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Torus Institute
O and A level Campus
Mathematics Mensuration 1
Name: __________________________ Date:_________

1. Two circles have radii r cm and 4r cm.

Find, in terms of π and r.

(a) the area of the circle with radius 4r cm,

Answer: ……………………………

(b) the area of the shaded ring,

Answer: ……………………………

(c) the total length of the inner and outer edges of the shaded ring.

Answer: ……………………………

2. A square ABCD, of side 8 cm, has another square, PQRS, drawn inside it.

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P,Q,R and S are at the midpoints of each side of the square ABCD, as shown in
the diagram.

(a) Calculate the length of PQ.

Answer: ……………………………

(b) Calculate the area of the square PQRS.

Answer: ……………………………

3. The largest possible circle is drawn inside a semicircle, as shown in the diagram.
The distance AB is 12 centimetres.

(a) Find the shaded area.

Answer: ……………………………

(b) Find the perimeter of the shaded area.

Answer: ……………………………
4. The diagram shows part of a fan.

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OFG and OAD are sectors, centre O, with radius 18 cm and sector angle 40°.
B, C, H and E lie on a circle, centre O and radius 6 cm.

Calculate the shaded area.

Answer: ……………………………

5. ABCD is a trapezium.
Find the area of the trapezium in terms of x and simplify your answer.

Answer: ……………………………

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6. The diagram shows a garden.

It is made up of a square of side 16 m and four semicircles of radius 8m.

Calculate

(a) the perimeter of the garden,

Answer: .................................
(b) the area of the garden.

Answer: .................................
7. In triangle ABC, AB = 6 cm, AC = 8 cm and BC = 12 cm. Angle ACB = 26.4°.
Calculate the area of the triangle ABC.

Answer: .................................

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8. A large conference table is made from four rectangular sections and four corner
sections. Each rectangular section is 4 m long and 1.2 m wide.
Each corner section is a quarter circle, radius 1.2 m.

Each person sitting at the conference table requires one metre of its outside
perimeter.
Calculate the greatest number of people who can sit around the outside of the
table. Show all your working.

Answer: ..........................................

9. Find the area of the shaded region in the following figure. All dimensions are in
centimetres.

Answer: ..........................................

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10. The shape and dimensions of a Stanley knife blade, in which two of the sides are
parallel, are shown in the diagram.

(a) Write the geometrical name given to this shape.

Answer: ..........................................

(b) Calculate the area of the shape

Answer: ..........................................

11. In the diagram below, two sections of the design have been shaded.
Each small circle has a radius of 5 cm.

Calculate
(a) the area of the large circle,

Answer: ..........................................
(b) the shaded area.

Answer: ..........................................

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12. The diagram shows an athletics track with six lanes.

The distance around the inside of the inner lane is 400 metres.
The radius of each semicircular section of the inside of the inner lane is 35 metres.

(a) Calculate the total length of the two straight sections at the inside of the inner
lane.

Answer: ..........................................

(b) Each lane is one metre wide. Calculate the difference in the distances around
the outside of the outer lane and the inside of the inner lane.

Answer: ..........................................

13. A,B,C and D lie on a circle, centre O, radius 8 cm.

AB and CD are tangents to a circle, centre O, radius 4 cm.
ABCD is a rectangle.

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(a) Calculate the distance AE.

Answer: ..........................................

(b) Calculate the shaded area.

Answer: ..........................................
14. The diagram shows a shape made from thin wire.
The shape is formed from 3 identical sectors of a circle, each with an
angle of 40°. The angle between each pair of sectors is x°.

(a) State the order of rotational symmetry of the shape.

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Answer: ………………………..
(b) Calculate the value of x.

Answer: ………………………..

(c) In this part take the value of π to be 3.

Given that the total length of the wire is 60 cm, calculate the radius of one of the
sectors.

Answer: ………………………..