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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 · 15 questions

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1.Work out the length of the straight line segment joining the points (2, −4) and (−3, −4).
(a)1
(b)5
(c)0
(d)6
2.A fish tank is a cuboid measuring 40 cm long, 25 cm wide and 30 cm high. Water is poured in to a depth of 20 cm. Work out the volume of water in the tank, in litres.
(a)20 litres
(b)20000 litres
(c)0.02 litres
(d)30 litres
3.A circular clock face has a diameter of 18 cm. Work out the circumference of the clock face. Use π = 3.14.
(a)28.26 cm
(b)113.04 cm
(c)1017.36 cm
(d)56.52 cm
4.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
5.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
6.Four angles meet at a point. Three of them measure 82°, 105° and 96°. Work out the size of the fourth angle.
(a)159
(b)283
(c)182
(d)77
7.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
8.A triangle has vertices A(1, 1), B(5, 1) and C(5, 4). Work out the lengths of AB, BC and CA, and write down whether triangle ABC is right-angled.
(a)No, since AB, BC and CA are not all equal
(b)Yes, since 4² + 5² = 3²
(c)No, since 3 + 4 ≠ 5
(d)Yes, since 3² + 4² = 5²
9.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°
10.A jug holds 750 ml of water. Work out what fraction of a litre this is.
(a)3/4
(b)1/4
(c)4/3
(d)3/10
11.The diagram shows the plan, front elevation and side elevation of a solid. Which of these solids matches all three views?
(a)A triangle-based pyramid standing on its triangular base
(b)A triangular prism standing on its triangular end
(c)A cuboid standing on a rectangular face
(d)A triangular prism lying on one of its rectangular faces
12.A circular decoration has a radius of 10 cm. A ribbon costs £0.50 per centimetre and is fixed along the curved edge (the arc) of a sector-shaped section with an angle of 90°. Using π = 3.14, work out the cost of the ribbon for this section.
(a)£157.00
(b)£31.40
(c)£7.85
(d)£15.70
13.Work out the distance between the points (−3, 4) and (5, −2).
(a)14
(b)100
(c)50
(d)10
14.A parallelogram has a base of 9 cm and a perpendicular height of 4 cm. Work out its area.
(a)72 cm²
(b)18 cm²
(c)36 cm²
(d)26 cm²
15.Quadrilateral ABCD has vertices A(1, 1), B(5, 1), C(5, 4) and D(1, 4). The quadrilateral is translated by the vector $(3 - 2)$ . Which of these points is NOT a vertex of the image?
(a)(−1, 1)
(b)(3, 4)
(c)(−1, 4)
(d)(3, 7)

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