IGCSE Cambridge (CIE) Maths 5 hours 47 questions
Exam Questions
Sine, Cosine Rule &
Area of Triangles
The Sine Rule / The Cosine Rule / Area of a Triangle / Deciding the Trig Rule
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Hard (18 questions) /126
Very Hard (13 questions) /95
Total Marks /306
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Medium Questions
1 (a)
Calculate the area of the quadrilateral ABCD .
...................................... cm2
(4 marks)
(b) Calculate the length of CD .
...................................... cm
(3 marks)
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(c) Calculate the shortest distance from A to CD .
...................................... cm
(6 marks)
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2 (a)
The diagram shows a quadrilateral, ABCD , formed from two triangles, ABC and ACD
.
ABC is a right-angled triangle.
Calculate angle BAC .
Angle BAC = ..............................................
(2 marks)
(b) Calculate BD .
BD = ......................................... cm
(4 marks)
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3
The area of the triangle is 50cm2.
Calculate the value of sinx .
sin x = ..............................................
(2 marks)
Calculate the area of the triangle.
............................................. cm2
(2 marks)
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5
Use the sine rule to find angle ABC.
Angle ABC = ..............................................
(3 marks)
Calculate the value of x .
x = ................................................
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(4 marks)
Calculate angle LMN.
Angle LMN = ..............................................
(4 marks)
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8 (a) ABC is a triangle.
Work out the area of triangle ABC .
Give your answer as an exact value.
(2 marks)
(b) Work out the length of the side AB . Give your answer as a simplified surd.
(3 marks)
Calculate the length of PR .
Give your answer correct to 3 significant figures.
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(3 marks)
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10 (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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(3 marks)
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11 (a)
The diagram shows two triangles.
Calculate QR.
QR = ............................................ m
(3 marks)
(b) Calculate RS.
RS = ............................................ m
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(4 marks)
(c) Calculate the total area of the two triangles.
............................................ m2
(3 marks)
12
Use the cosine rule to find angle BAC.
Angle BAC = ...................................................
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(4 marks)
13
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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(7 marks)
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14 (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)
15
Calculate the area of triangle PQR.
........................................ cm2
(2 marks)
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16 (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 (a)
Calculate the value of x .
x= ................................................
(3 marks)
(b) Calculate the area of the triangle.
.......................................... cm2
(3 marks)
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2
Calculate the obtuse angle x in this triangle.
x = ...................................................
(3 marks)
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3 (a)
Calculate SR.
SR = ............................................... cm
(3 marks)
(b) Calculate RQ.
RQ = ............................................... cm
(4 marks)
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4
Work out the length of AD .
Give your answer correct to 3 significant figures.
(5 marks)
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5
ABC is a triangle.
AB = 8 . 7 cm.
Angle ABC = 49°.
Angle ACB = 64°.
Calculate the area of triangle ABC .
Give your answer correct to 3 significant figures.
(5 marks)
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6 The diagram shows triangle LMN .
Calculate the length of LN .
Give your answer correct to 3 significant figures.
(5 marks)
ABC is a triangle.
D is a point on AC .
Angle BAD = 45°
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Angle ADB = 80°
AB = 7.4cm
DC = 5.8 cm
Work out the length of BC .
Give your answer correct to 3 significant figures.
(5 marks)
8 ABC is a triangle.
AC = 8.4m
Angle ACB = 40°
The area of the triangle = 100 m2.
Work out the length of AB .
Give your answer correct to 3 significant figures.
You must show all your working.
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(5 marks)
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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10
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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11 (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)
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(c) Calculate the area of ABCD .
.......................................... m2
(3 marks)
12
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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(8 marks)
13
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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(8 marks)
14
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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]
(8 marks)
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15 (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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(4 marks)
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16 (a)
Calculate angle ACB.
Angle ACB = .................................................
(4 marks)
(b) Calculate angle ACD.
Angle ACD = ..................................................
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(4 marks)
(c) Calculate the area of the quadrilateral ABCD.
........................................... cm2
(3 marks)
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17 (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.
i) AB .
AB = ......................................... cm [2]
ii) AE .
AE = ......................................... cm [3]
(5 marks)
(c) Calculate the area of the pentagon.
......................................... cm2
(4 marks)
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18
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 Find the area of a regular hexagon with side length 7.4 cm.
.......................................... cm2
(3 marks)
The diagram shows a cuboid.
AB = 8 cm, AD = 6 cm and DH = 6 cm.
Calculate angle HAF.
Angle HAF = .................................................
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(6 marks)
The diagram shows an equilateral triangle ABC with sides of length 10 cm.
AMN is a sector of a circle, centre A.
M is the mid-point of AC.
Work out the area of the shaded region.
⎛⎜ b ⎞
Give your answer in the form ⎜ a 3 − π ⎟⎟ cm2 where a , b and c are integers.
⎝ c ⎠
......................................... cm2
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(4 marks)
The area of triangle ABC is 6 2 m2.
Calculate the value of x .
Give your answer correct to 3 significant figures.
(5 marks)
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5 ABC and ADC are triangles.
The area of triangle ADC is 56 m2
Work out the length of AB .
Give your answer correct to 1 decimal place.
(5 marks)
6 ABCD is a parallelogram.
AC = 9 cm
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DC = 11 cm
Angle DAC = 100°
Calculate the area of the parallelogram.
Give your answer correct to 3 significant figures.
(5 marks)
ABC is an acute-angled triangle. BA = 7cm BC = 8cm
The area of triangle ABC is 18 cm2.
Work out the size of angle BAC .
Give your answer correct to 3 significant figures.
You must show all your working.
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(6 marks)
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8 (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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(4 marks)
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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10 (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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11 (a) Triangle EFG has an area of 70 m2.
EF: FG = 1:2 and angle EFG =40°.
Calculate EF .
EF = .......................................... m
(4 marks)
(b) A different triangle PQR also has an area of 70 m2.
PQ : QR = 1:2 and PQ = EF
Find angle PQR .
Angle PQR = ..............................................
(1 mark)
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12 (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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13 (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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