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Area & Perimeter

Question Paper
Course CIE IGCSE Maths

Section Lengths, Areas & Volumes
Topic Area & Perimeter
Difficulty Medium
Time allowed: 10
Score: /6
Percentage: /100
Page 1 of 3
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Question 1
Calculate the area of the trapezium.
.......................................... cm2
[2 marks]
Question 2
The diagram shows a right-angled triangle.

Calculate the area.
.......................................... cm2
[2 marks]
Page 2 of 3
Question 3
Calculate the area of this triangle.
........................................ cm2
[2 marks]
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Area & Perimeter

Question Paper

Topic Area & Perimeter
Difficulty Hard
Time allowed: 20
Score: /10
Percentage: /100
Page 1 of 3
Question 1
A rectangle measures 8.5 cm by 10.7 cm, both correct to 1 decimal place.
Calculate the upper bound of the perimeter of the rectangle.
............................................ cm
[3 marks]
Question 2
The diagram shows a right-angled triangle.

Calculate the perimeter.
............................................ cm
[3 marks]
Page 2 of 3
Question 3
The sides of a square are 15.1 cm, correct to 1 decimal place.
Find the upper bound of the area of the square.
............................................. cm2
[2 marks]
Question 4
The area of a square is 42.5 cm2, correct to the nearest 0.5 cm2.
Calculate the lower bound of the length of the side of the square.
.......................................... cm
[2 marks]
Page 3 of 3
Circles, Arcs & Sectors

Question Paper

Topic Circles, Arcs & Sectors
Difficulty Medium
Time allowed: 60
Score: /44
Percentage: /100
Page 1 of 11
Question 1
Calculate the area of this sector of a circle.
.......................................... cm2
[2 marks]
Question 2
The diagram shows a sector of a circle with radius 6.2 cm and sector angle 217°.
Calculate the area of this sector.
............................................. cm2
[2 marks]
Page 2 of 11
Question 3
Calculate the area of a circle with radius 5.1 cm.
......................................cm2
[2 marks]
Question 4
The diagram shows a sector of a circle of radius 4 cm.
Work out the length of the arc ABC .

Give your answer correct to 3 significant figures.
[2 marks]
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Question 5
The diagram shows sector OPQ of a circle, centre O
OP = OQ = 7 . 1 cm
Angle POQ = 110°
Calculate the area of sector OPQ

Give your answer correct to one decimal place.
[2 marks]
Question 6
The diagram shows a sector of a circle with centre O , radius 8 cm and sector angle 165°.
Calculate the total perimeter of the sector.
............................................ cm
[3 marks]
Page 4 of 11
Question 7
The diagram shows the surface of a garden pond, made from a rectangle and two semicircles.
The rectangle measures 3 m by 1.2 m.
Calculate the area of this surface.
...............................................m2
[3 marks]
Page 5 of 11
Question 8a
The cross-section of a gate is a sector of a circle with radius 8.5 m and angle 76°.
Calculate the perimeter of the sector.
............................................ m
[7 marks]
Page 6 of 11
Question 8b
A solid metal cone has radius 10 cm and height 36 cm.

i)
Calculate the volume of this cone.
1 2
[The volume, V , of a cone with radius r and height h is V = πr h .]
3
......................................... cm3[2]
ii)
The cone is cut, parallel to its base, to give a smaller cone.
The volume of the smaller cone is half the volume of the original cone.
The smaller cone is melted down to make two different spheres.
The ratio of the radii of these two spheres is 1 : 2.
Calculate the radius of the smaller sphere.

4 3
[The volume, V , of a sphere with radius r is V = πr .]
3
.......................................... cm [4]
[6 marks]
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Question 9
The diagram shows the top of Levi's birthday cake.
The top of the cake is in the shape of a circle.

