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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.Triangle ABC has AB = 5 cm and BC = 7 cm. Triangle DEF has DE = 5 cm and EF = 7 cm. Which extra fact would prove the triangles are congruent by SAS?
(a)angle C = angle F
(b)angle B = angle E
(c)AC = DF
(d)angle A = angle D
2.A circle has a diameter of 4 cm. Work out the radius of the circle.
(a)8 cm
(b)2 cm
(c)1 cm
(d)0.5 cm
3.A solid pyramid has a square base of side 6 cm. Its apex is directly above the centre of the base, at a vertical height of 8 cm. Work out the volume of the pyramid.
(a)16 cm³
(b)96 cm³
(c)144 cm³
(d)288 cm³
4.A scale drawing uses a scale of 1 : 60. A path on the drawing is measured as 9.8 cm long. What is the real length of the path, in metres, to 1 decimal place?
(a)5.9
(b)58.8
(c)5.8
(d)0.16
5.Shape S has a vertex at (9, 6). It is enlarged by a scale factor of 1/3, centre the origin. Work out the coordinates of the image of this vertex.
(a)(6, 4)
(b)(27, 18)
(c)(3, 2)
(d)(3, 6)
6.A shape is translated by the vector $(3 - 8)$ , and one vertex of the image is at the point (1, 6). The original shape is instead translated by the vector $(- 5 2)$ . Work out the coordinates of the image of that same vertex under this second translation.
(a)(7, 8)
(b)(11, 3)
(c)(3, 1)
(d)(11, −2)
7.A trapezium has parallel sides of 5 cm and 11 cm, and a perpendicular height of 4 cm. Work out the area of the trapezium.
(a)32 cm²
(b)44 cm²
(c)20 cm²
(d)64 cm²
8.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
9.In triangle ABC the angle at A is 90° and BC = 10 cm. For the angle at B, sin B = 3/5. Work out the length of AC.
(a)3 cm
(b)6 cm
(c)8 cm
(d)30 cm
10.A cylindrical water tank has a solid hemispherical dome on top, both with radius 2 m. Work out the volume of the hemispherical dome alone. Use π = 3.14 and give your answer correct to 3 decimal places.
(a)33.493 m³
(b)16.747 m³
(c)8.373 m³
(d)50.24 m³
11.Quadrilateral PQRS has angle P = 92°, angle Q = 84° and angle R = 106°. Work out the size of angle S.
(a)68°
(b)170°
(c)78°
(d)184°
12.Write down the name given to a quadrilateral with exactly one pair of parallel sides.
(a)Trapezium
(b)Kite
(c)Rhombus
(d)Parallelogram
13.Triangle ABC has AB = 5 cm, BC = 7 cm and CA = 9 cm. Triangle DEF has DE = 5 cm, EF = 7 cm and FD = 9 cm. Which condition proves the two triangles are congruent?
(a)ASA - two angles and the included side equal
(b)SAS - two sides and the included angle equal
(c)RHS - right angle, hypotenuse and one side equal
(d)SSS - three sides equal
14.A quadrilateral has two pairs of parallel sides. All four of its interior angles are right angles, but its sides are not all the same length. Which quadrilateral is this?
(a)Rhombus
(b)Square
(c)Rectangle
(d)Kite
15.A point is translated twice by the vector $(5 - 3)$ . Write down the single column vector that describes the overall translation.
(a) $(5 - 3)$
(b) $(10 - 6)$
(c) $(5 - 6)$
(d) $(15 - 9)$

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