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A B
Calculate l.
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AÔB = x°.
x°
O B
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(a) Write down an expression, in terms of x and π,
for the area of the sector OAB.
P R
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(b) PQR is a semicircle of radius 4 cm.
The area of the sector OAB is 13 of the area of
this semicircle.
Calculate the value of x.
Q
A
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The base BCDE is a square of side 10 cm.
The sloping faces are isosceles triangles. 13
AB = AC = AD = AE = 13 cm.
E
(a) Calculate the area of the sloping face ABC. B
D
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(b) The pyramid ABCDE is joined to an identical pyramid
C
BCDEF to form the solid ABCDEF.
A
(i) Calculate the surface area of the solid ABCDEF.
(ii) Describe fully the locus of all points which are
equidistant from A and F. 13
E
B 10 D
C
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of the cuboid.
x
(b) The total surface area of the cuboid is 376 cm2.
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Form an equation in x and solve it to find the height of the cuboid.
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22 A 30 F
ABCDEF represents an L-shaped piece of glass with AB = AF = 30 cm
and CD = 15 cm. The glass is cut to fit the window in a door and the
shaded triangle DEG is removed. DG = 13 cm and EG = 5 cm. G
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(a) Show that DE = 12 cm. 5
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(b) For the remaining piece of glass ABCDGF, find D E
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A
18 OAB is the sector of a circle of radius r cm.
AÔB = 60°.
B 9 C
Find an expression, in the form a + bπ, for the total area of the shape.
4024/11/M/J/11 22 The diagram shows a window made up of a large semicircle and a rectangle.
The large semicircle has 4 identical sections, A, B, C, D, and a small semicircle, E.
The rectangle has three identical square sections, F, G and H.
The side of each square is 20 cm.
Find an expression, in the form a + bπ, for
20 F G H
A B
Find the volume of cake mixture she uses to make the larger cake.
C
D
O
O is the centre of circles with radii 1 cm, 2 cm, 3 cm, 4 cm and 5 cm.
The cover has rotational symmetry of order 6 and BOt C = 40°.
(a) Calculate the area of the shaded section ABCD, giving your answer in terms of π.
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(b) The total area of the metal (unshaded) sections of the cover is π cm2.
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(i) Calculate the total area of the shaded sections, giving your answer in terms of π.
(ii) Calculate the fraction of the total area of the cover that is metal (unshaded).
Give your answer in its simplest form.
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45°
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aπ
Give your answer in the form , where a and b are integers and as small as possible�
b
(b) The earring is cut from a sheet of silver�
The mass of 1 cm2 of the silver sheet is 1�6 g�
4024/11/M/J/14 The shape has two straight sections of length 5.25 cm and 4.8 cm.
The curved part is the arc of the major sector of a circle, radius 3 cm.
The angle of the major sector is 280°. 4.8
The total length of wire needed to make the figure is ^a + brh cm.
280°
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B 12 C
22 Shape ABCDEFG is made from two squares and a right-angled triangle.
AB = 15 cm and BC = 12 cm.
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(a) Find the length AG.
G F
3 b
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Thediagramshowsatrapeziumwithlengthsincentimetres.
Theareaofthetrapeziumis120cm2. 12
Findthevalueofb.
4b
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14 [The volume of a sphere is rr ] [The volume of a cone is rr 2 h]
3 3
4024/11/M/J/16 A cone is removed from a solid wooden
hemisphere of radius 3 cm.
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The cone has radius 3 cm and height 2 cm. 2
The volume of wood remaining is kr cm 3 .
Find k.
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24 [Volume of a cone = rr 2 h , curved surface area of a cone = rrl ]
3
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[Volume of a sphere = rr 3 , surface area of a sphere = 4rr 2 ]
3
Thesolidisformedfromahemisphereofradiusrcmfixedtoaconeofradiusrcmandheighthcm.
h
Thevolumeofthehemisphereisonethirdofthevolumeofthesolid.
