IGCSE Cambridge (CIE) Maths 3 hours 30 questions

Calculator Questions

Circles, Arcs & Sectors

Area & Circumference of Circles / Arc Lengths & Sector Areas

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Very Hard (6 questions) /50

Total Marks /153

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Medium Questions
1

Calculate the area of this sector of a circle.

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

(2 marks)

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The diagram shows a sector of a circle with radius 6.2 cm and sector angle 217°.

Calculate the area of this sector.

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

(2 marks)

3 Calculate the area of a circle with radius 5.1 cm.

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

(2 marks)

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4 The diagram shows a sector of a circle of radius 4 cm.

Work out the length of the arc ABC .

Give your answer correct to 3 significant figures.

(2 marks)

5 The diagram shows sector OPQ of a circle, centre O

OP = OQ = 7 . 1 cm
Angle POQ = 110 °

Calculate the area of sector OPQ

Give your answer correct to one decimal place.

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 (2 marks)

The diagram shows a sector of a circle with centre O , radius 8 cm and sector angle 165°.

Calculate the total perimeter of the sector.

............................................ cm

(3 marks)

The diagram shows the surface of a garden pond, made from a rectangle and two
semicircles.

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The rectangle measures 3 m by 1.2 m.

Calculate the area of this surface.

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

(3 marks)

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8 (a)

The cross-section of a gate is a sector of a circle with radius 8.5 m and angle 76°.

Calculate the perimeter of the sector.

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

(7 marks)

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(b)

A solid metal cone has radius 10 cm and height 36 cm.

i) Calculate the volume of this cone. [The volume, V , of a cone with radius r and height h
1 2
is V= πr h .]
3

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

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ii) The cone is cut, parallel to its base, to give a smaller cone.

The volume of the smaller cone is half the volume of the original cone.
The smaller cone is melted down to make two different spheres.
The ratio of the radii of these two spheres is 1 : 2.

Calculate the radius of the smaller sphere.

4 3
[The volume, V , of a sphere with radius r is V= πr .]
3

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

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 (6 marks)

9 The diagram shows the top of Levi's birthday cake.

The top of the cake is in the shape of a circle.

The diameter of the circle is 7 inches.

A ribbon is going to be put around the side of the cake. Ribbons are sold in 50 cm
lengths.

1 inch is 2.54 cm.

Work out if one length of ribbon is long enough to go all the way around the cake.
You must show your working.

(4 marks)

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10 OAB is a sector of a circle with centre O and radius 7 cm.

The area of the sector is 40 cm2.

Calculate the perimeter of the sector.

Give your answer correct to 3 significant figures.

(4 marks)

11 The diagram shows a circle with centre O

A , B and C are points on the circle so that the length of the arc ABC is 5 cm.

Given that angle AOC = 55°

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 work out the area of the circle.
Give your answer correct to one decimal place.

(4 marks)

12 The diagram shows Yuen’s garden.

The garden is in the shape of a semicircle of radius 7 . 2m . Yuen is going to cover his
garden with grass seed.

Yuen has 12 boxes of grass seed.

Each box of grass seed contains enough seed to cover 6m2 of the garden.

Has Yuen enough grass seed for his garden?

Show your working clearly.

(3 marks)

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Hard Questions
1 Calculate the area of the sector of a circle with radius 65 mm and sector angle 42°.
Give your answer in square centimetres.

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

(3 marks)

The arc ABC is a quarter of a circle with centre O and radius 4.8 cm.
AC is a chord of the circle.

Work out the area of the shaded segment.

Give your answer correct to 3 significant figures.

(3 marks)

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3

OAB is a sector of a circle, centre O .

OCD is a sector of a circle, centre O .
OCA and ODB are straight lines.

Angle AOB = 75°

OD = 6 cm
DB = 4 cm

Calculate the perimeter of the shaded region.

Give your answer correct to 3 significant figures.

(3 marks)

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4

ONQ is a sector of a circle with centre O and radius 11 cm.

