Chua Chu Kang Secondary School

Secondary 3 Express
Elementary Mathematics
Chapter 10a: Chords and Angle Properties of a Circle

Name: __________________________( ) Date: ____________

Class: _____________

10.1: Chords and Symmetry Properties of Circles

A chord is a straight line joining any two points on the

circumference of a circle

Arc: a part of the circumference of a circle

Segment: the region enclosed by a chord and the

circumference

Sector: the region enclosed by two radii and an arc of a circle

Property 1:

The perpendicular bisector of a chord passes through the

_________________.

i.e. a straight line drawn from the centre of a circle to

_________________ a chord is _________________ to the
chord.

PQ OM

Property 2:

In a circle, equal chords are _________________ from the

centre.

PQ = P’Q’ and OM = ON

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Practice Questions:
1. Find the values of PQ and P O^ M in the circle.

2. Find the values of AP and OC in the circle.

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3. In the diagram, AB and CD are two parallel chords of a circle,
center O. AB = 30 cm, CD = 48 cm and the perpendicular distance
from O to AB is 20 cm. Find
a. The radius of the circle,
b. The perpendicular distance between AB and CD

4.

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Homework

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