Geometric terms, notation and diagrams worksheet — GCSE Foundation

1.Which of the following correctly describes what it means for two lines to be perpendicular?

2.A patio plan states: 'Side AB of the patio is parallel to side DC, and AB is longer than DC. Sides BC and AD are not parallel to each other and are not equal in length.' The four sides measure AB = 5.1 m, BC = 3.2 m, DC = 2.8 m and AD = 4.5 m. The tiler needs to order edging strip only for the sides that are not parallel to any other side. What total length of edging strip, in metres, should the tiler order?

3.A polygon has 12 straight sides. What is the mathematical name for this polygon?

4.Which of these correctly compares a 'line' with a 'line segment'?

5.A surveyor is marking out field ABCD for a new crop. The plan states that side AB is parallel to side DC, but AB and DC are not equal in length, and sides BC and AD are not parallel to each other. Which term correctly describes the shape of field ABCD?

6.A quadrilateral has all four sides equal in length and all four interior angles equal to 90°. Its diagonals are equal in length and bisect each other at right angles. Which quadrilateral matches this description exactly?

7.In quadrilateral ABCD, side AB is parallel to side DC. Which statement correctly uses geometric notation to show this?

8.Lines AB and CD cross at a point, forming four right angles where they meet. Which notation correctly describes the relationship between AB and CD?

9.A tile manufacturer cuts a hexagonal tile so that all six sides measure exactly 4 cm, but a check shows only two pairs of the six interior angles are equal to each other, not all six angles. The customer's order specifies regular hexagonal tiles. Based on the check, is this tile a regular hexagon?

10.A rhombus has all four sides equal in length, but it is not a square — its angles are not all 90°. How many lines of symmetry does this rhombus have?

11.A triangle has vertices X, Y and Z, with a right angle at Y. Side XY is twice as long as side YZ. Which of the following correctly describes this triangle?

12.A regular polygon has 5 lines of symmetry. What is the order of rotational symmetry of this polygon?

13.A triangular prism has two triangular faces and three rectangular faces. How many vertices does a triangular prism have?

14.What does the statement AB = CD mean, where A, B, C and D are all points?

15.In triangle XYZ, the side opposite vertex X is labelled using the standard lowercase-letter convention. Which label is correct?