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Practice Booklet - IGCSE

Subject: Mathematics Grade: 9 / 10 Topic: Trigonometry

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8 (a)
S
25°
R
72°
NOT TO
SCALE
6 cm

34°
Q
P 7.4 cm

The diagram shows a quadrilateral PQRS formed from two triangles, PQS and QRS.

Calculate

(i) QR,

QR = ............................................ cm [3]

(ii) PS,

PS = ............................................ cm [3]

(iii) the area of quadrilateral PQRS.

........................................... cm2 [4]

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(b)
X

H
G

E F NOT TO
SCALE

16 cm D C

18 cm

A 20 cm B

The diagram shows an open box ABCDEFGH in the shape of a cuboid.

AB = 20 cm, BC = 18 cm and AE = 16 cm .
A thin rod AGX rests partly in the box as shown.
The rod is 40 cm long.

(i) Calculate GX, the length of the rod which is outside the box.

GX = ............................................ cm [4]

(ii) Calculate the angle the rod makes with the base of the box.

................................................. [3]
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North
B
80 m
NOT TO
A 72° SCALE

115 m

The diagram shows the positions of three points A, B and C in a field.

(a) Show that BC is 118.1 m, correct to 1 decimal place.

[3]

(b) Calculate angle ABC.

Angle ABC = ................................................ [3]

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(c) The bearing of C from A is 147°.

Find the bearing of

(i) A from B,

................................................. [3]

(ii) B from C.

................................................. [2]

(d) Mitchell takes 35 seconds to run from A to C.

Calculate his average running speed in kilometres per hour.

........................................ km/h [3]

(e) Calculate the shortest distance from point B to AC.

............................................. m [3]
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8 (a) (i) On the axes, sketch the graph of y = sin x for 0° G x G 360° .

y
1

0
90° 180° 270° 360° x

–1

[2]

(ii) Describe fully the symmetry of the graph of y = sin x for 0° G x G 360° .

.............................................................................................................................................

............................................................................................................................................. [2]

(b) Solve 4 sin x - 1 = 2 for 0° G x G 360° .

x = ........................ and x = ........................ [3]

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(c) (i) Write x 2 + 10x + 14 in the form (x + a) 2 + b .

................................................. [2]

(ii) On the axes, sketch the graph of y = x 2 + 10x + 14 , indicating the coordinates of the
turning point.

O x

[3]
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North
D NOT TO
SCALE

A 140°
450 m

400 m

B 350 m C

The diagram shows a field ABCD.

The bearing of B from A is 140°.
C is due east of B and D is due north of C.
AB = 400 m, BC = 350 m and CD = 450 m.

(a) Find the bearing of D from B.

................................................. [2]
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(b) Calculate the distance from D to A.

............................................. m [6]

(c) Jono runs around the field from A to B, B to C, C to D and D to A.

He runs at a speed of 3 m/s.

Calculate the total time Jono takes to run around the field.
Give your answer in minutes and seconds, correct to the nearest second.

.................. min .................. s [4]

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6 (a)
C

54°
x°
NOT TO
SCALE
5.3 cm
11 cm
G

6.9 cm

42°
A B

The diagram shows triangle ABC with point G inside.

CB = 11 cm, CG = 5.3 cm and BG = 6.9 cm.
Angle CAB = 42° and angle ACG = 54°.

(i) Calculate the value of x.

x = ................................................ [4]

(ii) Calculate AC.

AC = ........................................... cm [4]
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6
D

287.9 m
North NOT TO
205.8 m SCALE
C 168 m
38°
192 m
B A

The diagram shows a field, ABCD, on horizontal ground.

BC = 192 m, CD = 287.9 m, BD = 168 m and AD = 205.8 m.

(a) (i) Calculate angle CBD and show that it rounds to 106.0°, correct to 1 decimal place.

[4]

(ii) The bearing of D from B is 038°.

Find the bearing of C from B.

................................................. [1]

(iii) A is due east of B.

Calculate the bearing of D from A.

................................................. [5]
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(b) (i) Calculate the area of triangle BCD.

............................................ m2 [2]

(ii) Tomas buys the triangular part of the field, BCD.

The cost is $35 750 per hectare.

Calculate the amount he pays.

Give your answer correct to the nearest $100.
[1 hectare = 10 000 m2]

$ ................................................ [2]
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(b)

0 x
90° 180° 270° 360°

(i) On the diagram, sketch the graph of y = tan x for 0° G x G 360° . [2]

(ii) Solve the equation 5 tan x =- 7 for 0° G x G 360° .

x = .................... or x = .................... [3]

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9
H 5 cm G
NOT TO
D SCALE
C

E F
70° 12 cm
A B
8 cm

The diagram shows a prism with a rectangular base, ABFE.

