Angles in Polygons & Parallel LinesCambridge IGCSE Maths: Subtopic test
10 questions, 26 marks
Cambridge IGCSE Maths
Angles in Polygons & Parallel Lines
Total 26 marks
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- 1A road planner is measuring angles at a junction where three straight roads meet at a single point.(a)Three roads meet at a single junction point. Two of the angles between them measure and . Find the third angle at the junction.[1 mark]
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(b)On one of the roads, a lamppost stands where the road is straight. The angle on one side of the lamppost is . Find the angle on the other side.[1 mark]- A
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(c)Two of the roads cross, forming an X shape. One angle formed is . Find the angle vertically opposite it.[1 mark]- A
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Total for question 1: 3 marks
- 2A carpenter is fitting triangular and quadrilateral fence panels and needs to check the interior angles add up correctly.(a)A fence panel is triangular, with two known interior angles of and . Find the third angle, giving a geometric reason.[2 marks](b)A quadrilateral fence panel has three known interior angles of , and . Find the fourth angle, giving a geometric reason.[2 marks]
Total for question 2: 4 marks
- 3Two railway tracks run parallel to each other, crossed by a single straight sleeper acting as a transversal.(a)One angle formed between the transversal and the first track is . The corresponding angle on the second track is labelled . Find , giving a geometric reason.[3 marks](b)The angle lies between the two tracks. A second angle, , is formed where the sleeper meets the second track, on the same side of the sleeper as the angle and also between the two tracks, so that and the angle are co-interior angles. Find , giving a geometric reason.[3 marks]
Total for question 3: 6 marks
- 4An architect is designing a gazebo with a regular polygon base and needs to calculate related angle properties for the roof structure.(a)A regular polygon is used as the base of a decorative garden gazebo. The polygon has 9 sides. Calculate the sum of its interior angles, and hence find the size of one interior angle.[4 marks](b)Find the size of one exterior angle of the same 9-sided regular polygon, and use it to verify your answer to part (a) using the relationship between interior and exterior angles.[4 marks](c)An irregular polygon has interior angles , , , and (5 angles in total). Form and solve an equation to find , and hence state the largest interior angle.[5 marks]
Total for question 4: 13 marks
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