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Geometry and measures worksheet — GCSE Higher

Fifteen questions across the geometry and measures statements at Higher 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 Higher

Maths · GCSE Higher · Geometry and measures · Calculator · 15 questions

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1.Two similar signs have lengths in the ratio 9 : 4. The larger sign has a side of length 14.4 cm. Work out the length of the corresponding side of the smaller sign.
(a)3.6 cm
(b)9.4 cm
(c)32.4 cm
(d)6.4 cm
2.In triangle ABC, AB = 9 cm, AC = 6 cm, and angle BAC = 65°. Work out the length of BC. Give your answer to 1 decimal place.
(a)9.7 cm
(b)8.4 cm
(c)12.8 cm
(d)4.4 cm
3.A ship sails 12 km on a bearing of 070° from a harbour to a buoy. It then sails a further 9 km, still on a bearing of 070°, from the buoy to a lighthouse. How far is the lighthouse from the harbour, in kilometres?
(a)3
(b)21
(c)108
(d)15
4.Which of these statements about solving a triangle is correct?
(a)Two sides + a non-included angle: cosine rule gives the angle directly.
(b)Two sides + angle between them: use the sine rule.
(c)All three sides: use the sine rule for any angle.
(d)Two angles and a side: sine rule finds other sides.
5.A flagpole is 12 m tall. Freya stands 9 m from the base of the flagpole on level ground. Work out the angle of elevation of the top of the flagpole from where Freya stands. Give your answer correct to 1 decimal place.
(a)41.4°
(b)53.1°
(c)48.6°
(d)36.9°
6.A right-angled triangle has a hypotenuse of 10 cm and one of its other angles is 45°. Work out the length of one of the two shorter sides. Give your answer to 1 decimal place.
(a)10.0 cm
(b)5.0 cm
(c)7.1 cm
(d)14.1 cm
7.A rhombus-shaped floor tile has sides of length 12 cm and an interior angle of 55°. Work out the area of the tile. Give your answer to 1 decimal place.
(a)59.0 cm²
(b)82.6 cm²
(c)144.0 cm²
(d)118.0 cm²
8.A parallelogram-shaped tile has two sides of 6 cm and 9 cm, with an angle of 60° between them. Work out the area of the tile. Give your answer to 1 decimal place.
(a)27.0 cm²
(b)46.8 cm²
(c)13.0 cm²
(d)23.4 cm²
9.A plan of a school hall uses a scale of 1 : 250. A wall is drawn 3.4 cm long on the plan. Sam wants to know the wall's real length in metres. What is it?
(a)0.85 m
(b)8.5 m
(c)850 m
(d)3.4 m
10.A sector of a circle has radius 15 cm and angle 216°. Using π = 3.14, work out the arc length of the sector.
(a)94.2 cm
(b)56.52 cm
(c)28.26 cm
(d)113.04 cm
11.A crane's hook starts at the point (3.4, 9.5) on a construction site plan measured in metres. It moves along the vector $(- 4.5 - 1.2)$ to pick up a beam, then along the vector $(- 2.5 0.8)$ to place it. Work out the single column vector that describes the hook's overall movement from its start position to where it places the beam.
(a) $(- 2 - 2)$
(b) $(- 7 - 0.4)$
(c) $(7 - 0.4)$
(d) $(- 7 2)$
12.In triangle ABC, AB = 12 cm, AC = 9 cm and angle BAC = 55°. Work out the size of angle ABC. Give your answer to 1 decimal place.
(a)77.8°
(b)47.2°
(c)37.9°
(d)23.2°
13.Triangle 1 has sides of 10 cm and 13 cm with an angle of 64° between them. Triangle 2 has sides of 11 cm and 12 cm with an angle of 70° between them. Which triangle has the greater area, and by how much? Give your answer to 1 decimal place.
(a)Triangle 2, by 33.5 cm²
(b)Triangle 1, by 54.8 cm²
(c)Triangle 1, by 3.6 cm²
(d)Triangle 2, by 3.6 cm²
14.A raised garden bed is a prism whose cross-section is a triangle with a base of 1.2 m and a perpendicular height of 0.8 m. The bed is 3 m long. Work out the volume of soil needed to fill it, in m³.
(a)3.6 m³
(b)2.88 m³
(c)1.44 m³
(d)0.48 m³
15.A triangular sail for a small boat has a base of 2.4 m and a height of 1.75 m. Sailcloth costs £12.50 per m². Work out the total cost of the sailcloth needed for the sail.
(a)£30.00
(b)£26.25
(c)£25.00
(d)£52.50

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