angles on a straight line total 180°. One is 110°. What is the other angle?

Answer: 70
5

Two angles on a straight line total 180°. One is 160°. What is the other angle?

Answer: 20
6

Two angles on a straight line total 180°. One is 90°. What is the other angle?

Answer: 90
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Find an angle using a straight-line total of 180 degrees.

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Year 5 → Geometry → Properties of shapes · Selected statutory skill. Pack 2.2.0 · source checked 2026-10-12.

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Compare an angle with a right angle, or use the fact that angles on a straight line total 180 degrees.

A common slip

An angle depends on the amount of turn, not the length of its arms.

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Worked example

Two angles on a straight line total 180°. One is 140°. What is the other angle?

Answer: 40

Compare an angle with a right angle, or use the fact that angles on a straight line total 180 degrees.