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Sine & cosine rules

16 questions · 81 marks · about 1.5 hours

Sine and cosine rules questions

Edexcel 4MA1 Sine and cosine rules 16 questions

Paper 1H June 2025 Higher tier, Question 20 5 marks

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Work out the length of BC Give your answer correct to 3 significant figures.

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Paper 1H June 2025 (R) Higher tier, Question 25 6 marks

Also involves Arc length and sector area · Rounding

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BAC is a sector of a circle, centre A

BCD is a sector of a circle, centre C

Angle BAC = 40° Angle BCD = 130° Area of shaded segment = 28 cm2

Find the length of the arc BD Give your answer correct to 3 significant figures.

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Paper 1H June 2023 (R) Higher tier, Question 25 6 marks

Also involves Quadratic equations

Here is a triangle ABC

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The area of the triangle is (x2 + x – 3.75) cm2

Find the size of the largest angle in triangle ABC Give your answer correct to the nearest degree.

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Paper 2H June 2023 Higher tier, Question 22 5 marks

Also involves Pythagoras' theorem

The diagram shows a triangle ABC and a flagpole BF

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A, B and C are points on horizontal ground.

BF is vertical.

AB = 9 m BC = 11 m AC = 16 m BF = 10 m

D is the point on AC such that angle BDC = 90°

Work out the size of the angle of elevation of the point F from the point D Give your answer correct to one decimal place.

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Paper 1H June 2022 (R) Higher tier, Question 17 5 marks

Also involves Trigonometric ratios

Here is a parallelogram PQRS, in which angle SPQ is acute.

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PQ = 6.1 cm PS = 3.8 cm

The area of the parallelogram is 18 cm2

Work out the length of QS Give your answer correct to 3 significant figures.

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Paper 1H June 2022 Higher tier, Question 18 5 marks

Here is triangle ABC

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Work out the value of x Give your answer correct to 3 significant figures.

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Paper 2H January 2022 (R) Higher tier, Question 16 5 marks

The diagram shows quadrilateral ABCD

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The angle BCD is acute.

Given that the area of triangle BCD = 405 cm2

work out the size of angle ABD Give your answer correct to one decimal place.

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Paper 2H January 2022 Higher tier, Question 23 6 marks

The diagram shows triangle PQR

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PQ = 1.6 cm PR = 4.2 cm Angle PRQ = 18°

Given that angle PQR is obtuse,

work out the area of triangle PQR Give your answer correct to 3 significant figures.

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Paper 1H January 2021 Higher tier, Question 16 5 marks

Also involves Angle facts

The diagram shows the positions of three ships, A, B and C.

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Ship B is due north of ship A.

The bearing of ship C from ship A is 120maths symbol

Calculate the bearing of ship C from ship B. Give your answer correct to the nearest degree.

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Paper 1H January 2020 Higher tier, Question 14 5 marks

Also involves Rounding

The diagram shows parallelogram EFGH.

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EF = 9.3 cm FG = 14.7 cm Angle EFG = 106°

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Work out the area of the parallelogram. Give your answer correct to 3 significant figures.

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Work out the length of the diagonal EG of the parallelogram. Give your answer correct to 3 significant figures.

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Paper 1H January 2020 (R) Higher tier, