Trigonometry – test yourself

1. Find the angle of A, as shown, correct to the nearest degree.

2. A girl is flying a kite on a string 28m long. The string is being held at
1m above the ground, and makes an angle of 40° with the horizontal.
How high is the kite above the ground? Give your answer correct to the
nearest metre.

3. Find, correct to 1 decimal place the length of the side marked y in

the given triangle.

4. Find the third side of the given triangle. Now write down as a
fraction, in its simplest form
(i) sin A (ii) tan A.

5. A playground slide has a 6m slope and meets the ground at a 52°

angle. How high is the top of the slide above the ground? Give your
answer correct to 1 decimal place.