The diameter of the circle is 7 inches.
A ribbon is going to be put around the side of the cake.
Ribbons are sold in 50 cm lengths.
1 inch is 2.54 cm.
Work out if one length of ribbon is long enough to go all the way around the cake.
You must show your working.
[4 marks]
Page 8 of 11
Question 10
OAB is a sector of a circle with centre O and radius 7 cm.
The area of the sector is 40 cm2.

Calculate the perimeter of the sector.
[4 marks]
Page 9 of 11
Question 11
The diagram shows a circle with centre O
A , B and C are points on the circle so that the length of the arc ABC is 5 cm.
Given that angle AOC = 55°
work out the area of the circle.

Give your answer correct to one decimal place.
[4 marks]
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Question 12
The diagram shows Yuen’s garden.
The garden is in the shape of a semicircle of radius 7 . 2m.

Yuen is going to cover his garden with grass seed.
Yuen has 12 boxes of grass seed.

Each box of grass seed contains enough seed to cover 6m2 of the garden.
Has Yuen enough grass seed for his garden?
Show your working clearly.
[3 marks]
Page 11 of 11
Circles, Arcs & Sectors

Question Paper

Topic Circles, Arcs & Sectors
Difficulty Hard
Time allowed: 80
Score: /59
Percentage: /100
Page 1 of 12
Question 1
Calculate the area of the sector of a circle with radius 65 mm and sector angle 42°.
Give your answer in square centimetres.
................................................ cm2
[3 marks]
Question 2
The arc ABC is a quarter of a circle with centre O and radius 4.8 cm.
AC is a chord of the circle.
Work out the area of the shaded segment.
[3 marks]
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Question 3
OAB is a sector of a circle, centre O .

OCD is a sector of a circle, centre O .
OCA and ODB are straight lines.
Angle AOB = 75°
OD = 6 cm
DB = 4 cm
Calculate the perimeter of the shaded region.
[3 marks]
Page 3 of 12
Question 4
ONQ is a sector of a circle with centre O and radius 11 cm.

A is the point on ON and B is the point on OQ such that AOB is an equilateral triangle of side 7 cm.
Calculate the area of the shaded region as a percentage of the area of the sector ONQ .
Give your answer correct to 1 decimal place.
[5 marks]
Page 4 of 12
Question 5
The diagram shows a shaded shape ABCD made from a semicircle ABC and a right-angled triangle ACD .
AC is the diameter of the semicircle ABC .
Work out the perimeter of the shaded shape.

....................cm
[5 marks]
Page 5 of 12
Question 6
The diagram shows a square with side length 8 cm and a sector of a circle with radius 9.5 cm and sector angle x °.
The perimeter of the square is equal to the perimeter of the sector.
Calculate the value of x .

x = ................................................
[3 marks]
Question 7
In the diagram, A, B, C and D lie on the circle, centre O.

Angle ADC = 128°, angle ACD = 28° and angle BCO = 30°.
The radius, OC, of the circle is 9.6 cm.
Calculate the total perimeter of the sector OADC.
.............................................. cm
[9 marks]
Page 6 of 12
Page 7 of 12
Question 8
The diagram shows a sector of a circle of radius 3 . 8 cm.

The arc length is 7 . 7 cm.
i)
Calculate the value of y .
y = .............................................. [2]
ii)
Calculate the area of the sector.
........................................ cm2 [2]

[4 marks]
Question 9a
The radius of the circle is 5.4 cm.
Calculate the length of the major arc PQ.
.......................................... cm
[5 marks]
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Question 9b
P, Q and R are points on the circumference of the circle, centre O.

PO is parallel to QR and angle POQ = 48°.
Find angle OPR.
Angle OPR = ...............................................
[5 marks]
Page 9 of 12
Question 10
The diagram shows a plan of Brian's lawn.
The edge of the lawn consists of two semicircles and two straight lines.
Each semicircle has centre O .
The diameters of the semicircles are 9 m and 5 m.
Brian is going to put lawn edging around the edge of the lawn.
Lawn edging is sold in 2.4 metre rolls.
Brian has £35
Lawn edging
£3.99 per roll
or
3 rolls for £10
Has Brian got enough money to buy all the rolls of lawn edging he needs?
You must show all your working.
[5 marks]
Page 10 of 12
Question 11
Saphia is organising a conference.
People at the conference will sit at circular tables.
Each table has a diameter of 140 cm.