(a) Findhintermsofr. r
Findthevalueofk.
(c) Findanexpression,intermsofrandπ,forthetotalsurfacearea,incm2,ofthesolid.
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a° r
3r
The diagram shows a sector of a circle with radius 3r cm and angle a° and a circle
with radius r cm.
The ratio of the area of the sector to the area of the circle with radius r cm is 8 : 1.
(b) Find an expression, in terms of r and r, for the perimeter of the sector.
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The diagrams show a solid pyramid L cut into two parts, M and N, by a plane parallel to its base.
The base of pyramid L is a rectangle 9 cm by 12 cm.
The perpendicular height of pyramid L is 30 cm.
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A container is made out of thin material in the shape of a cuboid with an open top. h
The container has length 15 cm and width 8 cm.
The volume of the container is 720 cm3.
(a) Calculate the height, h cm, of the container. 8
(b) Calculate the surface area of the outside of the container. 15
(c) Liquid is poured into the container.
The liquid fills 60% of the container.
D
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40
A paving slab is a cuboid with length 40 cm, width 20 cm and depth h cm.
Its volume is 2400 cm3.
Calculate the volume of concrete, in cm3, needed to make one of these larger slabs.
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The diagram shows two circles, both with centre O.
The radius of the small circle is 3 cm and the radius of the large circle is 6 cm.
The minor sector AOB has an angle of 60°.
NOT TO
SCALE
The total area of the shaded regions is k r cm2.
O B
Find the value of k.
Construct the locus of points inside quadrilateral ABCD that are equidistant from AB and BC.
D
B
A
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An open rectangular tray has inside measurements
5 6
length 11 cm width 6 cm height 5 cm.
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(a) Calculate the total surface area of the four sides and base of the inside of the tray.
(b) Cubes are placed in the tray and a lid is placed on top.
Each cube has an edge of 2 cm.
Find the maximum number of cubes that can be placed in the tray.
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21 [The volume of a sphere is rr ]
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During a storm, raindrops fall into a cylinder which stands on horizontal ground.
The cylinder was empty before the storm started.
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19 [Volume of a cone = πr h]
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Cone 1 has radius 2x cm and height 7x cm.
Find an expression, in terms of π and x, for the difference in the volume of the two cones.
Give your answer in its simplest form.
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The diagram shows a square piece of card, from which a triangle and 1
two small squares are removed. All lengths on the diagram are in centimetres.
(a) Calculate the area of the shaded card.
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x°
6
r
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Calculate the change in depth of the water when the spheres are taken out of the cylinder.
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The diagram shows a scoop used for measuring washing powder.
The scoop is a prism. Its cross-section is a trapezium. 11
The trapezium has height 4 cm and parallel sides of length 7 cm and 11 cm.
The width of the scoop is 5 cm.
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(a) Show that the volume of the scoop is 180 cm3.
(b) A scoop used in industry is geometrically similar to the scoop above.
It has a volume of 22.5 litres. 7
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16 [Volume of a sphere = 43 rr 3 ]
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15 The diagram shows the plan of a rectangular
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garden, measuring 11 m by 9 m.
All the angles are right angles. 1 Path
The pond is a square of side 4 m. 4
The paths are 1 m wide. 1 4 Pond 1
The remainder of the garden is a lawn.
Path
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(a) Find the perimeter of the lawn. 1 Path
Lawn
Path
(b) Find the total area of the paths.
(c) The paths are paved with square tiles of side 50 cm.
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15 In a survey, some people were asked which of three songs, labelled A, B and C, they liked best.
The diagram shows part of a pie chart illustrating the results.
The angle of the sector that represents the people who liked C best is 168°.
45°
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50 cm
60 cm
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Find
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(a) its volume, 2
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(b) its surface area.
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(b) The sides of a rectangular plot of land are measured correct to the nearest metre.
(ii)...................................... m [1]
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(b)
70°
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A piece of chocolate is in the shape of a prism with the shaded area from part (a) being its
cross section.
