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Geometry and measures worksheet — GCSE Foundation

Fifteen questions across the geometry and measures statements at Foundation tier. Choose the non-calculator filter to rehearse Paper 1, which counts for a third of the marks.

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Geometry and measures worksheet — GCSE Foundation

Maths · GCSE Foundation · Geometry and measures · Calculator · 15 questions

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1.A submarine travels due south. What is the three-figure bearing for this direction?
(a)270
(b)090
(c)018
(d)180
2.A circular coin has a diameter of 3 cm. Work out the circumference of the coin. Give your answer in terms of π.
(a)1.5π cm
(b)9π cm
(c)3π cm
(d)6π cm
3.A line segment is measured with a ruler and found to be 6.5 cm long. What is this length in millimetres?
(a)65
(b)0.65
(c)650
(d)6.5
4.A right-angled triangle has a hypotenuse of 10 cm. One of its other angles is 45°. Work out the exact length of one of the two shorter sides.
(a)5√2 cm
(b)5√3 cm
(c)10√2 cm
(d)5 cm
5.A zip wire is fixed at an angle of 50° to the horizontal, running from a high platform down to the ground. The zip wire itself, from the platform to the ground, is 12 m long. Work out the horizontal distance covered by the zip wire. Give your answer correct to 1 decimal place.
(a)15.7 m
(b)9.2 m
(c)12.0 m
(d)7.7 m
6.A right-angled triangle has a hypotenuse of 14 cm. One of the other angles is 30°. Work out the exact length of the side opposite the 30° angle.
(a)28 cm
(b)7 cm
(c)7√3 cm
(d)14/√3 cm
7.A quadrilateral has angles of 100°, 85° and 95° at three of its vertices. Work out the fourth angle.
(a)260°
(b)280°
(c)70°
(d)80°
8.A plumber charges a £45 call-out fee, plus £28 for each hour worked. She works on a job for 3 hours 30 minutes, and her hours are billed by rounding up to the next whole hour. Work out the total amount she charges.
(a)£112
(b)£157
(c)£143
(d)£129
9.Two similar triangles have lengths in the ratio 5 : 8. A side of the smaller triangle is 6.5 cm. Work out the length of the corresponding side of the larger triangle.
(a)10.4 cm
(b)4.0625 cm
(c)9.5 cm
(d)13 cm
10.A robotic arm's tip starts at the point (12.5, −4.25) on a grid measured in centimetres. It moves by the vector $(6.5 - 3.75)$ to pick up a component, then by the vector $(- 1.5 2.25)$ to place it. Work out the coordinates of the tip after both moves.
(a)(0.75, 11)
(b)(8.75, 2.25)
(c)(6.5, 3.75)
(d)(11, 0.75)
11.A raised garden bed is a prism whose cross-section is a triangle with a base of 1.2 m and a perpendicular height of 0.8 m. The bed is 3 m long. Work out the volume of soil needed to fill it, in m³.
(a)3.6 m³
(b)2.88 m³
(c)1.44 m³
(d)0.48 m³
12.A support strut for a shed roof is in the shape of a right-angled triangle. The two shorter sides of the strut are 5 m and 9 m. Work out the length of the sloping strut (the hypotenuse). Give your answer correct to 1 decimal place.
(a)106 m
(b)10.2 m
(c)14 m
(d)10.3 m
13.A flower bed in the shape of a parallelogram has a base of 3.5 m and a perpendicular height of 2 m. Compost costs £4.80 per m². Work out the total cost of covering the flower bed with compost.
(a)£7.00
(b)£33.60
(c)£26.40
(d)£16.80
14.A sector of a circle has radius 10 cm and angle 150°. Using π = 3.14, work out the perimeter of the sector, to 1 decimal place.
(a)72.3 cm
(b)26.2 cm
(c)36.2 cm
(d)46.2 cm
15.A garden bed is designed as a trapezium. The two parallel sides are 8 m and 12 m, and the perpendicular distance between them is 5 m. Grass seed covers 4 m² per bag, sold only in whole bags. Work out how many bags of grass seed are needed.
(a)50
(b)25
(c)13
(d)12

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