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Geometry and measure
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1 The lines VW and XY are parallel. Find the values of angles a, b and c.
2 The diagram shows three airports U, T and V.
V is due east of U.
Angle VUT is 25º and angle UTV is 92º.
a What is the bearing of T from U ?
b Calculate the angle UVT. Show your working.
c Calculate the bearing of T from V.
3 Find the area of each of these shapes.
4 The diagram shows a model made with nine cubes.
Five of the cubes are grey. The other four cubes are white.
Draw each of the following, shading the correct cubes:
a the side elevation A
b the side elevation B
c the plan view.
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Geometry and measure
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5 Calculate:
a the exterior angle of a regular octagon
b the sum of the interior angles of a decagon
c the interior angle of a regular 15-sided polygon.
6 The diagram shows a prism with a cross-section in an L-shape.
Find:
a the area of the L-shaped cross-section
b the volume of the prism
c the surface area of the prism.
7 Describe fully the transformation that maps shape:
a A on to F
b B on to C
c E on to D
d E on to A
e A on to C.
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Geometry and measure
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8 a Construct a triangle ABC with AB = 11 cm, AC = 8 cm and BC = 9.5 cm
b Construct the locus of points 5 cm from A.
c Construct the locus of points equidistant from BA and BC.
d Shade the area inside triangle ABC that is less than 5 cm from A and nearer to
AB than BC.
9 The diagram shows a park PQRS.
PQ is 47 m long.
QR is 21 m long.
RS is 35 m long.
Angles PQR and RSP are right angles.
There is a path PR running across the park.
a Calculate the length of the path, PR.
b Calculate the length of the side of the park, PS.
10 In the diagram, PQ is a diameter of the circle and O is the centre.
Calculate the size of angles
a ROQ b RPQ c PRQ
Give a reason for each of your answers.
11 The base of a pyramid, vertex V, is a rectangle ABCD.
The rectangle measures 6 cm × 5 cm
The length of a slant edge of the pyramid is 7 cm.
Calculate:
a the height of the pyramid
b the volume of the pyramid
c the angle which the slant edge AV makes with the base.
12 The diagram shows a church clock at 12:20.
The hour hand is 0.8 m long and the minute hand is 1.3 m long.
a Calculate the angle that the hour hand has moved through
since 12:00.
b Calculate the length of the arc, in cm, swept out by the tip of the
hour hand since 12:00.
c Calculate the area, in cm2, swept out by the hour hand since 12:00.
d Calculate the distance, in m, between the tips of the hour hand and
the minute hand at 12:20.
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Geometry and measure
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13 A ship, A, is 11.3 km from a port P, on a bearing of 038º. Another ship, B, is 4.8 km from P
on a bearing of 119º.
a Calculate the distance, AB, between the two ships.
b Calculate the bearing of ship A from ship B.
Give your answer to the nearest degree.
14 PQRS is a trapezium with PQ parallel to SR.
PQRT is a parallelogram.
TR is twice the length of ST.
Given that PQ = a and QR = b,
express each of the following in terms of vectors a and b.
a PT b PR c RT d SR e PS
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