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GCSE ArcsAndSectors

1. The document contains 11 questions about calculating perimeters, areas, and other measurements of sectors of circles. The questions involve finding lengths of arcs, areas of sectors, and perimeters of shapes made from sectors. 2. Diagrams are provided with each question showing sectors of circles with given radii and central angles. Some questions also involve additional line segments to form composite shapes. 3. The level of difficulty ranges from straightforward sector calculations to some questions requiring use of trigonometric ratios or relationships between angles and arc lengths.

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GCSE ArcsAndSectors

1. The document contains 11 questions about calculating perimeters, areas, and other measurements of sectors of circles. The questions involve finding lengths of arcs, areas of sectors, and perimeters of shapes made from sectors. 2. Diagrams are provided with each question showing sectors of circles with given radii and central angles. Some questions also involve additional line segments to form composite shapes. 3. The level of difficulty ranges from straightforward sector calculations to some questions requiring use of trigonometric ratios or relationships between angles and arc lengths.

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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
[AQA GCSE June 2016 2H Q17] The
Work out the area of the sector. diagram shows a sector of a circle.
Give your answer to a suitable degree The radius is 7 cm .
of accuracy.

Question 3
[Edexcel GCSE June2003-5H Q15]

Work out the perimeter of the shape.

Question 6

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[AQA GCSE Nov 2016 1H Q21] This


shape is made from two identical sectors.

Angle AOB=50° Sector OAB has area


20 π cm2

Calculate the perimeter of sector OAB .


Work out the perimeter of the shape.
Give your answer correct to 3
Give your answer in terms of π .
significant figures.

Question 1
Question 7
[Edexcel GCSE March2013-2H Q19] OAB is
[OCR GCSE(9-1) Nov 2017 6H Q8] The a sector of a circle, centre O.
design below is made from two sectors of The radius of the circle is 15 cm.
circles, centre O . The angle of the sector is 30°.

Calculate the area of sector OAB.


Give your answer correct to 3 significant
figures.

Calculate the perimeter of the shaded


part. Give your answer correct to 3
significant figures.

Exercise 2

Test Your Understanding


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

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Question 2 cm. OCD is a straight line. AD=14 cm


Angle AOD=140 Angle OAD=24
[OCR GCSE(9-1) Nov 2018 5H Q12] AOB is
a sector of a circle, centre O and radius 6 Calculate the perimeter of the shape. Give
cm. your answer correct to 3 significant figures.

The length of arc AB is 5 π cm. Question 5


[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
2
112 π cm . Calculate the value of x .

Find the area of the sector.


Give your answer in terms of π .

Question 3
[OCR GCSE June 2016 3H Q20] OAB is a Question 6
sector of a circle, centre O.
Angle AOB = 120°. [Edexcel GCSE(9-1) June 2017 3H Q18] 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 . Give your


answer correct to 3 significant figures.
The area of sector OAB is 3 π m2.

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


AB.

Question 4
(note: sine/cosine rule knowledge required)

[Edexcel GCSE(9-1) Nov 2018 3H Q16] Here


is a shaded shape ABCD . Question 7
[Edexcel GCSE(9-1) Mock
Set 3 Autumn 2017 2H
Q19] The diagram shows
a sector of a circle of
radius 9 cm.
The shape is made from a triangle and a
The sector has a
sector of a circle, centre O and radius 6
perimeter of 25 cm. Work out the value of

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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
circle, centre O , radius 10 m. Question 10
BA is the tangent to the circle
[Edexcel GCSE Nov2015-2H Q20]
at point A . BC is the tangent
to the circle at point C . Angle Here are two watch faces, A and B.
°
AOC=120

Calculate the area of the shaded region.


Give your answer correct to 3 significant
figures.

Question 9
[Edexcel IGCSE(9-1) Jan2019(R)2H Q22]
Both watch faces are circular with radius 2
cm. The materials used to make both
watch faces have the same thickness. A is
made entirely of plastic. B has a 20° sector
of metal and a 340° sector of plastic.

The ratio of the cost per cm2 of the metal


to the cost per cm2 of the plastic is 3 : 2
OPQ is a sector of a circle, centre OOAB
is a sector of a circle, centre O . A is the Work out the ratio of the cost of the
point on OP such that OA : AP=3 :2 B is materials for A to the cost of the materials
the point on OQ such that OB : BQ=3 :2 for B. Give your answer in its simplest
Angle POQ=45° . The area of the shaded form. You must show all your working.
81
region is π cm2 Question 11
2

Work out the perimeter of the shaded [Edexcel GCSE June2007-6H Q25b
region. Give your answer in terms of π . Edited] Here is the net of a
cone.

The net is a sector of a


circle, centre O, and radius
15 cm.
Reflex angle AOB = 216°
The net makes a cone of
slant height 15 cm. Work out the vertical
height of the cone.

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