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Arcs & Sectors

Exercise 1 The diagram shows a sector of a circle,

centre O. The radius of the circle is 9
Question 1 cm. The angle at the centre of the circle
is 40°.
[OCR GCSE(9-1) Practice set 1 6H Q7]
OPQ is a sector of a circle, centre O and Find the perimeter of the sector.
radius 9 cm. Leave your answer in terms of 𝜋.

Question 4
[Edexcel IGCSE June2010-4H Q17] The
diagram shows a sector of a circle, radius
45 cm, with angle 84°.
Find the perimeter of the sector.
Give your answer in terms of 𝜋.

Question 2
[AQA GCSE Nov 2012 2H Q23] The
diagram shows a sector of a circle.
Calculate the area of the sector. Give
your answer correct to 3 significant
figures.

Question 5
[Edexcel IGCSE Jan2017-3H Q22]
Work out the area of the sector.
Give your answer to a suitable degree
of accuracy.

Question 3
[Edexcel GCSE June2003-5H Q15]

The diagram shows a sector OAB of a

circle, centre O. Angle AOB = 75°
Length of arc AB = 7.2 cm

Calculate the area of the sector.

Give your answer correct to 3
significant figures.

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Question 6 Question 8
[AQA GCSE June 2016 2H Q17] The [OCR GCSE(9-1) Nov 2017 6H Q8] The
diagram shows a sector of a circle. design below is made from two sectors of
The radius is 7 𝑐𝑚. circles, centre 𝑂.

Work out the perimeter of the shape.

Calculate the perimeter of the shaded
Question 7 part. Give your answer correct to 3
significant figures.
[AQA GCSE Nov 2016 1H Q21] This
shape is made from two identical sectors. Exercise 2

Test Your Understanding

[Edexcel IGCSE Jan2016-4H Q24] The
diagram shows sector OAB of a circle,
centre 𝑂.

Work out the perimeter of the shape.

Give your answer in terms of 𝜋.

Angle 𝐴𝑂𝐵 = 50° Sector 𝑂𝐴𝐵 has area

20𝜋 cm2

Calculate the perimeter of sector 𝑂𝐴𝐵 .

Give your answer correct to 3
significant figures.

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Question 1 Question 4
[Edexcel GCSE March2013-2H Q19] OAB is [Edexcel GCSE(9-1) Nov 2018 3H Q16] Here
a sector of a circle, centre O. is a shaded shape 𝐴𝐵𝐶𝐷.
The radius of the circle is 15 cm.
The angle of the sector is 30°.

The shape is made from a triangle and a

Calculate the area of sector OAB. sector of a circle, centre 𝑂 and radius 6 cm.
Give your answer correct to 3 significant 𝑂𝐶𝐷 is a straight line. 𝐴𝐷 = 14 cm
figures. Angle 𝐴𝑂𝐷 = 140 Angle 𝑂𝐴𝐷 = 24

Question 2 Calculate the perimeter of the shape. Give

your answer correct to 3 significant figures.
[OCR GCSE(9-1) Nov 2018 5H Q12] 𝐴𝑂𝐵 is a
sector of a circle, centre 𝑂 and radius 6 cm. Question 5
The length of arc 𝐴𝐵 is 5𝜋 cm. [Edexcel IGCSE Nov2009-3H Q18] In the
diagram, a sector of a circle of radius 12 cm
is shaded. The area of the sector is
112𝜋 𝑐𝑚 2 . Calculate the value of 𝑥.

Find the area of the sector.

Give your answer in terms of 𝜋.

Question 3 Question 6
[OCR GCSE June 2016 3H Q20] OAB is a [Edexcel GCSE(9-1) June 2017 3H Q18] 𝐴, 𝐵
sector of a circle, centre O. and 𝐶 are points on a circle of radius 5 cm,
Angle AOB = 120°. centre 𝑂. 𝐷𝐴 and 𝐷𝐶 are tangents to the
circle. 𝐷𝑂 = 9 cm

Work out the length of arc 𝐴𝐵𝐶. Give your

answer correct to 3 significant figures.

The area of sector OAB is 3𝜋 𝑚 2 .

Find, in terms of 𝜋, the length of the arc

AB.

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Question 7 Work out the perimeter of the shaded

region. Give your answer in terms of 𝜋.
[Edexcel GCSE(9-1) Mock
Set 3 Autumn 2017 2H Question 10
Q19] The diagram shows
a sector of a circle of [Edexcel GCSE Nov2015-2H Q20]
radius 9 cm. Here are two watch faces, A and B.
The sector has a
perimeter of 25 cm. Work out the value of
x. Give your answer correct to 1 decimal
place.

Question 8
[Edexcel GCSE(9-1) Nov 2017
2H Q20] 𝑂𝐴𝐶 is a sector of a Both watch faces are circular with radius 2
circle, centre 𝑂, radius 10 m. cm. The materials used to make both
𝐵𝐴 is the tangent to the circle watch faces have the same thickness. A is
at point 𝐴 .𝐵𝐶 is the tangent to made entirely of plastic. B has a 20° sector
the circle at point 𝐶. Angle of metal and a 340° sector of plastic.
𝐴𝑂𝐶 = 120° 2
The ratio of the cost per cm of the metal
Calculate the area of the 2
to the cost per cm of the plastic is 3 : 2
shaded region. Give your answer correct to
3 significant figures. Work out the ratio of the cost of the
materials for A to the cost of the materials
Question 9 for B. Give your answer in its simplest
form. You must show
[Edexcel IGCSE(9-1) Jan2019(R)2H Q22] all your working.

Question 11
[Edexcel GCSE
June2007-6H Q25b
Edited] Here is the
net of a cone.
𝑂𝑃𝑄 is a sector of a circle, centre 𝑂𝑂𝐴𝐵 is
The net is a sector of a circle, centre O,
a sector of a circle, centre 𝑂. 𝐴 is the
point on 𝑂𝑃 such that 𝑂𝐴: 𝐴𝑃 = 3: 2𝐵 is and radius 15 cm.
the point on 𝑂𝑄 such that 𝑂𝐵: 𝐵𝑄 = 3: 2 Reflex angle AOB = 216°
Angle 𝑃𝑂𝑄 = 45° . The area of the shaded The net makes a cone of slant height 15
region is
81
𝜋 cm 2 cm. Work out the vertical height of the
2
cone.

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