Each person needs 60 cm around the circumference of the table.
There are 12 of these tables in the conference room.
A total of 90 people will be at the conference.
Are there enough tables in the conference room?
[4 marks]
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Question 12
A , B and C are points on a circle of radius 5 cm, centre O .

DA and DC are tangents to the circle.
DO = 9 cm
Work out the length of arc ABC .
[5 marks]
Page 12 of 12
Volume & Surface Area

Question Paper

Topic Volume & Surface Area
Difficulty Medium
Time allowed: 30
Score: /23
Percentage: /100
Page 1 of 5
Question 1a
A solid metal cuboid has a volume of 600cm3.
The base of the cuboid is 10 cm by 12 cm.
Calculate the height of the cuboid.
.......................................... cm
[2 marks]
Question 1b
The solid metal cuboid is melted and made into 1120 spheres, each with radius 0.45cm.
Find the volume of metal not used in making these spheres.
......................................... cm3
[2 marks]
Question 2
Water flows at a speed of 20 cm/s along a rectangular channel into a lake.

The width of the channel is 15 cm.
The depth of the water is 2.5 cm.
Calculate the amount of water that flows from the channel into the lake in 1 hour.
Give your answer in litres.
........................................ litres
Page 2 of 5
[4 marks]
Question 3
Water from Manjeet’s shower flows at a rate of 12 litres per minute.
The water from the shower flows into a tank that is a cuboid of length 90 cm and width 75 cm.
Calculate the increase in the level of water in the tank when the shower is used for 7 minutes.
............................................ cm
[3 marks]
Question 4
i)
Calculate the external curved surface area of a cylinder with radius 8 m and height 19 m.
............................................... m2 [2]
ii)
This surface is painted at a cost of $0.85 per square metre.
Calculate the cost of painting this surface.

$ ................................................... [2]
Page 3 of 5
[4 marks]
Question 5
The lake behind a dam has an area of 55 hectares.
When the gates in the dam are open, water flows out at a rate of 75 000 litres per second.
i)
Show that 90 million litres of water flows out in 20 minutes.
[1]
ii)
Beneath the surface, the lake has vertical sides.
Calculate the drop in the water level of the lake when the gates are open for 20 minutes.
Give your answer in centimetres.
[1 hectare = 104 m2, 1000 litres = 1 m3]
.......................................... cm [3]
[4 marks]
Page 4 of 5
Question 6
Water flows through a cylindrical pipe at a speed of 8 cm/s.

The radius of the circular cross-section is 1.5 cm and the pipe is always completely full of water.
Calculate the amount of water that flows through the pipe in 1 hour.
Give your answer in litres.
....................................... litres
[4 marks]
Page 5 of 5
Volume & Surface Area

Question Paper

Topic Volume & Surface Area
Difficulty Hard
Time allowed: 110
Score: /87
Percentage: /100
Page 1 of 16
Question 1
The cross-section of a prism is an equilateral triangle of side 6cm.
The length of the prism is 20 cm.
Calculate the total surface area of the prism.
......................................... cm2
[4 marks]
Question 2
A pipe is completely full of water.
Water flows through the pipe at a speed of 1.2 m/s into a tank.
The cross-section of the pipe has an area of 6 cm2.
Calculate the number of litres of water flowing into the tank in 1 hour.
.......................................... litres
[4 marks]
Page 2 of 16
Question 3
A cone with height 14.8 cm has volume 275 cm3.
Calculate the radius of the cone.

