IGCSE CIE Maths 3 hours 23 questions

Paper 4

3.10 Sine, Cosine Rule

& Area of Triangles
3.10.1 Sine & Cosine Rules / 3.10.2 Area of a Triangle / 3.10.3 Applications of
Trigonometry

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Hard (10 questions) /85

Very Hard (6 questions) /61

Total Marks /189

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Medium Questions

1 (a) The diagram shows the positions of three points A , B and C in a field.
Show that BC is 118.1 m, correct to 1 decimal place.

(3 marks)

(b) Calculate angle ABC .

Angle ABC = ................................................

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2 (a) The diagram shows two triangles.
Calculate QR.

QR = ............................................ m

(3 marks)

(b) Calculate RS.

RS = ............................................ m

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(c) Calculate the total area of the two triangles.

............................................ m2

(3 marks)

3 Use the cosine rule to find angle BAC.

Angle BAC = ...................................................

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4
The diagram shows triangle ABC.
i) Use the cosine rule to calculate BC.

BC = ............................................... m [4]
ii) Use the sine rule to calculate angle ACB.

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

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5 (a) The diagram shows a field, ABCD, on horizontal ground.
Use the cosine rule to find angle BAC.

Angle BAC = ...................................................

(4 marks)

(b) Use the sine rule to find angle CAD.

Angle CAD = ...................................................

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 (3 marks)

(c) Calculate the area of the field.

............................................... m2

(3 marks)

6
Calculate the area of triangle PQR.

........................................ cm2

(2 marks)

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7 (a) The diagram shows a field, ABCD, on horizontal ground.
BC = 192 m, CD = 287.9 m and BD = 168 m.

Angle CBD rounds to 106.0°, correct to 1 decimal place.

Calculate the area of triangle BCD.

............................................ m2

(2 marks)

(b) 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 = 10000m2]

$ ................................................

(2 marks)

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Hard Questions

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

BC = 192 m, CD = 287.9 m and BD = 168 m.
Calculate angle CBD and show that it rounds to 106.0°, correct to 1 decimal place.

(4 marks)

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2 AD = 10 cm, BC = 8 cm, BX = 5 cm, CX = 7 cm.

The diagonals of the cyclic quadrilateral ABCD intersect at X.

Calculate angle BXC.

Angle BXC = ................................................

(4 marks)

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3 (a) The diagram shows a trapezium ABCD .
AB is parallel to DC .
AB = 55 m, BD = 70 m , angle ABD = 40° and angle BCD = 32°.
Calculate AD .

AD = ........................................... m

(4 marks)

(b) Calculate BC .

BC = ........................................... m

(4 marks)

(c) Calculate the area of ABCD .

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 .......................................... m2

(3 marks)

4 The diagram shows two triangles ABD and BCD .

AD = 16. 5 cm and BD = 12. 4 cm .
Angle ADB = 64°, angle BDC = 53° and angle DBC = 95°.
i) Find AB .

AB = ........................................ cm [4]
ii) Find BC .

BC = ........................................ cm [4]

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5 In the diagram, BC is a vertical wall standing on horizontal ground AB .

D is the point on AB where AD = 58 m.
The angle of elevation of C from A is 26°.
The angle of elevation of C from D is 72°.
i) Show that AC = 76.7 m, correct to 1 decimal place.

[5]
ii) Calculate BD .

BD = .......................................... m [3]

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In the diagram, AB = 18 cm, BC = 21.3 cm and BD = 11.6 cm.

Angle BDC = 123.5° and angle ABC is a right angle.
i) Calculate angle BCD.

Angle BCD = ............................................... [3]

ii) Calculate AD.

AD = ......................................... cm [5]

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7 (a) The diagram shows the positions of three cities, Geneva (G), Budapest (B) and Hamburg
(H).

Use the cosine rule to calculate the distance from Geneva to Budapest.

.......................................... km

(4 marks)

(b) The bearing of Budapest from Hamburg is 133°.

Calculate the bearing of Budapest from Geneva.

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8 (a)

Calculate angle ACB.

Angle ACB = .................................................

(4 marks)

(b) Calculate angle ACD.

Angle ACD = ..................................................

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(c) Calculate the area of the quadrilateral ABCD.

........................................... cm2

(3 marks)

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9 (a)
In the pentagon ABCDE , angle ACB = angle AED = 90°.
Triangle ACD is equilateral with side length 12 cm.
DE = BC = 6 cm.
Calculate angle BAE .

Angle BAE = .............................................

(4 marks)

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(b) Calculate the area of the pentagon.

......................................... cm2

(4 marks)

(c) Calculate.
i) AB .

AB = ......................................... cm [2]
ii) AE .

AE = ......................................... cm [3]

(5 marks)

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10 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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 (10 marks)

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Very Hard Questions

1 (a) 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°.
Calculate the value of x .

x = ................................................

(4 marks)

(b) Calculate AC.

AC = ........................................... cm

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2 The area of triangle DEF is 70 m2.

i) Show that 4x 2 + 11x − 300 = 0.

[4]
ii) Use the quadratic formula to solve 4x 2 + 11x − 300 = 0 .
Show all your working and give your answers correct to 2 decimal places.

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

iii) Find the length of DE.

DE = ............................................... m [1]

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 (9 marks)

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3 (a) The diagram shows a field ABCDE.
Calculate the perimeter of the field ABCDE.

................................................ m

(4 marks)

(b) Calculate angle ABD.

Angle ABD = ..........................................................

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 (4 marks)

(c) i) Calculate angle CBD.

Angle CBD = .................................................... [2]

ii) The point C is due north of the point B.

Find the bearing of D from B.

[2]

(4 marks)

(d) Calculate the area of the field ABCDE.

Give your answer in hectares.
[1 hectare = 10 000m2]

...................................... hectares

(4 marks)

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4 (a) Triangle EFG has an area of 70 m2.
EF: FG = 1:2 and angle EFG =40°.
Calculate EF .

EF = .......................................... m

(4 marks)

PQR also has an area of 70 m2.

(b) A different triangle
PQ : QR = 1:2 and PQ = EF

Find angle PQR .

Angle PQR = ..............................................

(1 mark)

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5 (a) The diagram shows a design made from a triangle AOC joined to a sector OCB.
AC = 8cm, OB = OC = 7 cm and angle ACO = 78°.
Use the cosine rule to show that OA = 9.47 cm, correct to 2 decimal places.

(4 marks)

(b) Calculate angle OAC.

Angle OAC = ................................................

(3 marks)

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(c) The perimeter of the design is 29.5 cm.

Show that angle COB = 41.2°, correct to 1 decimal place.

(5 marks)

(d) Calculate the total area of the design.

......................................... cm2

(4 marks)

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6 (a) The diagram shows two ports, L and P, and a buoy, M.
The bearing of L from P is 201° and LP = 248 km.
The bearing of M from P is 127°.
Angle PML = 42°.
Use the sine rule to calculate LM.

LM = ......................................... km

(4 marks)

(b) A ship sails directly from L to P.

Calculate the shortest distance from M to LP.

.......................................... km

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 (3 marks)

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