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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 is drawn. The interior angle bisectors from vertices A and B are constructed and meet at point I inside the triangle. Which statement about point I must be true?
(a)I is the midpoint of side AB.
(b)I lies on side AC.
(c)I is the same distance from all three sides.
(d)I is the same distance from all three vertices.
2.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
3.A ship's radar can detect other ships up to 20 km away, over a sector-shaped area with angle 90°. A monitoring company charges £0.50 per square kilometre covered by one radar sweep. Using π = 3.14, work out the total charge for one sweep.
(a)£157.00
(b)£628.00
(c)£7.85
(d)£15.70
4.A hexagonal prism has 8 faces and 12 vertices. Using F + V − E = 2, work out how many edges it has.
(a)20
(b)22
(c)18
(d)16
5.A regular polygon has an exterior angle of 45°. Work out the number of sides of the polygon.
(a)4
(b)45
(c)8
(d)315
6.A trapezium has parallel sides of 16 cm and 24 cm, and a perpendicular height of 7 cm. Work out the area of the trapezium.
(a)280 cm²
(b)140 cm²
(c)168 cm²
(d)47 cm
7.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
8.Shape S is enlarged by a scale factor of 3, centre the origin. A vertex of S is at (2, 1). Work out the coordinates of the image of this vertex.
(a)(6, 1)
(b)(6, 3)
(c)(2, 3)
(d)(5, 4)
9.A line segment joins A(1, 1) and B(4, 7). Write down the sign of the gradient of this line.
(a)zero
(b)negative
(c)cannot be determined
(d)positive
10.Two similar triangles have lengths in the ratio 3 : 4. The perimeter of the smaller triangle is 24 cm. Work out the perimeter of the larger triangle.
(a)18 cm
(b)25 cm
(c)32 cm
(d)8 cm
11.The interior angles of a pentagon are 100°, 110°, 120°, x° and x°. Work out the size of each of the two angles marked x°.
(a)105°
(b)55°
(c)108°
(d)210°
12.Point D is at (3, 4). It is rotated 90° clockwise about the origin (0, 0). Work out the coordinates of the image of point D.
(a)(−3, −4)
(b)(−4, 3)
(c)(4, −3)
(d)(4, 3)
13.In triangle PQR and triangle STU, PQ = ST, QR = TU and PR = SU. Write down the congruence condition that proves the two triangles are congruent.
(a)SAS
(b)ASA
(c)RHS
(d)SSS
14.In a kite, one pair of opposite angles are equal in size. In kite WXYZ, angle X = 40° and angle Z = 100° are the two angles that are NOT equal to each other. The other two angles, W and Y, are equal to each other. Work out the size of angle W.
(a)110°
(b)40°
(c)220°
(d)140°
15.Triangle ABC has a right angle at B and hypotenuse AC = 17 cm, with AB = 8 cm. Triangle DEF has a right angle at E and hypotenuse DF = 17 cm. Which extra fact about DEF would complete the RHS condition for proving that ABC ≅ DEF, with the vertices matching in that order?
(a)Angle D = angle A
(b)BC = 8 cm
(c)EF = 8 cm
(d)DE = 8 cm

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