1 2
3
............................................... cm
[3 marks]
Question 4
A pipe is full of water.
The cross-section of the pipe is a circle, radius 2.6 cm.
Water flows through the pipe into a tank at a speed of 12 centimetres per second.
Calculate the number of litres that flow into the tank in one hour.
............................................ litres
[3 marks]
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Question 5a
The diagram shows a sector of a circle with centre O , radius 8 cm and sector angle 165°.
The surface area of a sphere is the same as the area of the sector.
Calculate the radius of the sphere.

[The surface area, A , of a sphere with radius r is A = 4π r2 . ]
............................................ cm
[4 marks]
Page 4 of 16
Question 5b
A cone is made from the sector by joining OA to OB .

i)
Calculate the radius, r , of the cone.
r = ........................................... cm [2]
ii)
Calculate the volume of the cone.
1
[The volume, V , of a cone with radius r and height h is V = π r2h . ]
3
.......................................... cm3 [4]

[6 marks]
Page 5 of 16
Question 6a
Show that the volume of a metal sphere of radius 15 cm is 14 140 cm3, correct to 4 significant figures.
4
[The volume, V , of a sphere with radius r is V = π r 3 .]
3
[2 marks]
Question 6b
i)
The sphere is placed inside an empty cylindrical tank of radius 25 cm and height 60 cm.
The tank is filled with water.
Calculate the volume of water needed to fill the tank.
......................................... cm3 [3]

ii)
The sphere is removed from the tank.
Calculate the depth, d , of water in the tank.
d = ......................................... cm [2]
[5 marks]
Page 6 of 16
Question 7
A solid metal sphere with radius 6 cm is melted down and all of the metal is used to make a solid cone with radius 8 cm and
height h cm.
i)
Show that h = 13. 5 .
4 3
3
1 2
3
[2]
ii)
Calculate the slant height of the cone.
.............................................. cm [2]
iii)
Calculate the curved surface area of the cone.
[The curved surface area, A , of a cone with radius r and slant height l is A = πrl .]
............................................. cm2 [1]

[5 marks]
Page 7 of 16
Question 8
The diagram shows a prism ABCDEF.

The cross-section is a right-angled triangle BCD.
BD = 10 cm, BC = 5.2 cm and ED = 18 cm.
Work out the volume of the prism.
............................................. cm3
[6 marks]
Page 8 of 16
Question 9
The diagram shows a solid metal prism.

The volume of the prism is 2187 cm3.
The larger prism is melted down into a sphere.
Calculate the radius of the sphere.

4
[The volume, V , of a sphere with radius r is V = πr 3 .]
3
.............................................. cm
[3 marks]
Question 10a
The diagram shows the surface of a garden pond, made from a rectangle and two semicircles.
The rectangle measures 3 m by 1.2 m.
Calculate the area of this surface.
...............................................m2
[3 marks]
Page 9 of 16
Question 10b
The pond is a prism and the water in the pond has a depth of 20 cm.
Calculate the number of litres of water in the pond.
........................................... litres
[3 marks]
Question 10c
After a rainfall, the number of litres of water in the pond is 1007.
Calculate the increase in the depth of water in the pond.
Give your answer in centimetres.
.............................................. cm
[3 marks]
Page 10 of 16
Question 11a
A sphere has radius x cm. The volume of the sphere is 1000 cm3.

4 3
[The volume, V , of a sphere with radius r is V = π r .]
3
x = ..........................................................
[3 marks]
Question 11b
The diagram shows a prism with a right-angled triangle as its cross-section. The volume of the prism is 1000 cm3.
x = ...................................................
[4 marks]
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Question 12
A gold model is made.
This model is a prism with a cross-section of area 77.44 cm2.
This gold model is 15 mm thick.

