227 Degree Angle

A 227° angle is reflex because it measures between 180° and 360°. It is the "outside" of a 133° angle: together they make a full 360° circle.

227° is 227/360 of a full circle, or 227π/180 radians. If you face north and turn 227° clockwise, you end up facing between SW and WSW (closest to southwest (SW)).

227° angle facts

Trigonometric values of 227°

227° on a protractor

How to draw a 227° angle with a protractor

1. Subtract from 360°: 360° − 227° = 133°. A standard protractor only goes to 180°, so you draw the smaller angle first.
2. Draw a straight line with a ruler and mark the vertex at one end.
3. Place the protractor's center mark on the vertex, line up the 0° baseline with your line, and make a dot at 133°.
4. Join the vertex to the dot. The inside angle is 133°; the outside angle, going the long way around, is 227°. Draw the angle arc on the outside and label it 227°.
5. With a 360° protractor you can skip the subtraction: put 0° on your first line and mark 227° directly.

Drawing it a 227° angle without a protractor (rise and run method)

1. 227° = 180° − 47°. Draw a straight line, pick a vertex on it, and build a 47° angle on one side as follows; the angle on the other side of the new line is 133°.
2. Draw a straight baseline and measure 9.33 inches (about 9 5/16″) along it from the vertex.
3. At that mark, draw a line straight up at 90° and measure exactly 10 inches up it.
4. Join the top mark to the vertex. The angle at the vertex is 47°, because tan 47° ≈ 1.0724.
5. That gives you 133°. The outside (reflex) angle is 227°.

Where you see 227° angles

• The Earth turns 227° on its axis in about 15 h 8 min.
• A 227° reflex angle is what you measure when you go the "long way" around, like the outside corner of a building or a turn of more than half a circle.

Related angles

• Explement: 133°
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