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Angle Properties of Circles

This document contains past paper questions for IGCSE/O Level Maths focusing on angle properties of circles. It includes various diagrams and problems requiring calculations of angles formed by tangents and chords in circles. The document is structured with difficulty levels ranging from easy to hard, and provides an answer key for reference.

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Angle Properties of Circles

This document contains past paper questions for IGCSE/O Level Maths focusing on angle properties of circles. It includes various diagrams and problems requiring calculations of angles formed by tangents and chords in circles. The document is structured with difficulty levels ranging from easy to hard, and provides an answer key for reference.

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PAST PAPER

QUESTIONS
IGCSE/O LEVEL
0580/4024
MATHS
TOPIC: ANGLE
PROPERTIES OF CIRCLES

@MathleteBySaad
[email protected]
Difficulty level: Easy

18
C

38°

T B

A, B and C are points on the circumference of a circle centre O.


O is the midpoint of BC and ABC t = 38°.
Tangents are drawn from T to touch the circle at A and B.
t .
(a) Calculate BCA

t = ............................. [1]
Answer BCA
t .
(b) Calculate ATB

t = .............................. [2]
Answer ATB

9 Find the integers that satisfy 1 1 3x + 5 G 11.

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

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17

222
A

53°

62° T
O

D t°

y° B
C

The diagram shows a circle, centre O, that passes through A, B, C and D.


The tangents at A and B meet at T.
t = 62° and DAB
ATB t = 53° .

(a) Find x.

Answer x = ..................................... [1]

(b) Find y.

Answer y = ..................................... [1]

(c) Find z.

Answer z = ..................................... [1]

(d) Find t.

Answer t = .................................... [1]

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7

10
3
E

NOT TO
SCALE
D
24°
F

O
110° C

A
B

Points A, B, C, D, E and F lie on the circle, centre O.

Find the value of x and the value of y.

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

y = .................................................. [2]

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12

174
A
B
NOT TO
SCALE



62° T
C

In the diagram, AC is a diameter of the circle centre O.


The tangents from T touch the circle at B and C.
t = 62° .
BCT

(a) Find x.

x = .................................................. [1]

(b) Find y.

y = ................................................ [2]

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10

195 In this Venn diagram, shade the region M l , N , P .

!
M N

P
[1]

20

(4x - 87) °

NOT TO
SCALE
(x + 60) °
2x°

The diagram shows a cyclic quadrilateral.

Find the value of y.

y = ................................................ [4]

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7

613
A
B

NOT TO
SCALE
O
D 44°

A, B and C are points on a circle, centre O.


DA and DC are tangents.
Angle ADC = 44° .

Work out the value of x.

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

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9
7
19 (a)
A

50° T

B NOT TO
SCALE

P, Q and T are points on a circle.


ATB is a tangent to the circle at T and PT = PQ.

Find angle TPQ.

Angle TPQ = ..................................................... [2]

(b)

68°
3x° NOT TO
SCALE
2x°

The diagram shows a cyclic quadrilateral with an exterior angle of 68°.

Find the value of w and the value of x.

w = .....................................................

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

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Answer Key:

1. S18/qp11/q8 (E)

2. S18/qp12/q22 (E)

3. S20/qp21/q10 (0580) (E)

4. W20/qp11/q17 (E)

5. W20/qp21/q20 (0580) (E)

6. S21/qp22/q13 (0580) (E)


7. S21/qp23/q19 (0580) (E)
Difficulty level: Intermediate

19 1
C
B

z° 43° 68° x°
D
T A O

In the diagram, A, B, C and D lie on the circle, centre O.


AD is a diameter.
The tangent to the circle at B meets the line DA produced at T.
t = 68° and CAO
AOB t = 43°.

(a) Find x.

Answer x = ........................................ [1]

(b) Find y.

Answer y = ........................................ [1]

(c) Find z.

Answer z = ........................................ [1]

(d) Find t.

