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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 · Non-calculator · 15 questions

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1.A bottle holds 2 litres of water. A glass holds 250 ml. Work out how many of these glasses can be filled from one full bottle.
(a)8
(b)80
(c)0.8
(d)125
2.A scale drawing shows a room that is 5 cm wide. The real room is 15 m wide. Write the scale of the drawing in the form 1 : n.
(a)1 : 3000
(b)1 : 30
(c)1 : 300
(d)1 : 3
3.A straight line is drawn from the centre of a circle to a point on the circle. Write down the name of this line.
(a)The tangent
(b)The radius
(c)The diameter
(d)The chord
4.Triangle ABC has angle A = 40°, angle B = 65° and AB = 10 cm. Triangle DEF has angle D = 40°, angle E = 65° and DE = 10 cm. Which condition proves the two triangles are congruent?
(a)RHS - right angle, hypotenuse and one side equal
(b)SAS - two sides and the included angle equal
(c)AAS - two angles and a non-included side equal
(d)ASA - two angles and the included side equal
5.A circle has a radius of 1 cm. Work out the circumference of the circle. Give your answer in terms of π.
(a)π cm²
(b)4π cm
(c)2π cm
(d)π cm
6.The diagram shows the plan of the base layer of a solid built from identical cubes. A second layer of cubes is added on top, filling the entire base layer to a height of 2 cubes everywhere. Work out how many squares are visible in the plan view of this solid.
(a)4 squares
(b)12 squares
(c)6 squares
(d)5 squares
7.How many vertices does a cuboid have?
(a)12
(b)6
(c)4
(d)8
8.Two straight lines AB and CD cross at point O. Angle AOC = 74°. Work out angle AOD.
(a)106°
(b)16°
(c)74°
(d)148°
9.In triangle ABC and triangle DEF, AB = DE, angle ABC = angle DEF and BC = EF. Write down the congruence condition that proves the two triangles are congruent.
(a)SSS
(b)SAS
(c)ASA
(d)RHS
10.Triangle ABC has a right angle at B, hypotenuse AC = 13 cm and AB = 5 cm. Triangle DEF has a right angle at E, hypotenuse DF = 13 cm and DE = 5 cm. Which condition proves the two triangles are congruent?
(a)SSS - three sides equal
(b)RHS - right angle, hypotenuse and one side equal
(c)ASA - two angles and the included side equal
(d)SAS - two sides and the included angle equal
11.The diagram shows a cuboid. Work out the area of its front elevation, in square centimetres.
(a)12 cm²
(b)20 cm²
(c)24 cm²
(d)18 cm²
12.A garden flower bed is in the shape of a trapezium. Its two parallel edges are 3.5 m and 6.5 m long, and the perpendicular distance between them is 4 m. Bedding plants cost £2.50 per square metre to cover the bed. Work out the total cost of the bedding plants.
(a)£100
(b)£65
(c)£35
(d)£50
13.Write down the exact value of tan 45°.
(a)0
(b)√3
(c)√3/3
(d)1
14.Two angles lie on a straight line. One angle is 118°. Which reason correctly explains why the other angle is 62°?
(a)angles round a point add up to 360°
(b)angles on a straight line add up to 180°
(c)vertically opposite angles are equal
(d)angles in a triangle add up to 180°
15.A translation is described by the column vector $(- 5 6)$ . Write down the column vector of the translation that undoes it.
(a) $(6 - 5)$
(b) $(- 5 - 6)$
(c) $(5 - 6)$
(d) $(5 6)$

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