3D TRIGONOMETRY

[ESTIMATED TIME: 70 minutes] GCSE

(+ IGCSE) EXAM QUESTION PRACTICE
1. [4 marks]

16 ABCDEFGH is a cuboid.

D A

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E F
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H 17 cm G

The cuboid has

length 17 cm
width 5 cm
height 8 cm
Work out the size of the angle that AH makes with the plane EFGH.
Give your answer correct to 1 decimal place.

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18 E Diagram NOT
H accurately drawn

F
16 cm
D
6 cm G
C
A
8 cm
B

The diagram shows a cuboid ABCDEFGH.

AB = 8 cm, AF = 6 cm and FC = 16 cm.
(a) Find the length of BC.
Give your answer correct to 3 significant figures.

BC = ......................................... cm
(3)
(b) Find the size of the angle between the line FC and the plane ABGF.
Give your answer correct to 1 decimal place.

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(2)

(Total for Question 18 is 5 marks)

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[ESTIMATED TIME: 60 minutes] GCSE
(+ IGCSE) EXAM QUESTION PRACTICE
1. [2 marks]

Write x + 4x + 5 in the form (x + a)2 + b where a and b are integers.

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2. [2 marks]

For all values of x, x 2 − 10x + 7 = (x − p)2 − q

Find the value of the constants p and q.

p = ...............................

q = ...............................
(2)
3. [2 marks]

Solve the equation (x − 7)2 − 5 = 0

Write your answer in the form a ± b where a and b are integers.

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Diagram NOT
5.3 cm accurately drawn

3.8 cm 6.2 cm
P Q R

Angle PQS = 90°.

Angle RQS = 90°.
PS = 5.3 cm, PQ = 3.8 cm, QR = 6.2 cm.

Calculate the length of RS.

Give your answer correct to 3 significant figures.

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2 In the diagram, a sector of a circle of radius 9 cm is shaded.

The area of the sector is 72π cm2.
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x = ........................................
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(Total for Question 4 is 8 marks)

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5. (Total for Question 16 is 3 marks) [3 marks]

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19 The diagram shows triangle ABC.

Diagram NOT
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C Diagram NOT
accurately drawn
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134º

A B

Angle BCA = 28°

Angle CAB = 134°
BC =10.2 cm.
Calculate the length of AB.
Give your answer correct to 3 significant figures.

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4. [3 marks]
DJM H!
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Give your answer correct to 1 decimal place.
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20
C Diagram NOT
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8 cm

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O
A 8 cm

ABC is an arc of a circle with centre O and radius 8 cm.

AC is a chord of the circle.
Angle AOC = 120°
Calculate the perimeter of the shaded segment.
Give your answer correct to 3 significant figures.

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(Total for Question 20 is 5 marks)

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x. (a) Show that 48 + 108 can be expressed in the form ! !, where a and b are integers.

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(2)
(b) Show that 5 − 12 6 − 3 = 36 − 17 3
Show each stage of your working.

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(2)

7. [3 marks]

3 + 27
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2
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k = ..............................................................

(Total for Question 19 is 3 marks)

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17 (a) Show that (3 + 2 2 )(4 − 2 ) = 8 + 5 2

Show your working clearly.

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(2)
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Show your working clearly.
Calculate the value of a.
Give your value correct to 3 significant figures.

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9. (Total for Question

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marks) [2 marks]

12
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8

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[ESTIMATED TIME: 70 minutes] GCSE
(+ IGCSE) EXAM QUESTION PRACTICE
1.
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5 (a) Show that 5 ÷ 15 = 1 7
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(b) Show that 5 4 − 1 3 = 312
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3 to121 decimal place.

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[3 marks]
6 M
6 The diameter of a circle is 7.8 cm.
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3 significant figures. accurately drawn
34 cm

72°
72°
L N
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Calculate the length of MN.
Give your answer correct to 3 significant figures.
Give your answer correct to 3 significant figures.

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(Total 2 marks)

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4. (a) The diagram shows triangle PQR.
PQ = 4 cm.
PR = 8 cm.
Angle PQR = 90o.

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x = ..........................
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MN = 12 cm.
Angle LMN = 32o.
Angle MLN = 90o.

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M 12 cm N

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Give your answer correct to 3 significant figures.

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b = 24 correct to 2 significant figures.
c = 14 correct to 2 significant figures.
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bound angleofaty.a vertex are marked.
for the value
Give your answer correct to 2 significantthe
The size of the interior angle is 7 times size of the exterior angle.
figures.
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Work out the number of sides of the polygon.

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(Total for Question 19 is 3 marks)

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21 There are 1300 sheets of paper, correct to the nearest 100 sheets, in a pile.
Each sheet is of equal thickness.
The height of the pile is 160 mm, correct to the nearest 10 mm.
Calculate the upper bound, in millimetres, for the thickness of one sheet of paper.

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