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Topic questions Geometry and measures Geometric terms and notation

Geometric terms and notation

24 questions · 49 marks · about 1 hour

Geometric terms and notation questions

AQA 8300 Geometric terms and notation 24 questions

Paper 1: Non-calculator November 2024 Foundation tier, Question 16 2 marks

This shape is made from a semicircle and a square.

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On the centimetre grid below, make an accurate drawing of the shape.

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Paper 2: Calculator November 2024 Foundation tier, Question 16, also on the Higher paper 2 marks

Also involves Symmetry

In the grid below, shade one quarter of the squares so that the grid has exactly two lines of symmetry. Shade complete squares only.

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Paper 2: Calculator November 2024 Higher tier, Question 3, also on the Foundation paper 2 marks

Also involves Symmetry

In the grid below, shade one quarter of the squares so that the grid has exactly two lines of symmetry. Shade complete squares only.

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Paper 3: Calculator November 2024 Foundation tier, Question 13 3 marks

Also involves Symmetry

(a)

Here is a pattern of squares on a grid.

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Draw the two lines of symmetry on the pattern.

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(b)

Here is the pattern again.

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Shade four more squares so that the pattern has rotational symmetry of order 4

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Paper 1: Non-calculator June 2024 Foundation tier, Question 5 3 marks

Also involves Parallel and perpendicular lines

(a)

Here are four lines on a square grid.

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Which two lines are parallel?

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(b)

Here is a different grid.

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There are four points on this grid that each have both coordinates that are whole numbers and x-coordinate + y-coordinate = 3

Plot the four points on the grid.

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Paper 1: Non-calculator June 2024 Higher tier, Question 13 4 marks

ABCDE is a pentagon with AB = 7 cm

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maths symbol AB and BC are perpendicular.

maths symbol AB and DC are equal and parallel.

maths symbol Area of the pentagon = 54 cm2

maths symbol The pentagon has exactly one line of symmetry.

Complete a labelled drawing of the pentagon.

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Paper 2: Calculator June 2024 Foundation tier, Question 3 3 marks

Also involves Symmetry

Here is a quadrilateral.

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(a)

Write down the letter of the obtuse angle.

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Write down the letter of an acute angle.

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(c)

How many lines of symmetry does the shape have?

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Paper 1: Non-calculator November 2023 Foundation tier, Question 13 1 mark

A shape has

• an even number of sides

• more sides than a square

• fewer sides than a decagon

Write down the name of one shape this could be.

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Paper 3: Calculator June 2022 Foundation tier, Question 10 4 marks

Shapes X and Y are shown on a centimetre grid.

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Circle the name of shape X.

pentagon hexagon octagon decagon

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Give a reason why shape Y is not a regular polygon.

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(c)

Complete these statements.

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Paper 2: Calculator November 2019 Foundation tier, Question 13 4 marks

Also involves Angle facts

A quadrilateral PQRS has PQ = 5 cm QR perpendicular to PQ QR = 7 cm angle QPS = 135 ° PS = 8.5 cm On the grid, draw the quadrilateral PQRS. PQ has been drawn for you.

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Paper 2: Calculator June 2019 Foundation tier, Question 8 5 marks

Also involves Geometric reasoning and proof

(a)

The interior angle of a regular pentagon is 108° Work out the sum of the five reflex angles at the vertices of a regular pentagon.

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(b)

Omar asks Harry,

“How many lines of symmetry does a pentagon have?” Harry assumes it is a regular pentagon. His answer is 5.

Draw the lines of symmetry on this regular pentagon.

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Omar then says, “What if the pentagon is not regular?” For a pentagon that is not regular, what is true about the number of lines of symmetry? Tick one box.

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Paper 3: Calculator June 2019 Foundation tier, Question 16 1 mark

Which shape must have rotational symmetry? Circle your answer.

isosceles triangle trapezium kite parallelogram

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Paper 1: Non-calculator November 2018 Foundation tier, Question 18 3 marks

Also involves Sets and Venn diagrams

Here are five shapes, A to E.

AParallelogram
BRegular pentagon
CRhombus
DScalene triangle
ETrapezium

In the Venn diagram, ξ is the set of all shapes Q is the set of quadrilaterals R is the set of shapes which always have rotational symmetry.

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Complete the Venn diagram with the letters A to E.

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Paper 3: Calculator November 2018 Foundation tier, Question 3 1 mark

Which of these cannot be the number of lines of symmetry of a triangle? Circle your answer.

0 1 2 3

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Paper 1: Non-calculator June 2017 Foundation tier, Question 3 1 mark

Which of these shapes has the most sides? Circle your answer. Hexagon Octagon Rhombus Trapezium

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