Answer t = ......................................... [1]

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17
2
24
B
C

34° A

D

O

In the diagram, A, B, C, D and E lie on the circle, centre O.


BOE is a straight line.
DABˆ = 34° .

(a) Find x.

Answer x = .................................... [1]

(b) Find y.

Answer y = .................................... [1]

(c) Find z.

Answer z = .................................... [1]

(d) Find t.

Answer t = .................................... [1]

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12

317

T
125º
X O

35º Q
S

In the diagram, P, Q, R, S and T lie on the circle.


QT is a diameter of the circle, centre O.
X is the point of intersection of PS and QT.
t = 125° and PStQ = 35°.
PXT

(a) Complete the following statement with a geometrical reason.


t = 35° because ..................................................................................................................... [1]
PTQ
t .
(b) Find PQT

t = .............................. [1]
Answer PQT
t .
(c) Find SPQ

t = ............................... [1]
Answer SPQ
t .
(d) Find SRQ

t = ............................... [1]
Answer SRQ

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16
421
D
C NOT TO
y° SCALE

B
z° x°
O 53°
t° E

In the diagram, the points A, B, C, D and E lie on the circle, centre O.


The points B, O and E lie on a straight line.

t = 53° .
AB is parallel to ED and DEO

(a) Find x.

x = ................................................... [1]

(b) Find y.

y = ................................................... [1]

(c) Find z.

z = ................................................... [1]

(d) Find t.

t = ................................................... [1]

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15

520

NOT TO
SCALE
B
O

34° 69°

In the diagram, the points A, B, C, and D lie on the circle, centre O.


'
t = 69° and DCtA = 34° .
ACB

t .
(a) Find ABD

t = ................................................... [1]
ABD

t .
(b) Find AOD

t = ................................................... [1]
AOD

t .
(c) Find DAB

t = ................................................... [1]
DAB

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17

22
6
D NOT TO
SCALE

E
54°
z° C
O y°

48°


A B

In the diagram, A, B, C, D and E lie on the circle, centre O.


t = 48° , DEB
AOB t = 54° .

(a) Find x.

x = ................................................ [2]

(b) Find y.

y = ................................................ [1]

(c) Find z.

z = ................................................ [1]

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Answer Key:

1. S15/qp11/q19 (M)

2. W16/qp12/q24 (M)

3. S17/qp12/q17 (M)

4. W19/qp11/q21 (M)

5. W19/qp12/q20 (M)
6. W20/qp12/q22 (M)
Difficulty level: Hard

13 (a)
V
Q
P

U
R

38°
Circle I Circle II
106°
S
T

The points P, T, U and V lie on Circle I, and the points P, Q, R, S and T lie on Circle II.
UPQ and VPR are straight lines.
VT̂ U = 38˚ and TŜR = 106˚.

Find

(i) VP̂ U, [1]


(ii) QT̂ R, [1]
(iii) TP̂ R, [1]
(iv) UP̂ T. [1]

(b)
A


B C
O

A and B are points on the circle, centre O.


CA is a tangent at A and BOC is a straight line.
AĈ B = xº and BÂ O = yº.

Find an expression for y in terms of x. [3]

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7

2 (b)
S
P L
x° Q

R

TwocirclesintersectatLandM.
R and P are on the circumference of one circle. S and Q are on the circumference of the other
circle.
PLQ andRLSarestraightlines.
t =x°andMLQ
PLR t = y°.

t =x°.
(i) Completetheproofthat SMQ

Statement Reason
t =SLQ
x°= PLR t  .............................................................................................
t =SMQ
SLQ t =x° .............................................................................................  [2]
t =y°.
(ii) Provethat PRM

Statement Reason

 [2]

(iii) Completethefollowingstatement,givingyourreasons.

ThetrianglesPRM andQSM are.............................................

Reasons......................................................................................................................................

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

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

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

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19
3
(b)
A B

60°
O
C
E

A, B, C, D and E are points on the circumference of a circle, centre O.


AE = ED = DC = CB and AOB t = 60c.

t .
(i) Find ECD
Show all your working.