The cross-section, ABCD, is a trapezium with AD = BC.
AB = 8 cm, GH = 5 cm, BF = 12 cm and angle ABC = 70°.

(a) Calculate the total surface area of the prism.

.......................................... cm2 [6]

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(b) The perpendicular from G onto EF meets EF at X.

(i) Show that EX = 6.5 cm.

[1]

(ii) Calculate AX.

AX = ........................................... cm [2]

(iii) Calculate the angle between the diagonal AG and the base ABFE.

................................................. [2]
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6
H G

E F

11 cm NOT TO
SCALE

D
C
5 cm
A 8 cm B

ABCDEFGH is a cuboid.
AB = 8 cm, BC = 5 cm and CG = 11 cm.

(a) Work out the volume of the cuboid.

.......................................... cm3 [2]

(b) Ivana has a pencil of length 13 cm.

Does this pencil fit completely inside the cuboid?

Show how you decide.

[4]
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(c) (i) Calculate angle CAB.

Angle CAB = ................................................ [2]

(ii) Calculate angle GAC.

Angle GAC = ................................................ [2]

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5 C
B
65°
NOT TO
SCALE
4.4 cm

9.7 cm

8.6 cm 42°

(a) Calculate angle ADB.

Angle ADB = ................................................ [3]

(b) Calculate DC.

DC = ........................................... cm [4]

(c) Calculate the shortest distance from C to BD.

............................................ cm [3]
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5
A

NOT TO
SCALE

10.6 cm

58° 78°
B C
X 6.4 cm

The diagram shows triangle ABC.

X is a point on BC.
AX = 10.6 cm, XC = 6.4 cm, angle ABC = 58° and angle AXB = 78°.

(a) Calculate AC.

AC = ........................................... cm [4]

(b) Calculate BX.

BX = ........................................... cm [4]

(c) Calculate the area of triangle ABC.

.......................................... cm2 [3]

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D
9

NOT TO
A SCALE

13 cm 20 cm E F

24 cm

B
C

The diagram shows a prism, ABCDEF.

AB = 13 cm, AC = 20 cm, CF = 24 cm and angle ABC = 90°.

(a) Calculate the total surface area of the prism.

......................................... . cm2 [6]

(b) Calculate the volume of the prism.

.......................................... cm3 [1]

(c) Calculate the angle that AF makes with the base BCFE.

................................................. [4]
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6
B
16 m

NOT TO
A 57° 32 m SCALE

19 m
C
75°
D

The diagram shows a quadrilateral ABCD made from two triangles, ABD and BCD.

(a) Show that BD = 16.9 m, correct to 1 decimal place.

[3]

(b) Calculate angle CBD.

Angle CBD = ................................................ [4]

(c) Find the area of the quadrilateral ABCD.

............................................ m2 [3]
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(d) Find the shortest distance from B to AD.

............................................. m [3]
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(b)
E

NOT TO
SCALE
24 cm

D C

15 cm

A 18 cm B

The diagram shows a solid pyramid with a rectangular base ABCD.

E is vertically above D.
Angle EDC = angle EDA = 90°.
AB = 18 cm, BC = 15 cm and EC = 24 cm.

(i) The pyramid is made of wood and has a mass of 800 g.

Calculate the density of the wood.

Give the units of your answer.
1
[The volume, V, of a pyramid is V = # area of base # height.]
3
[Density = mass ' volume]

................................. .............. [5]

(ii) Calculate the angle between BE and the base of the pyramid.

................................................. [4]
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9 (a)
C

NOT TO
SCALE
D 60°

14 cm
45°
35°
A B

Calculate the perimeter of the quadrilateral ABCD.

............................................ cm [7]
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(b)
B

NOT TO
SCALE

The diagram shows a cube.

The length of the diagonal AB is 8.5 cm.

(i) Calculate the length of an edge of the cube.

............................................ cm [3]

(ii) Calculate the angle between AB and the base of the cube.

................................................. [3]
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3 (a)
C
38.6 m 56.5 m
D
B
94°
78.4 m NOT TO
SCALE
46.1 m

64°
E A

ABCDE is a pentagon.

(i) Calculate AD and show that it rounds to 94.5 m, correct to 1 decimal place.

[2]

(ii) Calculate angle BAC.

Angle BAC = ................................................ [3]

(iii) Calculate the largest angle in triangle CAD.

................................................. [4]
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(b)
Q
L 34.3 cm

P NOT TO
21.5 cm SCALE

111°
R
M N
27.6 cm

Triangle PQR has the same area as triangle LMN.

Calculate the shortest distance from R to the line PQ.