The rectangular base of the chocolate is 16 cm by x cm.
The piece of chocolate is to be placed in a box which is a cuboid of size 16 cm by x cm by 1.5 cm.
(i) Show that the chocolate will fit inside the box.
Find the maximum number of boxes that can be packed inside one carton.
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(a)
3.5 r
Solid I is a cylinder with a small cylinder removed from its centre, as
shown in the diagram. The height of each cylinder is 20 cm and the
radius of the small cylinder is r cm.
The radius of the large cylinder is 3.5 cm greater than the radius of the
small cylinder.
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The volume of Solid I is 3000 cm3.
(i) Calculate r.
(2)
16.5
rim
15.5
Abakingtrayisanopencylinderofradius15.5cmwitharim.
Theouteredgeoftherimisacircleofradius16.5cm.
(i) Calculatetheareaofthetopsurfaceoftherim.
(ii) 44identicalcircularholesarecutoutofthebottomofthebakingtray.
Theareaofthebottomthatremainsis650cm2.
Calculatetheradiusofeachcircularhole.
1 2
(3) [Volume of a cone = rr h]
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[Curved surface area of a cone = rrl]
(i) Show that the radius of the base of the cone is 3.4 cm, correct to 1 decimal place.
A B
B
A
(c)
C
D is the point on the arc AB such that AÔD : DÔB = 1 : 2 .
Gavin says that the shaded area on this diagram is the same as the shaded area calculated in
part (b)(ii).
72ºº
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B
A
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(b) Calculatethetotalvolumeofthesolid.
(c) Another solid of the same type is made by joining a cone of radius 5cm and
height h cm to a hemisphereofradius5cm. 4.5
Theconeandhemispherehaveequalvolumes. Calculatetheheightofthecone.
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A B
8 ThediagramshowsasectorAOBofacirclewithcentreOandradius9.3cm.
Theangleofthesectoris260°.
9.3
O
(a) (i) CalculatethelengthofthemajorarcAB.
260°
(ii) CalculatetheareaofthemajorsectorAOB.
(b) Asectorofradius0.8cm,centreO,isremovedfromthesectorAOB
asshowninDiagramI.
Theshadedshapeisusedtomakepartofaconicalfunnel.
AD isjoinedtoBC as showninDiagramII.
A B
D C A,B
Diagram I 0.8
O
D,C
Diagram II
ThecircumferenceofthetopoftheconicalfunnelisthemajorarcAB,andthecircumferenceof
thebottomoftheconicalfunnelisthemajorarcCD.
(i) Calculatetheexternalsurfaceareaofthispartofthefunnel.
(ii) Thefunneliscompletedbyattachinganopencylinderofheight5cm
tothebottomoftheconicalpart.
(a) Showthattheradiusofthecylinderis0.578cm,
correctto3significantfigures.
(b) Calculatetheexternalcurvedsurfaceareaofthiscylinder.
(c) Calculatethevolumeofthiscylinder. 5
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9 [Volume of a cone = rr h]
3
[Curved surface area of a cone = πrl]
The diagram shows a solid cone of height 15 cm and base radius 6 cm.
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(a) Show that the slant height of the cone is 16.2 cm, correct to one decimal place.
(b) Calculate the total surface area of the cone.
(c) Calculate the volume of the cone. 6
(d) The cone is made from wood.
The mass of 1 m3 of the wood is 560 kg.
6 (a) A candle is in the shape of a cylinder of radius 1.6 cm and height 7.5 cm.
(ii) Kate has a rectangular frame with length 18 cm and width 13 cm, both measured
correct to the nearest centimetre.
Will the photo definitely fit into the frame?
Explain your answer.
10 The diagram shows a major segment of a circle with centre O and radius 15 cm.
A and B are two points on the circumference such that AÔB = 60°.
O
(a) Calculate
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(i) the area of the major segment,
(ii) the perimeter of the major segment. A B
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B
A
H G
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C D
F E
(a) The letter Z has rotational symmetry order 2 and DE is perpendicular to FE and CD.
