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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.Compasses are opened to exactly half the length of AB, and arcs are drawn centred at A and at B, to construct the perpendicular bisector of AB. Why does this fail?
(a)The radius must equal the full length of AB.
(b)The arcs only meet exactly on AB, not above or below it.
(c)That radius is always too short to draw any arc.
(d)The arcs would not cross the line AB at all.
2.Work out the exact value of sin 45° × cos 45°.
(a)√2
(b)1
(c)1/2
(d)√2/2
3.The point R(−6, 9) is translated by the vector $(- 11 5)$ . Write down the coordinates of the image of R.
(a)(−1, 9)
(b)(−1, −2)
(c)(−6, −2)
(d)(−11, 20)
4.A translation moves the point (1, 1) to the point (9, 4). Write down the column vector of this translation.
(a) $(8 3)$
(b) $(3 8)$
(c) $(5 10)$
(d) $(- 3 - 8)$
5.A garden shed is shaped like a triangular prism: two identical vertical triangular end walls (the gable ends), joined by a sloping rectangular roof and a vertical rectangular back wall. Looking at the shed from directly above (the plan view), what shape is seen?
(a)a triangle
(b)a triangle with a rectangle attached
(c)two triangles joined at their bases
(d)a rectangle
6.Write down which one of these quadrilaterals always has diagonals that are equal in length and that cross at right angles.
(a)Square
(b)Rhombus
(c)Parallelogram
(d)Rectangle
7.Work out the distance between the point (0, 0) and the point (5, 12).
(a)12
(b)13
(c)17
(d)7
8.A garden water trough is a prism whose cross-section is a right-angled triangle with base 40 cm and height 30 cm. The trough is 120 cm long. Work out the volume of water needed to fill the trough completely.
(a)36 000 cm³
(b)72 000 cm³
(c)144 000 cm³
(d)720 cm³
9.In the RHS congruence condition, which three facts must be true about two triangles for RHS to prove they are congruent?
(a)Two sides and the angle between them
(b)Right angle, equal hypotenuse, one more side
(c)Right angle and all three sides equal
(d)Right angle, hypotenuse, one more angle
10.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
11.A pop-up canopy has two sloping supports that meet at the top. Each support makes an angle of 30° with the ground and is 6 m long. Using the exact value of cos 30°, work out the total width of the canopy's base.
(a)3√3 m
(b)6√3 m
(c)12 m
(d)6 m
12.A circle has a radius of 3 cm. Work out the diameter of the circle.
(a)6 cm
(b)1.5 cm
(c)3 cm
(d)5 cm
13.Triangle ABC has AB = 6 cm, BC = 8 cm and angle B = 90°. Triangle XYZ has XY = 6 cm, YZ = 8 cm and angle Y = 90°. Which congruence statement correctly shows the matching vertices?
(a)ABC ≅ ZXY
(b)ABC ≅ ZYX
(c)ABC ≅ XYZ
(d)ABC ≅ YXZ
14.a is the column vector with top number 3 and bottom number −2. b is the column vector with top number −1 and bottom number 5. Work out 2a + b, giving your answer as a column vector in the form (top, bottom).
(a)(7, −9)
(b)(5, 1)
(c)(4, 6)
(d)(2, 3)
15.Here are four trigonometric ratios of special angles. Write down the one that does not have a value.
(a)sin 90°
(b)tan 90°
(c)tan 0°
(d)cos 90°

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