A is the point on ON and B is the point on OQ such that AOB is an equilateral

triangle of side 7 cm.

Calculate the area of the shaded region as a percentage of the area of the sector ONQ .
Give your answer correct to 1 decimal place.

(5 marks)

5 The diagram shows a shaded shape ABCD made from a semicircle ABC and a right-

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angled triangle ACD .

AC is the diameter of the semicircle ABC .

Work out the perimeter of the shaded shape.

Give your answer correct to 3 significant figures.

.................... cm

(5 marks)

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6

The diagram shows a square with side length 8 cm and a sector of a circle with radius 9.5
cm and sector angle x °. The perimeter of the square is equal to the perimeter of the
sector.

Calculate the value of x .

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

(3 marks)

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104In the diagram, A, B, C and D lie on the circle, centre O.

Angle ADC = 128°, angle ACD = 28° and angle BCO = 30°. Angle AOC = 104°.

The radius, OC, of the circle is 9.6 cm.

Calculate the total perimeter of the sector OADC.

.............................................. cm

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 (9 marks)

The diagram shows a sector of a circle of radius 3 . 8 cm. The arc length is 7 . 7 cm .

i) Calculate the value of y .

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

ii) Calculate the area of the sector.

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

(4 marks)

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9 (a)

P, Q and R are points on the circumference of the circle, centre O.

PO is parallel to QR and angle POQ = 48°.

Find angle OPR.

Angle OPR = ...............................................

(5 marks)

(b) The radius of the circle is 5.4 cm.

Calculate the length of the major arc PQ.

.......................................... cm

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 (5 marks)

10 The diagram shows a plan of Brian's lawn.

The edge of the lawn consists of two semicircles and two straight lines.
Each semicircle has centre O .
The diameters of the semicircles are 9 m and 5 m.

Brian is going to put lawn edging around the edge of the lawn.
Lawn edging is sold in 2.4 metre rolls.

Brian has £35

Lawn edging

£3.99 per roll

or

3 rolls for £10

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 Has Brian got enough money to buy all the rolls of lawn edging he needs?

You must show all your working.

(5 marks)

11 Saphia is organising a conference.

People at the conference will sit at circular tables.

Each table has a diameter of 140 cm.

Each person needs 60 cm around the circumference of the table.

There are 12 of these tables in the conference room.

A total of 90 people will be at the conference.

Are there enough tables in the conference room?

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 (4 marks)

12

A , B and C are points on a circle of radius 5 cm, centre O .

DA and DC are tangents to the circle.

DO = 9 cm

Work out the length of arc ABC .

Give your answer correct to 3 significant figures.

(5 marks)

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Very Hard Questions
1

The diagram shows a sector of a circle of radius 8 cm. The length of the arc PQ is 6.4 cm.

Find the area of the sector.

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

(4 marks)

2 The total perimeter of a semicircle is 19.02 cm.

Calculate the radius of the semicircle.

................................................ cm

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 (3 marks)

A and B lie on a circle, centre O .

Calculate the length of the arc AB .

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 (8 marks)

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4 (a)

The diagram shows a company logo made from a rectangle and a major sector of a
circle.

The circle has centre O and radius OA.

OA = OD = 0.5 cm and AB = 1.5 cm.

E is a point on OC such that OE = 0.25 cm and angle OED = 90°.

Calculate the perimeter of the logo.

............................................. cm

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 (5 marks)

(b) Calculate the area of the logo.

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

(3 marks)

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5 (a)

The diagram shows a circle, centre O.

The straight line ABC is a tangent to the circle at B.

OB = 8 cm, AB = 15 cm and BC = 22.4 cm.

AO crosses the circle at X and OC crosses the circle at Y. Calculate angle XOY.

Angle XOY = ...............................................

(5 marks)

(b) Calculate the length of the arc XBY.

.......................................... cm

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 (2 marks)

(c) Calculate the total area of the two shaded regions.

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

(4 marks)

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6 (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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