CD = 35 cm, FE = 50 cm, DE = 10 cm and BC = 81 cm.
The perpendicular distance between BC and GF is 10 cm.
(i) The length of the base of the letter Z on the sign above the entrance is 50 cm.
Calculate the length of the base of the letter Z on the sign above the exit.
(ii) The area of the sign above the entrance is A cm2.
The area of the sign above the exit is kA cm2.
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11 [Volume of a cone = π r h]
3
The solid above consists of a cone with base radius r centimetres on top of a cylinder r
of radius r centimetres.
The height of the cylinder is twice the height of the cone. H
The total height of the solid is H centimetres.
(a) Find an expression, in terms of π, r and H, for the volume of the solid.
Give your answer in its simplest form.
r
(b) It is given that r = 10 and the height of the cone is 15 cm.
(i) Show that the slant height of the cone is 18.0 cm, correct to one decimal place.
(ii) Find the circumference of the base of the cone.
(iii) The curved surface area of the cone
can be made into the shape of a
sector of a circle with angle θº.
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Show that θ is 200, correct to θ°
the nearest integer.
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(iv) Hence, or otherwise, find the total surface area of the solid.
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(a) Calculate the volume of candle wax required to make this candle.
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(b) How many of these candles can be made using 3 litres of candle wax?
length
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12 [Volume of a cone = 3 π r 2h]
[Curved surface area of a cone = π rl]
(i) AB,
Calculate A C
A
(a) (i) Calculate the perimeter of the sector OAB.
(ii) The vessel, which stands on a horizontal table, contains 800cm3 of water, shown shaded in
the diagram.
(b)
O 20 O
8 Diagram I
8 x
Q
M N
A B
A B
P
Diagram II Diagram III
The vessel is now placed so that its curved surface is in contact with the horizontal table as shown
in Diagram II.
Diagram III shows the cross-section of the vessel with the shaded section representing the water.
P is the midpoint of the arc AB and is in contact with the table.
Q is the point on the water surface, MN, which is vertically above P.
(b) Show that the shaded area in Diagram III is (16π – x2) square centimetres. [2]
Given that the length of the vessel is 20 cm, find the value of x. [3]
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7 (a) When a solid rectangular wooden block of oak floats, 60% of its height is under water.
(b) In the diagram, the shaded region represents part of the surface area of the block that is in
contact with the water.
Calculate the total surface area of the block that is in contact with the water. [2]
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A B
A B O 9
220°
Calculate
(i) the area of the curved surface of the cylinder that is in contact with the water, [2]
(ii) the surface area of one end of the cylinder that is in contact with the water, [4]
(iii) the distance between the water level AB and the top of the cylinder. [2]
7 A, B, C, D and E are five different shaped blocks of ice stored in a refrigerated room.
(a) At 11 p.m. on Monday the cooling system failed, and the blocks started to melt.
At the end of each 24 hour period, the volume of each block was 12% less than its volume at the start
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(i) Block A had a volume of 7500 cm3 at 11 p.m. on Monday.
Calculate its volume at 11 p.m. on Wednesday. [2]
(ii) Block B had a volume of 6490 cm3 at 11 p.m. on Tuesday.
Calculate its volume at 11 p.m. on the previous day. [2]
(iii) Showing your working clearly, find on which day the volume of Block C was half its volume at
11 p.m. on Monday. [2]
(c) As Block E melted, its shape was always geometrically similar to its original shape.
It had a volume of 5000 cm3 when its height was 12 cm.
Calculate its height when its volume was 1080 cm3. [2]
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7 (a) [The volume of a sphere is 43 πr 3.]
[The surface area of a sphere is 4πr 2.]
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(b) The volume of water in a container is directly proportional to the cube of its depth.
When the depth is 12 cm, the volume is 576 cm3.
