Foundation geometry and equipment clinic
8 exam-style questions, grade 4. Worked solutions and the marks are on the last page.
- Question 1
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.
- Question 2
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?
- Question 3
This question is about regular pentagons.
(a) Work out the size of each interior angle of a regular pentagon.
(b) Explain why regular pentagons cannot fit together round a point without gaps.
- Question 4
Two parallel horizontal lines are cut by a transversal. At the upper intersection an acute angle is .
(a) Find the obtuse angle adjacent to that angle on a straight line.
(b) Give the size of the corresponding acute angle at the lower intersection, with a reason.
- Question 5
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.
(b) Find angle AOP.
- Question 6
A trapezium has parallel sides 15 cm and 19 cm, and perpendicular height 13 cm.
(a) Find its area.
(b) A triangle has the same area and base 34 cm. Find its perpendicular height.
- Question 7
A rectangle has sides 36 cm and 48 cm.
(a) Find its diagonal.
(b) Find how much shorter the diagonal is than travelling along both sides.
- Question 8
From A, B is on a bearing of and C is on a bearing of . AB = AC = 18 km.
(a) Find angle BAC.
(b) Find angle ABC.
Worked solutions and marks
Question 1
(a)
- Rectangle.
- Semicircle, radius 0.6 m.
- P1 Rectangle area 1.08.
- P1 Semicircle area with radius 0.6.
- A1 .
Question 2
(a) 20 m
- Jess: m.
- Ben: Pythagoras.
- P1 Jess's distance, 70 m.
- P1 Ben's distance by Pythagoras, 50 m.
- A1 Correct answer: 20 m.
Question 3
(a)
- Exterior angle , so interior .
- M1 or .
- A1 Correct answer: .
(b) is not a whole number, so the angles cannot make .
- Three angles make and four make : neither is .
- C1 Linking the angle to 360: 360 is not a multiple of 108.
Question 4
(a) °
- Adjacent angles on a straight line sum to 180 degrees.
- Therefore °.
- M1 Adjacent angles on a straight line sum to 180 degrees.
- A1 Correct answer: °
(b) It is because corresponding angles between parallel lines are equal.
- It is because corresponding angles between parallel lines are equal.
- C1 Correct conclusion with supporting reasoning: It is 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.
- Equal distances from the two rays locate P on the internal angle bisector.
- The distance OP places P on a circle centred at O.
- 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) °
- Halve the right angle.
- Therefore °.
- M1 Halve the right angle.
- A1 Correct answer: °
Question 6
(a) cm²
- Average the parallel sides and multiply by the perpendicular height.
- Therefore cm².
- M1 Average the parallel sides and multiply by the perpendicular height.
- A1 Correct answer: cm²
(b) cm
- Rearrange the triangle area formula.
- Therefore cm.
- P1 Rearrange the triangle area formula.
- A1 Correct answer: cm
Question 7
(a) cm
- The diagonal forms a right triangle with the two sides.
- Therefore cm.
- M1 The diagonal forms a right triangle with the two sides.
- A1 Correct answer: cm
(b) cm
- Subtract the diagonal from the two-side route.
- Therefore cm.
- P1 Subtract the diagonal from the two-side route.
- A1 Correct answer: cm
Question 8
(a) °
- Subtract the two clockwise bearings from the same north line.
- Therefore °.
- M1 Subtract the two clockwise bearings from the same north line.
- A1 Correct answer: °
(b) °
- The equal sides make the base angles equal.
- Therefore °.
- M1 The equal sides make the base angles equal.
- A1 Correct answer: °