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8 exam-style questions, grade 4. Worked solutions and the marks are on the last page.

  1. Question 1Calculator · 3 marks

    A window is a rectangle 1.2 m wide and 0.9 m tall, with a semicircle on top. The diameter of the semicircle is the 1.2 m width.

    (a) Work out the area of the window. Give your answer correct to 2 decimal places. (3)

  2. Question 2Calculator · 3 marks

    A rectangular field is 40 m long and 30 m wide. Jess walks from one corner to the opposite corner along two edges. Ben walks straight across the diagonal.

    (a) How much further does Jess walk than Ben? (3)

  3. Question 3Non-calculator · 3 marks

    This question is about regular pentagons.

    (a) Work out the size of each interior angle of a regular pentagon. (2)

    (b) Explain why regular pentagons cannot fit together round a point without gaps. (1)

  4. Question 4Non-calculator · 3 marks

    Two parallel horizontal lines are cut by a transversal. At the upper intersection an acute angle is 75∘75^\circ.

    (a) Find the obtuse angle adjacent to that angle on a straight line. (2)

    (b) Give the size of the corresponding acute angle at the lower intersection, with a reason. (1)

  5. Question 5Non-calculator · 5 marks

    A right angle AOB has OA horizontal to the right and OB vertically upwards. Point P is inside the angle, equidistant from OA and OB, and OP = 20 cm.

    (a) Describe a ruler-and-compass construction of P. (3)

    (b) Find angle AOP. (2)

  6. Question 6Non-calculator · 4 marks

    A trapezium has parallel sides 15 cm and 19 cm, and perpendicular height 13 cm.

    (a) Find its area. (2)

    (b) A triangle has the same area and base 34 cm. Find its perpendicular height. (2)

  7. Question 7Non-calculator · 4 marks

    A rectangle has sides 36 cm and 48 cm.

    (a) Find its diagonal. (2)

    (b) Find how much shorter the diagonal is than travelling along both sides. (2)

  8. Question 8Non-calculator · 4 marks

    From A, B is on a bearing of 100∘100^\circ and C is on a bearing of 170∘170^\circ. AB = AC = 18 km.

    (a) Find angle BAC. (2)

    (b) Find angle ABC. (2)

Worked solutions and marks

Question 1

(a) 1.65 m21.65\text{ m}^2

  1. Rectangle.
    1.2×0.9=1.081.2 \times 0.9 = 1.08
  2. Semicircle, radius 0.6 m.
    12×π×0.62=0.5654…\tfrac{1}{2} \times \pi \times 0.6^2 = 0.5654\ldots
  3. 1.08+0.5654…=1.6454…1.08 + 0.5654\ldots = 1.6454\ldots
  • P1 Rectangle area 1.08.
  • P1 Semicircle area with radius 0.6.
  • A1 1.65 m21.65\text{ m}^2.

Question 2

(a) 20 m

  1. Jess: 40+30=7040 + 30 = 70 m.
  2. Ben: Pythagoras.
    402+302=2500=50\sqrt{40^2 + 30^2} = \sqrt{2500} = 50
  3. 70−50=2070 - 50 = 20
  • P1 Jess's distance, 70 m.
  • P1 Ben's distance by Pythagoras, 50 m.
  • A1 Correct answer: 20 m.

Question 3

(a) 108∘108^\circ

  1. Exterior angle 360÷5=72360 \div 5 = 72, so interior 180−72=108180 - 72 = 108.
  • M1 360÷5360 \div 5 or (5−2)×180÷5(5 - 2) \times 180 \div 5.
  • A1 Correct answer: 108∘108^\circ.

(b) 360÷108360 \div 108 is not a whole number, so the angles cannot make 360∘360^\circ.

  1. Three angles make 324∘324^\circ and four make 432∘432^\circ: neither is 360∘360^\circ.
  • C1 Linking the angle 108∘108^\circ to 360: 360 is not a multiple of 108.

Question 4

(a) 105105°

  1. Adjacent angles on a straight line sum to 180 degrees.
    180−75180-75
  2. Therefore 105105°.
  • M1 Adjacent angles on a straight line sum to 180 degrees.
  • A1 Correct answer: 105105°

(b) It is 75∘75^\circ because corresponding angles between parallel lines are equal.

  1. It is 75∘75^\circ because corresponding angles between parallel lines are equal.
  • C1 Correct conclusion with supporting reasoning: It is 75∘75^\circ because corresponding angles between parallel lines are equal.

Question 5

(a) Construct the internal angle bisector with equal arcs. Draw an arc centred at O of radius 20 cm. Its intersection with the bisector inside the angle is P.

  1. Equal distances from the two rays locate P on the internal angle bisector.
  2. The distance OP places P on a circle centred at O.
  3. Construct the internal angle bisector with equal arcs. Draw an arc centred at O of radius 20 cm. Its intersection with the bisector inside the angle is P.
  • M1 Equal distances from the two rays locate P on the internal angle bisector.
  • M1 The distance OP places P on a circle centred at O.
  • C1 Correct conclusion with supporting reasoning: Construct the internal angle bisector with equal arcs. Draw an arc centred at O of radius 20 cm. Its intersection with the bisector inside the angle is P.

(b) 4545°

  1. Halve the right angle.
    90/290/2
  2. Therefore 4545°.
  • M1 Halve the right angle.
  • A1 Correct answer: 4545°

Question 6

(a) 221221 cm²

  1. Average the parallel sides and multiply by the perpendicular height.
    (15+19)×13/2(15+19)\times 13/2
  2. Therefore 221221 cm².
  • M1 Average the parallel sides and multiply by the perpendicular height.
  • A1 Correct answer: 221221 cm²

(b) 1313 cm

  1. Rearrange the triangle area formula.
    2×(221)/342\times (221)/34
  2. Therefore 1313 cm.
  • P1 Rearrange the triangle area formula.
  • A1 Correct answer: 1313 cm

Question 7

(a) 6060 cm

  1. The diagonal forms a right triangle with the two sides.
    362+482\sqrt{36^{2}+48^{2}}
  2. Therefore 6060 cm.
  • M1 The diagonal forms a right triangle with the two sides.
  • A1 Correct answer: 6060 cm

(b) 2424 cm

  1. Subtract the diagonal from the two-side route.
    36+48−6036+48-60
  2. Therefore 2424 cm.
  • P1 Subtract the diagonal from the two-side route.
  • A1 Correct answer: 2424 cm

Question 8

(a) 7070°

  1. Subtract the two clockwise bearings from the same north line.
    170−100170-100
  2. Therefore 7070°.
  • M1 Subtract the two clockwise bearings from the same north line.
  • A1 Correct answer: 7070°

(b) 5555°

  1. The equal sides make the base angles equal.
    180−702\frac{180-70}{2}
  2. Therefore 5555°.
  • M1 The equal sides make the base angles equal.
  • A1 Correct answer: 5555°

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