Answer t = ........................... [2]


ECD

(ii) The radius of the circle is 12 cm.

Calculate the length of the minor arc AB.


Use r = 3.14 .

Answer .................................. cm [2]

Question 25 is printed on the next page

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13

419
B

A 40°

D C

In the diagram, the two circles intersect at P and Q.


The line AB is a tangent to the circles at A and B.
AD and BC are diameters.
BD intersects the larger circle at R.
t = 40° .
DBC
t .
(a) Find CPR

t = ............................................. [1]
Answer CPR
t .
(b) Find CQR

t = ............................................. [1]
Answer CQR
t .
(c) Find ABD

t = ............................................. [1]
Answer ABD
t .
(d) Find ADB

t = ............................................. [1]
Answer ADB

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16
5
8
A

B
E

O
F
D y°
X

The diagram shows two circles each with centre O.


A, B, C and D are points on the circumference of the large circle.
E, F and G are points on the circumference of the small circle.
CGD and CFB are tangents to the small circle.
Lines AEOC and FG intersect at 90° at X.
GOXt = y° .

(a) Find each of these angles, as simply as possible, in terms of y.


Give reasons for your answers.

(i) t
GEO

t = ............................ because ..............................................................................


Answer GEO

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

(ii) t
GCX

t = ............................ because ..............................................................................


Answer GCX

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

(iii) t
DAB

t = ............................ because ..............................................................................


Answer DAB

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

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14
69 (a)

A B

C
109° NOT TO
SCALE
O

35°
28°
D

A, B, C, D and E lie on the circle, centre O.


Angle AEB = 35°, angle ODE = 28° and angle ACD = 109°.

(i) Work out the following angles, giving reasons for your answers.

(a) Angle EBD = ............................. because ...........................................................................

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

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

(b) Angle EAD = ............................. because ...........................................................................

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

(ii) Work out angle BEO.

Angle BEO = ................................................ [3]

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15

(b) In a regular polygon, the interior angle is 11 times the exterior angle.

(i) Work out the number of sides of this polygon.

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

(ii) Find the sum of the interior angles of this polygon.

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

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14
7
18
C
B

62°
D
127°

A


40°

In the diagram, A, B, C, D and E lie on the circle.


AB is parallel to ED.
t = 62°, CDE
ABE t = 127° and BECt = 40°.

(a) Find x.

Answer x = .................................... [1]

(b) Find y.

Answer y = .................................... [1]

(c) Find z.

Answer z = .................................... [1]

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9
8
13
D

NOT TO
SCALE
138°
O
12° E

F
B

A, B, C, D and E are points on the circumference of a circle, centre O.


Tangent AF touches the circle at A.
O is the midpoint of AD.
DOEt = 138° and BEO t = 12° .

t .
(a) Find EAD

t = ................................................... [1]
EAD

t .
(b) Find EAF

t = ................................................... [1]
EAF

t .
(c) Find BEA

t = ................................................... [1]
BEA

t .
(d) Find BCD

t = ................................................... [2]
BCD

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7
9
20
D
C
20° NOT TO
SCALE

O
131° B
T

A, B, C and D lie on the circle, centre O.


TA is a tangent to the circle at A.
Angle ABC = 131° and angle ADB = 20°.

Find

(a) angle ADC,

Angle ADC = ................................................. [1]

(b) angle AOC,

Angle AOC = ................................................. [1]

(c) angle BAT,

Angle BAT = ................................................. [1]

(d) angle OAB.

Angle OAB = ................................................. [1]

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Answer Key:

1. W10/qp21/q3(a) (H)

2. S15/qp21/q3(b) (H)

3. W15/qp11/q24(b)(i)(H)

4. S16/qp11/q19 (H)
5. W17/qp22/q8(a) (H)

6. S18/qp42/q9 (0580) (H)


7. W18/qp12/q18 (H)

8. S19/qp11/q13 (H)

9. S20/qp22/q20 (0580) (H)

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