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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.Three angles meet at a single point on one side of a straight line. Two of the angles are 48° and 65°. Work out the third angle.
(a)113°
(b)48°
(c)67°
(d)180°
2.A goat is tied by a rope 7 m long to a post at a corner of a rectangular field, where two fences meet at a right angle. The goat can reach anywhere inside the field that the rope allows. Using π = 3.14, work out the area the goat can graze, to the nearest square metre.
(a)11 m²
(b)5 m²
(c)154 m²
(d)38 m²
3.A circular coaster has a radius of 4 cm. Work out the circumference of the coaster. Give your answer in terms of π.
(a)8π cm
(b)8 cm
(c)16π cm
(d)4π cm
4.A vertical line passes through the point (5, 2). Write down the equation of this line.
(a)x = 2
(b)x = 5
(c)y = 2
(d)y = 5
5.A quadrilateral has both pairs of opposite sides parallel and equal in length, but none of its angles are right angles. Which statement about this quadrilateral is correct?
(a)It is a trapezium
(b)It must be a rhombus
(c)It is a parallelogram but not a rectangle
(d)It must be a rectangle
6.A sector of a circle has radius 6 cm and angle 150°. Using π = 3.14, work out the perimeter of the sector.
(a)15.7 cm
(b)21.7 cm
(c)27.7 cm
(d)31.4 cm
7.The angle between north and a footpath is 35°, measured clockwise from north. What is the three-figure bearing of the footpath?
(a)035°
(b)325°
(c)350°
(d)215°
8.A cuboid-shaped shipping crate has a length of 12 m, a width of 5 m, and a volume of 360 m³. Work out the height of the crate, in metres.
(a)30 m
(b)6 m
(c)300 m
(d)72 m
9.Lines PQ and RS are parallel. A straight line crosses PQ at point X and crosses RS at point Y. Angle PXY = 63°. Angle PXY and angle XYS are co-interior (allied) angles, which add up to 180°. Work out the size of angle XYS.
(a)27°
(b)90°
(c)117°
(d)63°
10.A sector of a circle has radius 6 cm and an arc length of 15.7 cm. Using π = 3.14, work out the angle of the sector.
(a)150°
(b)300°
(c)42°
(d)157°
11.The curved part of a circle's circumference, between two points on the circle, has its own name. Write down this name.
(a)arc
(b)segment
(c)chord
(d)sector
12.A shop stacks tins in a display block. The front elevation of the block is 4 tins wide and 3 tins high. The side elevation shows the block is 2 tins deep. Every position in the block is filled. How many tins are used in total?
(a)24
(b)6
(c)12
(d)9
13.A footpath is 3750 m long. Work out this distance in kilometres.
(a)3.75 km
(b)0.375 km
(c)37.5 km
(d)375 km
14.A drone starts at the point (3.5, −2) on a grid measured in metres. It flies by the vector $(4.5 - 6.2)$ to check a first sensor. The drone then needs to fly in a straight line to reach the point (−1.7, 9) to check a second sensor. Work out the column vector of this second flight.
(a) $(6.5 1)$
(b) $(- 6.5 - 1)$
(c) $(6.5 - 4.4)$
(d) $(11 - 5.2)$
15.A market stall sells apples at £2.40 per kilogram. Which of these expressions gives the cost, in pounds, of buying m kilograms of apples?
(a)2.40m
(b)m/2.40
(c)m − 2.40
(d)2.40 + m

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