Calculate
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[4]
(a) Calculate the surface area of the inside of the container that is in contact with the water.
Give your answer correct to the nearest square centimetre. [4]
(b) Show that the volume of the water is 972π cm3. [2]
Diagram II [4]
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AC and BD are diameters of the circle, centre O.
AC = 12 cm and AOt B = 130°.
A B
(a) Calculate the area of triangle AOB.
130°
(b) Calculate the area of the sector AOD.
O
(c) Calculate the percentage of the area of the circle that is shaded.
D C
1 F
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The diagram shows a pyramid with a rectangular, horizontal base.
Vertex F of the pyramid is vertically above the centre of the base, E. 9.5
AB = 6.2 cm and BC = 4.3 cm.
The length of each sloping edge of the pyramid is 9.5 cm.
(a) Show that the height, EF, of the pyramid is 8.72 cm, D C
correct to 3 significant figures.
E 4.3
(b) Calculate the volume of the pyramid.
A 6.2 B
(c) Calculate angle AFB.
(d) Calculate the angle of elevation of F from the midpoint of AB.
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9 (a) [Volume of a sphere = rr 3 ]
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[Surface area of a sphere = 4rr 2 ]
The diagram shows lamp A. 24
It is made in the shape of a cylinder with a hemisphere on top.
The radius of the hemisphere and the radius of the cylinder are both 3 cm.
The total height of the lamp is 24 cm.
(i) Show that the volume of lamp A is 650 cm3, correct to 3 significant figures. 3
Calculate the upper bound of the mass of the packing case when empty.
Give your answer in kilograms.
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8 [Volume of a cone = rr2h]
3
[Curved surface area of a cone = rrl ]
4 3 x
[Volume of a sphere = rr ]
3
[Surface area of a sphere = 4rr2] 18
The diagram shows solid A which is made from a hemisphere joined to a cone of equal radius.
The hemisphere and the cone each have radius 6 cm.
The total height of the solid is 18 cm.
(a) Show that the slant height, x cm, of the cone is 13.4 cm, correct to 1 decimal place.
(b) Calculate the total surface area of solid A.
(c) Calculate the volume of solid A.
(d) Solid A is one of a set of three geometrically similar solids, A, B and C.
The ratio of the heights of solid A : solid B : solid C is 2 : 6 : 1.
11 ABCD is a rectangle. A B
P and Q are points on DC.
AQ and BP intersect at R.
D P Q C
(b) A 9 B
In rectangle ABCD, AB = 9 cm and AD = 5 cm. 55°
35°
DAtQ = 55°, CBt P = 35° and AQ is perpendicular to BP. 5
(i) Calculate AQ. R
(ii) Calculate AR.
D P Q C
(iii) Calculate the area of triangle ARB.
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8 (a) P and Q are points on the circumference of a circle, centre O, radius R cm.
The minor arc PQ = 20 cm and PÔQ = 48°.
P 20 Q
(i) Show that R = 23.9, correct to one decimal place.
48° R
(ii) Calculate the area of the minor sector POQ.
(iii) The minor sector POQ is removed from the circle and O
the remaining major sector is shaped to
P Q
r
48° R
Calculate r.
(b) [The curved surface area of a cone is πrl, where l is the slant height]
Cone A has radius 7.5 cm and height 4 cm.
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(i) Calculate the curved surface area of cone A.
(ii) Cone B is geometrically similar to cone A. 7.5
Cone A
The ratio curved surface area of cone A : curved surface area of cone B is 64 : 25 .
11 (a)
Thediagramshowsasolidtriangularprism.
Alllengthsaregivenincentimetres.
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(i) Calculatetheareaofthecross-sectionoftheprism.
50° 20
(ii) Calculatethevolumeoftheprism.
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(iii) Calculatethetotalsurfaceareaoftheprism.
(b) Acylinderhasaheightof70cmandavolumeof0.1m3.
Calculatetheradiusofthecylinder,givingyouranswerincentimetres.
