Arcs and Sectors

1. Calculate the length of arc AB in each question below

(a) (b) (c)

80 o 12 cm 30 cm 120 o

A B
A B 210 o
60 mm B

(d) (e) (f)

A B

7.3 cm
60o 330o 4.6 cm
A 80 mm B

B
A

2. Calculate the area of each sector below.

(a) (b) (c)

85 o
25 mm

11 cm 60 o
45 o 15 cm

(d) (e) (f)

4.6 cm
200 o

110 o
150o
32 cm
55 mm
3. In each diagram below the length of arc AB is given. Calculate the size of
the angle at the centre of the sector.
B
(a) (b) (c)
12 cm 60 mm
B 25 cm
A
A
A B

12.56 cm 146.5 mm

122 cm

4. In each diagram below the area of the sector is given. Calculate the size of
the angle at the centre of the sector.

(a) (b) (c)

14 cm 20 cm 9 cm
120 cm 2
506 cm 2 226 cm 2

5. The beam from a lighthouse reaches a distance of 8 kilometres and spreads

to an angle of 35°.

35 o

8 km

Calculate the area covered by the beam from the lighthouse.

6. The curved part on an anchor is in the shape of an arc of a circle
which has radius 1.2 metres.

85 o
1.2 m

Calculate the length of this arc.

7. A pendulum is 45 centimetres long. When the pendulum swings it travels

along the arc of a circle and covers a distance of 27.5 centimetres.

45 cm

27.5 cm

Calculate the size of the angle through which the pendulum travels.

8. The radar beam sent out by an aeroplane reaches a distance of 120

kilometres and covers an angle of 150°.

120 km

150 o

Calculate the area covered by the beam.

 9. A windscreen wiper is 45 centimetres long. In one sweep it turns
through an angle of 115°.

1150

Calculate the distance it covers in one sweep.

10. A fan is in the shape of an arc of a circle with radius 35 centimetres.

48 cm

35 cm

A
Calculate the size of the angle at A.

11.The path traced by a golfer’s club when he hits the ball is an arc of a circle.
If the golf club is 95 centimetres long, calculate the distance travelled when
the golfer swings his club.

25o
95 cm
12.The diagram below shows the emblem for a sports club. The emblem
consists of 3 identical sectors of a circle, each of radius 16 millimetres.

F C

The sectors have a combined area of 335 square millimetres. Calculate

the size of angle at the centre of each sector.

13. In the diagram below AC and BD are arcs of circles with centres at O.
The radius, OA, is 10 centimetres and the radius, OB, is 16 centimetres.

O
95 o
A C

B D

Find the shaded area.

14.The diagram shows a prism whose cross-section is the area between two
sectors. One sector has radius OA = 12 centimetres and the other has radius
OC = 15 centimetres. Calculate the volume of this prism.

A
o
O 110
B 30 cm

D
15. In the diagram PQ and RS are arcs of circles with centre O.
The radius, OQ, is 30 centimetres long and the radius, OS, is
20 centimetres long.

P Q
30 cm

100 o
33 cm
O
20 cm
R S

Calculate the perimeter of the shape.

16. The diagram below shows an ornamental garden. The garden is in the
shape of a rectangle with a sector of a circle added at one end.
The length of the garden is 35 metres and its breadth is 20 metres.
A B

20 m 160 o

C 35 m D

(a) Calculate OB the radius of the sector.

(b) Find the perimeter of the garden.

17. A worktop is in the shape of a rectangle with identical sectors of a circle, centre O,
at each end. The width of the tabletop is 155 centimetres and its length is 2 metres.
2m

155 cm 1150

Calculate the perimeter of the worktop.

18. The diagram below shows a mirror. The mirror is in the shape of the sector
of a circle with a straight base. The radius of the sector is 22 centimetres.

22 cm

Calculate the distance round the outside of the mirror.

19. The diagram below shows a kitchen table. The tabletop consists of a sector
of a circle with a straight edge. The sector has radius 60 centimetres.

60 cm

120 o

Calculate the perimeter of the tabletop.