Perimeter and areaIB MYP Maths Standard: Mind map
Triangles and quadrilaterals
Circles
Perimeter and area
2D shapes
cmcm
Sectors
Compound shapes
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Exam questions on Perimeter and area
- A sector of a circle has centre , radius cm and angle . Use the button on your calculator.Find the perimeter of the sector.2 marks
- A trapezium has parallel sides of length cm and cm. The perpendicular distance between the parallel sides is cm.A triangle has a base of cm and the same area as the trapezium. Find its perpendicular height.2 marks
- A window is made from a rectangle m wide and m high, with an isosceles triangle on top. The triangle has a base of m, a perpendicular height of m, and each of its sloping sides is m long.Find the total area of the window.3 marks
Written by the Exaim team, led by Shaun Daswani (Head of Upper Secondary, Improve ME Institute; MSc Financial Mathematics, Imperial College London; BSc, UCL) and Jason Daswani (operational lead, Improve ME Institute; LSE).