1 The diagram shows the positions of two ships, A and B,

and a coastguard station, C.

(a) Calculate the distance, AB, between the two ships.
Show that it rounds to 138 km, correct to the nearest kilometre.
(b) The bearing of the coastguard station C from ship A is 146°.
Calculate the bearing of ship B from ship A.

2 A helicopter fl ies from its base B to deliver supplies to two oil rigs at C and D.
C is 6 km due east of B and the distance from C to D is 8 km.
D is on a bearing of 120° from B.
Find the bearing of D from C.

3 (a) The scale drawing shows the positions of two towns A and C on a map.
On the map, 1 centimetre represents 20 kilometres.
(i) Find the distance in kilometres from town A to town C.
(ii) Measure and write down the bearing of town C from town A.
(iii) Town B is 140 km from town C on a bearing of 150°.
Mark accurately the position of town B on the scale drawing.
(iv) Find the bearing of town C from town B.
(v) A lake on the map has an area of 0.15 cm2
.Work out the actual area of the lake.
(b) A plane leaves town C at 11 57 and flies 1500 km to
another town, landing at 14 12.
Calculate the average speed of the plane.
(c) The diagram shows the distances between three towns P, Q and R.
Calculate angle PQR.

4
Three buoys K, L and M show the course of a boat race.
MK = 4 km, KL = 9 km and angle MKL = 108°.
(a) Calculate the distance ML.
(b) The bearing of L from K is 125°.
(i) Calculate how far L is south of K.
(ii) Find the three figure bearing of K from M.
5 C
120 m

B NOT TO
SCALE

m
60 m

55
77 m

x° 45° y°
D
A
In quadrilateral ABCD, AB # 77 m, BC # 120 m, CD # 60 m and diagonal AC # 55 m.
Angle CAD # 45°, angle BAC # x° and angle ADC # y°.
(a) Calculate the value of x. [4]
(b) Calculate the value of y. [4]
(c) The bearing of D from A is 090°.
Find the bearing of
(i) A from C, [2]
(ii) B from A. [2]

6 (a) Andrei stands on level horizontal ground, 294 m from

the foot of a vertical tower which is 55 m high.
(i) Calculate the angle of elevation of the top of the tower.
(ii) Andrei walks a distance x metres directly towards the tower.
The angle of elevation of the top of the tower is now 24.8°.
Calculate the value of x.
(b) The diagram shows a pyramid with a horizontal rectangular base.
The rectangular base has length 4.8 m and width 3 m and the
height of the pyramid is 4 m. Calculate
(i) y, the length of a sloping edge of the pyramid,
(ii) the angle between a sloping edge and the rectangular base of the pyramid.

7 The diagram shows the cross section, ABCD, of a ramp.

(a) Calculate angle DBC.
(b) (i) Show that BD is exactly 3 m.
(ii) Use the cosine rule to calculate angle ABD.
(c) The ramp is a prism of width 4 m.
Calculate the volume of this prism.
8 (a) The diagram shows triangle LMN with LM = 12 cm,
LN = 15 cm and MN = 21 cm.
(i) Calculate angle LMN.
Show that this rounds to 44.4°, correct to 1 decimal place.
(ii) Calculate the area of triangle LMN.

9 Two circles, centres O and C, of radius 6 cm and 4 cm

respectively, touch at Q. PT is a tangent to both circles.
(a) Write down the distance OC.
(b) Calculate the distance PT.

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10 In the right-angled triangle ABC, cos C = . Find angle A.
5

11 The right-angled triangle in the diagram has sides

of length 7x cm, 24x cm and 150 cm.
(a) Show that x2 = 36.
(b) Calculate the perimeter of the triangle.

12 A,B,C and D lie on a circle, centre O, radius 8 cm.

AB and CD are tangents to a circle, centre O, radius 4 cm.
ABCD is a rectangle.
(a) Calculate the distance AE.
(b) Calculate the shaded area.

13 B

80 m NOT TO
SCALE
D
18°
A
C
The diagram shows the start of a roller-coaster ride at a fairground.
A car rises from A to B along a straight track.
(a) AB # 80 metres and angle BAC # 18°. Calculate the vertical height of B above A.
(b) The car runs down the slope from B to D, a distance of s metres.
Use the formula s # t(p ! qt) to find the value of s, given that p # 4, t # 3 and q # 3.8.
 15 (a) The diagram shows a circle with two chords, AB and CD, intersecting at X.
(i) Show that triangles ACX and DBX are similar.
(ii) AX = 3.2 cm, BX = 12.5 cm, CX = 4 cm and angle AXC = 110°.
(a) Find DX.
(b) Use the cosine rule to find AC.
(c) Find the area of triangle BXD.

(b) In the diagram, BC represents a building 30 m tall.

A flagpole, DC, stands on top of the building.
From a point, A, the angle of elevation of the top of the building is 31°.
The angle of elevation of the top of the flagpole is 37°.
Calculate the height, DC, of the flagpole.

16 (a) The diagram shows triangle PQR with PQ = 12 cm and PR = 17 cm.

The area of triangle PQR is 97 cm2 and angle QPR is acute.
(i) Calculate angle QPR.
(ii) The midpoint of PQ is X.
Use the cosine rule to calculate the length of XR.

(b) Calculate the value of a.

9.4 cm 42° a cm
(c) sin x = cos 40°, 0° Y x Y 180°
Find the two values of x.
37°

17 (a) A, B and C are points on horizontal ground.

BT is a vertical pole.
AT = 60 m, AB = 50 m, BC = 70 m and angle ABC = 130°.
(i) Calculate the angle of elevation of T from C.
(ii) Calculate the length AC.
(iii) Calculate the area of triangle ABC.

Y
(b)
12 cm

22 cm A cuboid has length 45 cm, width 22 cm and height 12 cm.

Calculate the length of the straight line XY.
X
45 cm
18 The diagram shows a tent ABCD.
The front of the tent is an isosceles triangle ABC, with AB = AC.
The sides of the tent are congruent triangles ABD and ACD.
(a) BC = 1.2 m and angle ABC = 68°.
(b) CD = 2.3 m and AD = 1.9 m.
Find angle ADC.
(c) The floor of the tent, triangle BCD, is
also an isosceles triangle with BD = CD.
Calculate the area of the floor of the tent.
(d) When the tent is on horizontal ground, A is a vertical distance 1.25 m above the ground.
Calculate the angle between AD and the ground.

19 The diagram shows a pyramid on a square base ABCD

with diagonals, AC and BD, of length 8 cm. AC
and BD meet at M and the vertex, P, of the pyramid
is vertically above M.
The sloping edges of the pyramid are of
length 6 cm.
Calculate
(a) the perpendicular height, PM, of the pyramid,
(b) the angle between a sloping edge and the
base of the pyramid.

20

The diagram shows a triangular prism of length 12 cm.

The rectangle ABCD is horizontal and the rectangle DCPQ is vertical.
The cross-section is triangle PBC in which angle BCP = 90°, BC = 4 cm and CP = 3 cm.
(a) (i) Calculate the length of AP.
(ii) Calculate the angle of elevation of P from A.
(b) (i) Calculate angle PBC.
(ii) X is on BP so that angle BXC = 120°. Calculate the length of XC.