............................................ cm [3]
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6
D
100° NOT TO
SCALE
50° C

A 12 cm
8 cm
11 cm
B

(a) Calculate AD.

AD = ........................................... cm [3]

(b) Calculate angle BAC and show that it rounds to 40.42°, correct to 2 decimal places.

[4]

(c) Calculate the area of the quadrilateral ABCD.

.......................................... cm2 [3]

(d) Calculate the shortest distance from B to AC.

............................................ cm [3]
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4 (a)
C
NOT TO
SCALE
29.5 cm 35.3 cm

51.6°
A 45 cm B

In triangle ABC, AB = 45 cm, AC = 29.5 cm, BC = 35.3 cm and angle CAB = 51.6°.

(i) Calculate angle ABC.

Angle ABC = ................................................ [3]

(ii) Calculate the area of triangle ABC.

......................................... cm 2 [2]
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(b)
R

NOT TO
SCALE
S

32 cm
47 cm

P 56°
60°
32 cm
Q

The diagram shows a quadrilateral PQRS formed from two triangles, PQS and QRS.
Triangle PQS is isosceles, with PQ = PS = 32 cm and angle SPQ = 56°.
QR = 47 cm and angle SQR = 60°.

(i) Calculate SR.

SR = ........................................... cm [4]

(ii) Calculate the shortest distance from P to SQ.

............................................ cm [3]
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7
D
NOT TO
SCALE
12 km
9 km

14 km
A C
25° 32°

123°
B

(a) Calculate angle ACD.

Angle ACD = ................................................. [4]

(b) Show that BC = 7.05 km , correct to 2 decimal places.

[3]
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(c) Calculate the shortest distance from B to AC.

............................................ km [3]

(d) Calculate the length of the straight line BD.

BD = ............................................ km [4]

(e) C is due east of A.

Find the bearing of D from C.

................................................. [2]
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4
6.4 cm
D C
38° NOT TO
SCALE
10.9 cm

45°
A B

ABCD is a trapezium with DC parallel to AB.

DC = 6.4 cm, DB = 10.9 cm, angle CDB = 38° and angle DAB = 45°.

(a) Find CB.

CB = ........................................... cm [3]

(b) (i) Find angle ADB.

Angle ADB = ................................................ [1]

(ii) Find AB.

AB = ........................................... cm [3]

(c) Calculate the area of the trapezium.

......................................... cm 2 [3]
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7
B

82 m

NOT TO
A 76° SCALE

55 m

The diagram shows a field ABC.

(a) Calculate BC.

BC = ............................................. m [3]

(b) Calculate angle ACB.

Angle ACB = ................................................ [3]

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(c) A gate, G, lies on AB at the shortest distance from C.

Calculate AG.

AG = ............................................ m [3]

(d) A different triangular field PQR has the same area as ABC.
PQ = 90 m and QR = 60 m.

Work out the two possible values of angle PQR.

Angle PQR = ..................................... or ..................................... [5]

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10
H G
NOT TO
E F SCALE
6 cm
24 cm

D C

A B

The diagram shows a cuboid ABCDEFGH.

CG = 6 cm, AG = 24 cm and AB = 2BC.

(a) Calculate AB.

AB = ........................................... cm [4]

(b) Calculate the angle between AG and the base ABCD.

................................................. [3]
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8
Q

NOT TO
4m SCALE

A
15 m C P
8m
20 m 3m

The diagram shows triangle ABC on horizontal ground�

AC = 15 m , BC = 8 m and AB = 20 m �

BP and CQ are vertical poles of different heights�

BP = 3 m and CQ = 4 m �
AQ and PQ are straight wires�

(a) Show that angle ACB = 117.5° , correct to 1 decimal place�

[4]

(b) Calculate the area of triangle ABC�

������������������������������������������� m 2 [2]
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(c) Calculate the length of AQ�

��������������������������������������������� m [2]

(d) Calculate the angle of elevation of Q from P�

������������������������������������������������� [3]

(e) Another straight wire connects A to the midpoint of PQ�

Calculate the angle between this wire and the horizontal ground�

������������������������������������������������� [5]
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7 (a)
R

39.4 cm 38.2 cm NOT TO

SCALE

P Q
46.5 cm

(i) Calculate angle QPR.

Angle QPR = ................................................. [4]

(ii) Find the shortest distance from Q to PR.

............................................ cm [3]

(b) The diagram shows a cuboid.

H G

E 20 cm NOT TO
F
D C SCALE
21 cm
A 29 cm B

(i) Calculate the length AG.

AG = ............................................ cm [3]
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(ii) Calculate the angle between AG and the base ABCD.