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(a)
A spoon used for measuring in cookery consists of a hemispherical bowl and a handle.
The internal volume of the hemispherical bowl is 20 cm3.
The handle is of length 5 cm.
(ii) The hemispherical bowl of a geometrically similar spoon has an internal volume of 50 cm3.
(iii) Another 25° slice of cheese has 3 times the height and twice the radius.
Calculate its volume.
(c) A dairy produces cylindrical cheeses, each with a volume of 800 cm3. r
The height h cm and the radius r cm can vary. h
4 (a) The diagram shows a solid triangular prism. The dimensions are in metres. 7
0.6
y B
A 2 A
0.6 h
y B 25° 25°
(i) When the prism has moved 2 m up the ramp, it has risen h metres vertically.
Calculate h.
(ii) As it moves, the uppermost face of the prism B remains horizontal.
The length of the horizontal edge of the face is 0.6 m.
The length of the vertical edge of the prism is y metres.
Calculate y.
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The diagram shows the perimeter of a 400 m running track.
It consists of a rectangle measuring 100 m by d metres and
two semicircles of diameter d metres. The length of each
d
semicircular arc is 100 m.
(a) Calculate d.
(b) Calculate the total area of the region inside the running track.
(c) T
A
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S is the starting point and finishing point for the 400 m race
nS
for a runner in the inside lane. A runner in an outer lane is
always 3 m from the inner perimeter
O
The runner in the outer lane starts at A, runs 400 m and
finishes at T. TS = 3 m.
10 Afueltankerdeliversfuelinacylindricalcontaineroflength9.5mandradius0.8m.
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(a) Afterseveraldeliveries,thefuelremaininginthecontainerisshowninthediagram.
9.5
O
0.8
A
B
t = 90c.
AB ishorizontal,Oisthecentreofthecircularcross-sectionand AOB
(i) Calculatethecurvedsurfaceareaofthecontainerthatisincontactwiththefuel.
(ii) Calculatethevolumeoffuelremaininginthecontainer.
(iii) Calculatethisvolumeremainingasapercentageofthevolumeofthewholecontainer.
(b) Thefuelispumpedthroughacylindricalpipeofradius4.5cmatarateof300cm/s.
(i) Calculatethevolumepumpedin1second.
(ii) Calculatethetimetaken,inminutes,topump25000litresoffuel.
Giveyouranswercorrecttothenearestminute.
8 The diagram shows a sector AOB of a circle with centre O and radius 6 cm.
The angle of the sector is 310c.
A 6
(a) Calculate the total perimeter of the sector.
310°
O
(b) Calculate the area of the sector.
B
(c) This sector is cut from a rectangular piece of card of height 12 cm and width w cm.
Calculate the percentage of the rectangular piece of card that is discarded as waste. w
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(c) Diagram I
Diagram II
Diagram III
7 (a) Tuna chunks are sold in cylindrical tins.
The 130 g tin costs $1.00 and the 185 g tin costs $1.50.
3 (a)
Diagram I shows one large circle and five identical small circles.
Each of the five radii shown is a tangent to two of the small circles.
(ii) The radius of the large circle is R centimetres and the radius
of each small circle is r centimetres.
Each small circle is equal in area to the shaded region.
Find R2 : r2.
Diagram I
(b)
Diagram II shows the same large circle and arcs of the same small
circles as in Diagram I. C is the centre of one of the small circles.
This circle touches the adjacent circles at A and B. r B
C
O is the centre of the large circle.
(i) Show that reflex AĈB = 252°. O
A
(ii) The perimeter of the shaded region is kπr centimetres.
Calculate the value of k.
Diagram II
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7(b) [The volume of a pyramid =3 × base area × height]
The equilateral triangle of side 8 cm in Diagram I forms the base of the triangular pyramid V
VABC in Diagram II.
The vertex V is vertically above F. 8
VA = VB = VC = 8 cm. B
(iii) Calculate the total surface area of the tank that is in contact with the water.
