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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 · 15 questions

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1.Two coastguard stations A and B are 18 km apart, with B due east of A. A boat at C is on a bearing of 062° from A and on a bearing of 315° from B. Work out the distance of the boat from station B. Give your answer to 1 decimal place.
(a)16.6 km
(b)13.3 km
(c)12.0 km
(d)8.8 km
2.Quadrilateral WXYZ has WX parallel to ZY, and WZ = XY (the two non-parallel sides are equal in length). Give a reason why angle W = angle X.
(a)Isosceles trapezium: base angles are equal
(b)Rhombus: all four angles are equal
(c)Kite: one pair of opposite angles equal
(d)Parallelogram: opposite angles are equal
3.Two similar hexagonal tiles have lengths in the ratio 4 : 7. A side of the smaller tile is 8.4 cm long. Work out the length of the corresponding side of the larger tile.
(a)11.4 cm
(b)4.8 cm
(c)14.7 cm
(d)58.8 cm
4.In a right-angled triangle one of the other two angles is 45°, and the side opposite that 45° angle is 7 cm. Work out the length of the hypotenuse. Give your answer to 1 decimal place.
(a)7.0 cm
(b)14.0 cm
(c)9.9 cm
(d)5.0 cm
5.Triangle ABC has AB = 9 cm, BC = 6 cm and angle A = 35°. Triangle DEF has DE = 9 cm, EF = 6 cm and angle D = 35°. Which of the following correctly identifies the condition shown here?
(a)SSA - not sufficient to prove congruence
(b)ASA - two angles and the included side equal
(c)SAS - two sides and the included angle equal
(d)AAS - two angles and a non-included side equal
6.In triangle ABC, AB = 8 cm, BC = 11 cm and AC = 6 cm. Work out the size of angle ABC. Give your answer to 1 decimal place.
(a)32.2°
(b)147.8°
(c)102.6°
(d)57.8°
7.A gardener wants to plant a tree so that it is the same distance from two straight garden walls that meet at a corner, and also the same distance from two ornamental posts standing 4 m apart. Which construction locates this point?
(a)where the angle bisector meets the posts' perpendicular bisector
(b)where the angle bisector meets the line joining the posts
(c)the perpendicular bisector of the posts, alone
(d)the angle bisector of the corner, alone
8.Triangle T has a vertex at (8, 4). It is enlarged by a scale factor of 1/2, centre (2, 4). Work out the coordinates of the image of this vertex.
(a)(5, 4)
(b)(14, 4)
(c)(8, 2)
(d)(4, 2)
9.Triangle JKL and triangle MNP are similar, with JK ÷ MN = JL ÷ MP = 2. A student says triangle JKL must be congruent to triangle MNP. Write down why the student is wrong.
(a)The angles are not necessarily equal
(b)Similar triangles are never congruent
(c)The scale factor is 2, not 1, so the sides are not equal
(d)Congruent triangles must have a right angle
10.A trapezium has an area of 45 cm², a perpendicular height of 5 cm, and one parallel side of length 10 cm. Work out the length of the other parallel side.
(a)18 cm
(b)28 cm
(c)8 cm
(d)4 cm
11.A plan of a car park is drawn to a scale of 1 : 500. A parking bay is drawn as a rectangle measuring 1.2 cm by 0.6 cm. The real width of the bay corresponds to the 0.6 cm side. What is the real width of the bay, in metres?
(a)0.3
(b)3
(c)6
(d)30
12.A photocopier enlarges a document so that every length is multiplied by the same scale factor. A line on the original document is 3.2 cm long, and the same line measures 11.2 cm on the enlarged copy. A second line on the original document is 2.5 cm long. Work out the length of the second line on the enlarged copy, giving your answer to 2 decimal places.
(a)10.50 cm
(b)8.70 cm
(c)0.71 cm
(d)8.75 cm
13.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)
14.An isosceles triangle ABC has AB equal to AC. AM is a line from vertex A, perpendicular to BC, meeting BC at point M. Which condition proves that triangle ABM is congruent to triangle ACM?
(a)SAS, right angle as included angle
(b)ASA, AB as the included side
(c)SSS, using BM = CM as a fact
(d)RHS, using AM as common side
15.In pentagon PQRST, which of the following correctly names the interior angle at vertex R, using standard three-letter angle notation?
(a)∠QRS
(b)∠PQR
(c)∠TRP
(d)∠RST

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