One cubic centimetre of gold has a mass of 19 grams.
Calculate the mass of the gold model in kilograms.
.............................................. kg
[3 marks]
Page 12 of 16
Question 13a
The diagram shows a prism with length 18 cm and volume 253.8 cm3.
The cross-section of the prism is a right-angled triangle with base 6 cm and height h cm.
Show that the value of h is 4.7 .
[3 marks]
Question 13b
Calculate the total surface area of the prism.
........................................ cm2
[6 marks]
Page 13 of 16
Question 14a
The diagram shows a solid cone.

The radius is 8 cm and the slant height is 17 cm.
i)
Calculate the curved surface area of the cone.
[The curved surface area, A , of a cone with radius r and slant height l is A = πrl .]
........................................... cm2 [2]

ii)
Calculate the volume of the cone.
1
[The volume, V , of a cone with radius r and height h is V = πr2 h .]
3
........................................... cm3 [4]

[6 marks]
Page 14 of 16
Question 14b
i)
The cone is made of wood and 1 cm3 of the wood has a mass of 0.8 g.
Calculate the mass of the cone.
............................................... g [1]
ii)
The cone is placed in a box.
The total mass of the cone and the box is 1.2 kg.
Calculate the mass of the box.

Give your answer in grams.
............................................... g [1]
[2 marks]
Question 15a
A solid hemisphere has volume 230 cm3.
Calculate the radius of the hemisphere.
4 3
3
.......................................... cm
Page 15 of 16
[3 marks]
Question 15b
A solid cylinder with radius 1.6 cm is attached to the hemisphere to make a toy.
The total volume of the toy is 300 cm3.

Calculate the height of the cylinder.
.......................................... cm
[3 marks]
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Area & Perimeter

Course CIE IGCSE Maths

Calculate the area of the trapezium.

The diagram shows a right-angled triangle.

Calculate the area of this triangle.

Area & Perimeter

Course CIE IGCSE Maths

The diagram shows a right-angled triangle.

Find the upper bound of the area of the square.

Circles, Arcs & Sectors

Course CIE IGCSE Maths

Calculate the area of this sector of a circle.

Work out the length of the arc ABC .

Calculate the area of sector OPQ

Calculate the perimeter of the sector.

A solid metal cone has radius 10 cm and height 36 cm.

Calculate the radius of the smaller sphere.

The top of the cake is in the shape of a circle.

The area of the sector is 40 cm2.

Given that angle AOC = 55°

work out the area of the circle.

The garden is in the shape of a semicircle of radius 7 . 2m.

Yuen has 12 boxes of grass seed.

Circles, Arcs & Sectors

Course CIE IGCSE Maths

OAB is a sector of a circle, centre O .

ONQ is a sector of a circle with centre O and radius 11 cm.

AC is the diameter of the semicircle ABC .

Work out the perimeter of the shaded shape.

Calculate the value of x .

In the diagram, A, B, C and D lie on the circle, centre O.

The diagram shows a sector of a circle of radius 3 . 8 cm.

........................................ cm2 [2]

P, Q and R are points on the circumference of the circle, centre O.

Each table has a diameter of 140 cm.

A , B and C are points on a circle of radius 5 cm, centre O .

Volume & Surface Area

Course CIE IGCSE Maths

Water flows at a speed of 20 cm/s along a rectangular channel into a lake.

Calculate the cost of painting this surface.

Water flows through a cylindrical pipe at a speed of 8 cm/s.

Volume & Surface Area

Course CIE IGCSE Maths

Time allowed: 110

Calculate the radius of the cone.

Calculate the radius of the sphere.

A cone is made from the sector by joining OA to OB .

.......................................... cm3 [4]

Calculate the volume of water needed to fill the tank.

......................................... cm3 [3]

Calculate the depth, d , of water in the tank.

............................................. cm2 [1]

The diagram shows a prism ABCDEF.

The diagram shows a solid metal prism.

Calculate the radius of the sphere.

Calculate the value of x .

Calculate the value of x .

This gold model is 15 mm thick.

Calculate the mass of the gold model in kilograms.

The diagram shows a solid cone.

........................................... cm2 [2]

........................................... cm3 [4]