(iv) The water had entered the tank through a circular pipe of radius 0.8 cm. 20
It flowed through the pipe at 25 centimetres per second.
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How long did the 9600 cm3 of water take to enter the tank?
Give your answer correct to the nearest second.
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(b) [Volume of a sphere = πr ]
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250 identical spheres are placed in the bottom of the tank.
Each sphere has a volume of 2.6 cm3.
(i) Calculate by how much the water level in the tank will rise.
Give your answer in millimetres.
9 Diagram I shows a cube with a triangular pyramid removed from one vertex. B
This triangular pyramid ABCD is shown in Diagram II.
AB = AC = AD = 5 cm. C
D
(a) State the height of this pyramid when the base is triangle ABD.
(i) faces,
(ii) vertices,
(iii) edges.
Diagram III
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7 (a) A fuel tank is a cylinder of diameter 1.8 m.
(i) The tank holds 25 000 litres when full.
Given that 1m3 = 1000 litres, calculate the length of the cylinder.
Give your answer in metres.
(ii) A
The diagram shows the cross-section of the cylinder, centre O, containing some fuel.
CD is horizontal and is the level of the fuel in the cylinder.
AB is a vertical diameter and intersects CD at E.
O
Given that E is the midpoint of OB, 0.9
(a) show that EÔD = 60°, C E D
(b) calculate the area of the segment BCD,
B fuel
(c) calculate the number of litres of fuel in the cylinder.
4 3
(b) [Volume of a sphere = πr ]
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A different fuel tank consists of a cylinder of diameter 1.5 m
and a hemisphere of diameter 1.5 m at one end. 1.5 1.5
The volume of the cylinder is 10 times the volume of the hemisphere.
Calculate the length of the cylinder.
(i) Calculate, in square centimetres, the area of the cross-section of the material on the roll (shaded
on the diagram). [2]
(ii) The material is 200 cm wide on the roll.
Calculate, in cubic metres, the volume of the material. [2]
(iii) When unwound, the length of the material is 150 m.
Calculate the thickness of the material, giving your answer in millimetres. [2]
7 (a) Compost for growing plants consists of 3 parts of soil to 2 parts of sand to 1 part of peat.
(i) Calculate the number of litres of sand in a 75 litre bag of compost. [2]
(ii) Compost is sold in 5 litre, 25 litre and 75 litre bags costing $2, $8.75 and $27 respectively.
Showing your working clearly, state which bag represents the best value for money. [2]
12
10
5
How many of these plant pots can be completely filled from a 75 litre bag of compost? [2]
Diagram I
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(ii) In Diagram II, two sections of the design have been shaded.
Each small circle has a radius of 5 cm.
Calculate
(a) the area of the large circle,
(b) the shaded area.
Diagram II
(b) In Diagram III, circles, centres O, A and B,
are shown, together with the same shaded area.
O is also the centre of the large circle.
(i) Write down angle AOB. O
(ii) Calculate the total perimeter of the shaded area.
A B
Diagram III
7 [Surface area of a sphere = 4πr 2]
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[Volume of a sphere = π r 3]
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30
30
(a) Calculate the total surface area, including the base, of the outside of the tank.
(b) Calculate
(i) the surface area of the toy,
(ii) the volume of the toy.
(c) A solid metal cylinder has a radius of 1.5 m and height 2m.
The cylinder was melted down and all of the metal was used to make a large number of these toys.
Calculate the number of toys that were made. [4]
7 3.6
2.5
0.9
2.2 1.9
0.8
1.2
A 8 B A B
O
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D C D C
Diagram I Diagram II
A circular piece of wire, centre O, passes through the vertices of the rectangle as shown in
Diagram I.
(a) Show that the radius of the circular wire is 5 cm. [1]
(b) Show that angle AOB # 106.3°, correct to 1 decimal place. [2]
(d) The circular wire is cut at A, B, C and D, and the four pieces joined to form the shape shown in
Diagram II.