1.
A triangle has sides 5 cm, 12 cm and 13 cm. Show that it is right-angled.
[3 marks]
- Pythagoras converse
- Final answer: 5²+12²=13² = 169
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Geometry and measures
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2.
Find the length of the hypotenuse of a right-angled triangle with legs 10 cm and 6 cm.
[3 marks]
- √(l² + w²)
- Final answer: 11.66 cm
3.
A circle has radius 7 cm. Find the circumference. Use π = 3.14.
[2 marks]
- C = 2πr
- Final answer: 43.96 cm
4.
The same circle has radius 7 cm. Find the area. Use π = 3.14.
[2 marks]
- A = πr²
- Final answer: 153.86 cm²
5.
A rectangle is 10 cm by 6 cm. Find the area and the perimeter.
[2 marks]
- Final answer: Area 60 cm², perimeter 32 cm
6.
Find the volume of a cuboid 10 cm × 6 cm × 4 cm.
[2 marks]
- lwh
- Final answer: 240 cm³
7.
A cylinder has radius 3 cm and height 10 cm. Find the volume. Leave π in your answer.
[3 marks]
- πr²h
- Final answer: 90π cm³
8.
The area of a trapezium is ½(a + b)h. a = 8, b = 12, h = 5. Find the area.
[2 marks]
- Final answer: 50 cm²
9.
Describe the transformation that maps triangle A onto triangle B if B is a reflection of A in the line x = 2.
[2 marks]
- Reflection in the line x = 2
10.
A shape is enlarged by scale factor 3 from the origin. What happens to lengths and to area?
[3 marks]
- Lengths × 3
- Area × 9
11.
A map scale is 1 : 200. A path is 8 cm on the map. Find the real length in metres.
[2 marks]
- 8 × 200 = 1600 cm = 16 m
- Final answer: 16 m
12.
Find the interior angle of a regular hexagon.
[2 marks]
- (6−2)×180 / 6
- Final answer: 120°
13.
The exterior angle of a regular polygon is 30°. How many sides does it have?
[2 marks]
- 360 ÷ 30
- Final answer: 12
14.
Work out the missing angle in a triangle with angles 47° and 62°.
[1 mark]
- Angles in a triangle sum to 180°
- Final answer: 71°
15.
Corresponding angles on parallel lines: one is 70°. Write the corresponding angle and an allied/co-interior angle.
[2 marks]
- Final answer: Corresponding 70°,Co-interior 110°
16.
A sector has radius 7 cm and angle 90°. Find the arc length. Leave π in your answer.
[3 marks]
- Fraction of the circumference
- Final answer: 0.5πr = 3.5π cm
17.
Find the area of the same 90° sector. Leave π in your answer.
[2 marks]
- Quarter of πr²
- Final answer: 12.25π cm²
18.
SOHCAHTOA: in a right triangle, opposite = 5, hypotenuse = 13. Find sin θ.
[2 marks]
- Final answer: 5/13
19.
A right-angled triangle has an angle of 30° and the opposite side is 8 cm. Find the hypotenuse.
[2 marks]
- sin 30° = 1/2 = opposite/hypotenuse
- Final answer: 16 cm
20.
A ladder of length 5 m leans against a wall. The foot is 1.4 m from the wall. How high up the wall does it reach?
[3 marks]
- Pythagoras
- Final answer: 4.80 m
21.
Write the circle theorems: angle in a semicircle, and angle at the centre.
[3 marks]
- Angle in a semicircle is 90°
- Angle at the centre is twice the angle at the circumference
22.
Find the surface area of a cube of side 5 cm.
[2 marks]
- 6a²
- Final answer: 150 cm²
23.
A triangular prism has triangle 3-4-5 and length 10 cm. Find the volume.
[3 marks]
- Area of triangle × length
- Final answer: 60 cm³
24.
Describe a rotation of 90° clockwise about (0, 0) applied to the point (2, 1).
[2 marks]
- Image (−1, 2)
25.
The bearing of B from A is 060°. Work out the bearing of A from B.
[2 marks]
- Add 180°
- Final answer: 240°
26.
Find the midpoint of (2, 3) and (8, 11).
[2 marks]
- Average the coordinates
- Final answer: (5, 7)
27.
Find the distance between (0, 0) and (6, 8).
[2 marks]
- 3-4-5 scaled by 2
- Final answer: 10
28.
Explain why SSA is not a congruence condition for triangles.
[2 marks]
- Two triangles can have two sides and a non-included angle equal and not be congruent / ambiguous case
29.
A cone has radius 3 cm and slant height 5 cm. Find the curved surface area. Leave π in your answer.
[2 marks]
- πrl
- Final answer: 15π cm²
30.
Triangle ABC is similar to triangle DEF. AB = 6 cm, DE = 9 cm, BC = 10 cm.
(a) [1 mark]
- 1.5
(b) [2 marks]
- 15 cm
31.
Write the exact values of sin 30°, cos 60° and tan 45°.
[3 marks]
- 1/2
- 1/2
- 1
32.
A AQA geometry 4-mark question often needs a reason at each step. Give two acceptable circle-theorem reasons you should write.
[2 marks]
- Angle in a semicircle is 90°
- Opposite angles in a cyclic quadrilateral sum to 180°