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The diagram shows two straight lines intersecting two parallel lines.

Find the value of x.

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

[Total: 2]

The diagram shows triangle BCE and a straight line ABCD.

BE = CE and angle ABE = 104°.

Find the value of x.

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

[Total: 2]
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x° 68°

The diagram shows two parallel lines and a straight line crossing them.

Find the value of x and the value of y.

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

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

[Total: 2]
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T

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R 73°

75°
P
129°
Q

PQRS is a quadrilateral.
RST is a straight line.

Find angle PST.

Angle PST = ................................................... [2]

[Total: 2]
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5 ABC, DEF and GHK are triangles with all vertices on the circumference of a circle.

From the list, draw a ring around the line that is a diameter of the circle.

AB AC DE DF GH GK

[1]

[Total: 1]
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Triangle ABC is mathematically similar to triangle DEF.

Find BC.

BC = ......................................... cm [2]

[Total: 2]

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6 cm SCALE

A B P Q
8 cm 6 cm

Triangle ABC is mathematically similar to triangle PQR.

Calculate QR.

QR = ................................................... cm [2]
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[Total: 2]

The diagram shows a circle and eight chords.

Calculate the values of u, v, w and x.

u = ...................................................

v = ...................................................

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

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

[Total: 4]
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D 38°
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C

B
x° y°
A

A, B, C and D are points on a circle.

TU is a tangent to the circle at D.
DA is parallel to CB.

Find the value of x and the value of y.

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

y = ................................................... [3]

[Total: 3]

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Triangle PQR is similar to triangle ABC with .

AB = 9 cm and the area of triangle ABC is 18 cm 2 .

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(a) Find the length of PQ.

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

(b) Find the area of triangle PQR.

.............................................. cm2 [2]

[Total: 3]

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6 cm SCALE

A B P Q
8 cm 6 cm

Triangle ABC is mathematically similar to triangle PQR.

The two triangles are the cross-sections of two mathematically similar prisms.
The volume of the larger prism is 320 cm3.

Calculate the volume of the smaller prism.

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

[Total: 2]
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12 A quadrilateral P is enlarged by a scale factor of 1.2 to give quadrilateral Q.

The area of quadrilateral P is 20 cm2.

Calculate the area of quadrilateral Q.

................................................... cm2 [2]

[Total: 2]

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Triangle ABC is similar to triangle PQR.

(a) Find the value of x.

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

(b) The area of triangle PQR is 25 cm2 .

Calculate the area of triangle ABC.

................................................... cm2 [2]

[Total: 4]
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O

F G H

G, K and M lie on a circle, centre O.

FGH is a tangent to the circle at G and MG is parallel to OH.

Show that triangle GKM is mathematically similar to triangle OHG.

Give a geometrical reason for each statement you make.

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

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

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

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

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

[Total: 4]

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6 cm
A B
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8 cm 7 cm

C D
12 cm

In the diagram, AB is parallel to CD.

AD and BC intersect at X.
AB = 6 cm, CD = 12 cm, CX = 8 cm and DX = 7 cm.

(a) Complete the statement.

Triangle ABX is ................................................... to triangle DCX. [1]

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(b) Work out the length of BX.

BX = ................................................... cm [2]

(c) The area of triangle DCX is 26.906 cm2.

Use this value to find the area of

(i) triangle ABX,

................................................... cm2 [2]

(ii) triangle ACX.

................................................... cm2 [1]

[Total: 6]
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C lies on a circle with diameter AD.

B lies on AC and E lies on AD such that BE is parallel to CD.
AB = 21 cm, CD = 18 cm and BE = 13.5 cm.

Work out the radius of the circle.

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

[Total: 5]
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The two containers are mathematically similar in shape.

The larger container has a volume of 3456 cm3 and a surface area of 1024 cm2.
The smaller container has a volume of 1458 cm3.

Calculate the surface area of the smaller container.

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

[Total: 4]

18 Two containers are mathematically similar.

Their volumes are 54 cm3 and 128 cm3.
The height of the smaller container is 4.5 cm.

Calculate the height of the larger container.

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

[Total: 3]
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A, B, C and D are points on the circumference of the circle.

AC and BD intersect at X.

(a) Complete the statement.

Triangle ADX is ................................................... to triangle BCX. [1]

(b) The area of triangle ADX is 36 cm2 and the area of triangle BCX is 65.61 cm2.
AX = 8.6 cm and DX = 7.2 cm.

Find BX.

BX = ................................................... cm [3]

[Total: 4]