................................................. [3]

(c)
North

NOT TO
SCALE
North
112 km

96°
M

The diagram shows the positions of a lighthouse, L, and two ships, K and M.
The bearing of L from K is 155° and KL = 112 km .
The bearing of K from M is 010° and angle KML = 96° .

Find the bearing and distance of ship M from the lighthouse, L.

Bearing ................................................

Distance ........................................... km [5]

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9
y

0
360° x

–1

(a) On the diagram, sketch the graph of y = sin x for 0° G x G 360° . [2]

(b) Solve the equation 5 sin x + 4 = 0 for 0° G x G 360° .

x = .................. or x = .................. [3]

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10
D

16.5 cm NOT TO
SCALE

A
31° 12.3 cm

The diagram shows a quadrilateral ABCD.

AC = 12.3 cm and AD = 16.5 cm .
Angle BAC = 31° , angle ABC = 90° and angle ACD = 90° .

(a) Show that AB = 10.54 cm, correct to 2 decimal places.

[2]

(b) Show that angle DAC = 41.80° correct to 2 decimal places.

[2]
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(c) Calculate BD.

BD = ............................................cm [3]

(d) Calculate angle CBD.

Angle CBD = ................................................ [4]

(e) Calculate the shortest distance from C to BD.

............................................ cm [4]
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12 (a) Sketch the graph of y = tan x for 0° G x G 360° .

0 x
90° 180° 270° 360°

[2]
1
(b) Find x when tan x = and 0° G x G 360° .
3

................................................. [2]
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7
North C NOT TO
SCALE
60 km 87 km

38°

A B

The diagram shows the straight roads between town A, town B and town C.
AC = 60 km , CB = 87 km and B is due east of A.
The bearing of C from A is 038°.

(a) Show that angle ACB = 95.1° , correct to 1 decimal place.

[5]

(b) Without stopping, a car travels from town A to town C then to town B, before returning directly to
town A.
The total time taken for the journey is 3 hours 20 minutes.

Calculate the average speed of the car for this journey.

Give your answer in kilometres per hour.

........................................ km/h [6]

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10 (a)

H G

E F

NOT TO
SCALE

D C
x cm
A x cm B

ABCDEFGH is a cuboid with a square base of side x cm.

CG = 20 cm and AG = 28 cm .

Calculate the value of x.

x = ................................................ [4]
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(b)
R Q

N P
NOT TO
SCALE

M L

J K

The diagram shows a different cuboid JKLMNPQR.

MR = 30 cm correct to the nearest centimetre.
KR = 37 cm correct to the nearest centimetre.

Calculate the lower bound of the angle between KR and the base JKLM of the cuboid.

................................................. [4]
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4 (a)
North

114°
A

NOT TO
C SCALE

A, B and C are three towns and the bearing of C from A is 114°.

B is due south of A and AC = BC.

Calculate the bearing of B from C.

................................................. [3]

(b)
R

S
74°
NOT TO
SCALE
Q
58°
27°
M P N

P, Q, R and S lie on a circle.

MPN is a tangent to the circle at P.
Angle MPS = 58°, angle PSR = 74° and angle QPN = 27°.

(i) Find angle PRS.

Angle PRS = ................................................ [1]

(ii) Find angle PQR.

Angle PQR = ................................................ [1]

(iii) Find angle RPQ.

Angle RPQ = ................................................ [2]

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5 (a)
X

NOT TO
SCALE

4.8 m
A
20.4° C
5.6 m
B

ABC is a scalene triangle on horizontal ground.

AYX is a straight vertical post, held in place by two straight wires XB and YC.
AC = 4.8 m, BC = 5.6 m and angle ACB = 20.4°.

(i) Calculate AB.

AB = ............................................ m [3]

(ii) Angle XBA = 64°.

Calculate AX.

AX = ............................................ m [2]

(iii) AY = 2.9 m.

Calculate the area of triangle YAC.

........................................... m 2 [2]
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(b)
R

30°

NOT TO
SCALE
8 cm

75°
P Q
M

In triangle PQR, M is the midpoint of PQ.

RM = 8 cm, angle PRM = 30° and angle RMQ = 75°.

Calculate PQ.

PQ = ........................................... cm [5]
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(c) (i)
y
1

0 180° 360° x

–1

On the diagram, sketch the graph of y = sin x for 0° G x G 360° . [2]

(ii) Solve the equation 3 sin x + 1 = 0 for 0° G x G 360° .

x = ........................... and x = ........................... [3]

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(b)
H G

E F
NOT TO
SCALE
D
C

A B

The diagram shows a cube ABCDEFGH of edge 7 cm.

Calculate the angle between AG and the base of the cube.

................................................. [4]