GEOMETRY EXERCISES

1) The name of the common polygons are:

3 sides___________________
4 sides___________________
5 sides___________________
6 sides___________________
7 sides___________________
8 sides___________________
10 sides___________________
12 sides___________________

2) Using only a ruler and a pair of compasses, construct the following triangles:
Example:
Constructing the triangle ABC in which sides AB=6 cm, BC=6cm and AC=7 cm:
First, draw the line AB using a ruler
Second, open up a pair of compasses to 6 cm. Place the compass point on B and draw an
arc.
Third, open up the pair of compasses to 7 cm. Place the compass point on A and draw an
arc. Where the two arcs intersect is point C.
Forth, join C to A and C to B.

a) Length of each side: 10cm, 7cm and 9 cm

b) Length of each side: 8cm, 5cm and 6 cm
c) Length of each side: 10cm, 3cm and 5 cm. Is this triangle possible? Why?
3) Draw a line similar to the one shown below and draw the perpendicular bisector to AB.
A

B
4) Draw a triangle similar to the one shown below:

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Construct the perpendicular bisector of each of the sides of your triangle.

Use a pair of compasses to draw a circle using the point where the three perpendicular bisectors
cross as the centre and passing through the points X, Y and Z.
This is called the circumcicle of the triangle.

5) Draw a triangle similar to the one shown below:

By construction, draw a circle to pass through points P, Q and R.

6) Measure and write down the size of the angles marked x and y

On the diagram construct the bisector of angle x.

7) In each of the following questions, some of the angles are given. Deduce, giving your reasons, the
size of the other labelled.
a) b)

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c) d)

8) For each of triangles below, use the information given to calculate the size of the labelled angles.
a) b)

c) d)

9) In each of the diagrams below, calculate the size of the labelled angles.
(Remember: The sum of the four angles of any quadrilateral must be 360º)
a) b)

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c) d)

e) f)

10) Find the sum of the interior angles of the following polygons:
a) a hexagon; b) a nonagon; c) a heptagon

11) Find the value of each interior angle of the following regular polygons:
a) an octogon; b) a square; c) a decagon; d) a dodecagon

12) Find the size of each exterior angle of the following regular polygons:
a) a pentagon; b) a dodecagon; c) a heptagon

13) The exterior angles of regular polygons are given below. In each case calculate the number of sides
the polygon has:
a) 20º; b) 36º; c) 45º; d) 18º; e) 3º

14) The interior angles of regular polygons are given below. In each case calculate the number of sides
the polygon has:
a) 108º; b) 150º; c) 162º; d) 156º; e) 171º

15) Calculate the number of sides a regular polygon has if an interior angle is five times the size of an
exterior angle.

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REMEMBER:

The angle in a semi-circle:

If AB represents the diameter, then the angle at C is a right angle (90º)

The angle between a tangent at a point and the radius to the

same point on the circle ia a right angle (90º)
The triangle OAC and OBC are congruent.

16) In each of the following diagrams, O marks the centre of the circle. Calculate the value of x in each
case:
a) b)

c) d)

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17) In each of the following diagrams, O marks the centre of the circle. Calculate the value of x in each
case:

b) c)
a)

(55º) (30º) (140º)

18) AB and BC are both tangents to the circle centre O. If OA= 5 cm and AB=12 cm, calculate:

a) The size of angle OAB

b) The length OB.

19) If OA is a radius of the circle and PB the tangent to the circle at A, calculate ABO

20) In every question, O marks the centre of circle. Calculate the size of the angle marked x in each
case:

a) b) c) d)

21) Solve every triangle:

a) b)
a 9 cm 15 cm
5 cm

12 cm c
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22) Is the triangle whose sides are 10cm, 24 cm and 26 cm a right-angle triangle?

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