The Tangent Ratio

Curriculum Relevance

England

Key Stage 4

Ma3: Shape, Space and Measures

• (2g) understand, recall and use trigonometrical relationships in right-angled triangles, and use these to solve problems

Wales

Key Stages 3 and 4

Shape, Space and Measures

• (1.6) understand the trigonometrical relationships in right-angled triangles, and use these to solve problems

Northern Ireland

Key Stages 3 and 4

Shape, Space and Measures

Exploration of Shape

• (e) explore, recognise and describe 3D shapes

Measures

• (j) apply tangent ratio to right-angled triangles; extend understanding of the application of trigonometry to the solution of problems in two dimensions

Scotland

Standard Grade

Shape: Trigonometry

• relationships among sine, cosine and tangent functions (General Level)