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5 Angles
5.1 Calculating angles

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Exercise 5.1
Focus
1 Work out the values of a, b, c and d.

b°
45°

80°

a°
c° d °
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2 Which of these could be the angles of a quadrilateral?
A 70°, 80°, 90°, 100° B 60°, 80°, 90°, 130° C 50°, 80°, 105°, 125°
3 Show that ABC is an isosceles triangle.
B C
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132° 114°

Practice
80° a°
4 Work out the values of a, b and c.
c°

b°
75°

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5.1 Calculating angles

5 Work out the values of a, b and c.

b°
a° c° 83°
49°

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6 This shape has two equal angles.

50°

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x°

Work out the value of x.

110° x°

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Two angles of a triangle are 45° and 60°.
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a Sketch the triangle.
b Show the exterior angles of the triangle and their sizes.

Challenge
8 Work out the values of x, y and z.
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y°

85°
x°
z°

68°
73°

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9 Work out the values of x, y and z.

y°

z°
x°
40°
60°

10 Work out the value of a. Explain your method.

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a°

105°

11 a
b
62°
53°

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Show that AB and DE are not parallel.
Show that triangles ABC and CDE have angles of the
same size.
B
A

59°
122°
C
63°

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D
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5.2 Interior angles of polygons
Exercise 5.2 Key words
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regular polygon
Focus
1 Work out the sum of the interior angles of a polygon with
a 4 sides b 8 sides c 12 sides.
2 a Show that the sum of the interior angles of a pentagon is 540°.
b Four of the interior angles of a pentagon are 120°. Work out
the fifth angle.
c Four of the interior angles of a pentagon are 108°. Is it a
regular polygon? Give a reason for your answer.

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5.2 Interior angles of polygons

3 A nonagon is a polygon with 9 sides.

a Work out the sum of the interior angles of a nonagon.
b Work out the interior angle of a regular nonagon.
4 a The sum of the interior angles of a polygon is 900°.
How many sides does the polygon have?
b Marcus says:

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I have drawn a
polygon. The sum of
the interior angles
is 800°

Practice
5 Look at this diagram.
Sofia says:
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Explain why this is impossible.
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There are 6 right angles
in this hexagon. So the
sum of the interior angles
is 6 × 90° = 540°
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What mistake has Sofia made?

6 The interior angles of a pentagon are x°, (x + 20)°, (x + 20)°,
(x + 20)°, (x + 40)° and (x + 40)°. Work out the value of x.
7 a Work out the sum of the angles of this shape. x°
b Work the value of x. 120°
70°

8 Show that the sum of the angles of a polygon could be 1800° but
could not be 2000°.

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Challenge
9 a  how that it is possible for two regular octagons and a square
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to fit round a point as shown in the diagram.
b i Show that it is possible to arrange a mixture of regular
hexagons and equilateral triangles around a point.
ii In how many ways can you do this?
10 a Work out the sum of the interior angles of a decagon. Tip
b This diagram shows two regular pentagons A decagon has

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and part of another regular shape arranged 10 sides.
round a point. Show that the third shape is
a decagon.
11 This star has 4 lines of symmetry and rotational
symmetry of order 4.

PL
Work out the angle of each point.

120°
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12 The shape in the centre of this star is a
regular polygon.
Work out the angle of each point.
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13 Zara says:

An expression for the

sum of the interior angles
of a polygon with n sides
is 90(2n − 4)°.

Test this conjecture.

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5.3 Exterior angles of polygons

5.3 Exterior angles of polygons

Exercise 5.3 Key words
exterior angle of
Focus a polygon
1 Calculate the lettered angles.

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a° b°
100°

85°
65°
152°
86°

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Work out the exterior angle of
a a square
This is a parallelogram.

74°
PL b an equilateral triangle.
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Work out the exterior angles.
4 Work out the value of a.

70°
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60°
80°

a°

Practice
5 All the exterior angles of a pentagon are equal. What size is
each angle?

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6 Work out the number of sides of a regular polygon when the

exterior angle is
a 60° b 45° c 40° d 36°
7 Explain why the exterior angle of a regular polygon could be 20°,
30° or 40° but could not be 50°.
8 The interior angle of a regular polygon is 170°.
a Work out the exterior angle.
b Work out the number of sides.

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Challenge
9 A square, a regular hexagon and another regular polygon meet at P. P
Work out the number of sides of the other regular polygon.

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10 Two identical regular polygons meet along AB.
Work out the number of sides of each polygon.
11 AB, BC and CD are three sides of a regular polygon.
How many sides does the polygon have? Justify your answer.
12 Three of the exterior angles of a hexagon are x° and the other three
exterior angles are (x + 10)°. Work out the value of x.
A
20°

30°
B
A

C
B
20°

30° D
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13 The exterior angles of an octagon are y°, (y + 2)°, (y + 4)°,
(y + 6)°, (y + 8)°, (y + 10)°, (y + 12)° and (y + 14)°. Work out the
largest interior angle of the octagon.

5.4 Constructions
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Exercise 5.4 Key word

Do not use a protractor in constructions in this exercise. inscribe

Focus
1 a Draw a circle with radius 6 cm.
b Inscribe a square in the circle.
c Check that each side of the square is 8.5 cm. If you made an
error of more than 2 mm, draw your diagram again.

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9 Construct a copy of this pattern.

10 Here is a rectangle.
5 cm
a Construct an accurate copy of the rectangle.

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b Measure the diagonal. 30°

5.5 Pythagoras’ theorem

Exercise 5.5
Focus
1
PL
Use Pythagoras’ theorem to calculate the length of the hypotenuse
of each triangle.
Key words
hypotenuse
Pythagoras’
theorem
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30
a 6
b 14
5 c

8 12

2 Calculate the length of the hypotenuse of each triangle. Round

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each answer to 1 decimal place.

b cm

a cm
5 cm 8 cm 12 cm 15.1 cm
7.2 cm

7 cm c cm

3 Calculate the length of each lettered side.

a

8.5
9 4 c 48
15
b 50

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5.5 Pythagoras’ theorem

4 Calculate the missing lengths. Round each answer to 1 decimal place.

12.4 cm 22.9 cm
a cm
16.2 cm c cm
38 cm b cm
14 cm 21.8 cm

Practice 8.5 cm

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5 The sides of a rectangle are 5.5 cm and 8.5 cm as shown in
the diagram. 5.5 cm
a Calculate the length of the diagonal.
b Make an accurate drawing to check your answer.
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b
i 3 cm

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a Calculate the length of the diagonal of a square when the
length of each side is
ii 5 cm iii 8 cm
Test the conjecture that the diagonal of a square is always
2 × the length of the side.
The diagram shows the side view of a building.

A
B
0.9 m
iv 10 cm
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2.2 m 2.2 m

3.6 m
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Calculate the length of AB.

8 A badminton court is 6.1 m wide and 13.4 m long.

Calculate the distance from one corner to the opposite corner.

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Challenge A

9 ABC is an equilateral triangle. Each side is 20 cm.

Work out
a the height AD
b the area of the triangle.
B D C
10 a Work out the length of PR.
b Use your answer to part a to work out the length of PS.

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P

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Q 5 R 9

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11 An A4 sheet of paper is 21.0 cm wide and 29.7 cm long.

Find the length of the longest straight line you can draw on
the paper.
12 This is a parallelogram.
Work out
30 cm
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a the height of the parallelogram
25 cm height
b the area of the parallelogram.

7 cm 23 cm
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