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Mensuration (The circle) – Past paper questions

The questions in this document have been compiled from a number of past papers, as indicated
in the table below.

Use these questions to formatively assess your learners’ understanding of this topic.

Question Year Series Paper number

6 2018 June 21
21 2018 November 22
5ei 2018 November 32
9di 2018 November 33
10 2018 November 41
10aiii 2018 November 42
28 2020 Specimen 1
23 2020 Specimen 2
1civ 2020 Specimen 3
10c 2020 Specimen 4

The mark scheme for each question is provided at the end of the document.

You can find the complete question papers and the complete mark schemes (with additional
notes where available) on the School Support Hub www.cambridgeinternational.org/support

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 6 Calculate the area of a circle with radius 5.1 cm.

.......................................cm2 [2]

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The diagram shows an equilateral triangle ABC with sides of length 10

cm.
AMN is a sector of a circle, centre A.
M is the mid-point of AC.

Work out the area of the shaded region.

......................................... cm2 [4]

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 5(e) The diagram shows a hollow metal pipe in the shape of a cylinder.

NOT TO
SCALE

18 cm

(i) This diagram shows the cross-section of the pipe.

NOT TO
SCALE

7.5 cm

6 cm

Work out the shaded area.

..........................................cm2 [3]

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 A, B and C are points on the circumference of the circle, centre O.
The straight line DE touches the circle at B.

(d) AB = 9 cm.

(i) Calculate the area of the circle.

Give the units of your answer.

.............................................. [3]

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 The diagram shows a circle, centre O.
The straight line ABC is a tangent to the circle at B.
OB = 8 cm, AB = 15 cm and BC = 22.4 cm.
AO crosses the circle at X and OC crosses the circle at Y.

(a) Calculate angle XOY.

Angle XOY = ............................................... [5]

(b) Calculate the length of the arc XBY.

.......................................... cm [2]
(c) Calculate the total area of the two shaded regions.

........................................ cm2 [4]

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 10(a) The lake behind a dam has an area of 55 hectares.
When the gates in the dam are open, water flows out at a rate of 75 000 litres per second.

(iii)

The cross-section of a gate is a sector of a circle with radius 8.5 m and angle 76°.

Calculate the perimeter of the sector.

............................................ m [3]

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OAB is a sector of a circle with radius 9 cm and centre O.

The angle at O is 30°.

Calculate the area of this sector.

Give your answer in terms of π.

......................................... cm2 [2]

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AB is an arc of a circle, centre O, radius 9 cm.

The length of the arc AB is 6π cm.

The area of sector AOB is kπ cm2.

Find the value of k.

k = .............................................. [3]

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 1(c)(iv) The scale drawing shows a map of Kingswood Park.
There are two straight paths and one circular path.
The scale is 1 cm represents 200 m.

Ivan runs once around the circular path.

Calculate the distance Ivan runs.

............................................ m [4]

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 10(c) The diagram below shows a solid circular cone and a solid sphere.

The cone has radius 5x cm and height 12x cm.

The sphere has radius r cm.
The cone has the same total surface area as the sphere.

Show that

[The curved surface area, A, of a cone with radius r and slant height l is A = πrl.]
[The surface area, A, of a sphere with radius r is A = 4πr2.]

[5]

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 Mark schemes

Question Answer Marks

6 81.7 or 81.71 to 81.72… 2

Total: 2
21 30.2 or 30.20 to 30.21… 4

Total: 4
5ei 63.6 or 63.61 to 63.63 3

Total: 3
9di 63.6 or 63.61 to 63.63 2

Total: 3
10a 132.26 to 132.28 or 132.3 5

18.4 or 18.5 or 18.43 to 18.48 2

10b

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 75.7 to 75.9 4

10c

Total: 11
10aiii 28.3 or 28.27 to 28.28 3

Total: 3
28 2

Total: 2
23 27 3

Total: 3
1civ 3770 or 3769.9 to 3770.4 4

Total: 4
10c M1
[slant height =] 13x A1

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 M1

M1

A1

With all steps shown and no errors seen

Total: 5

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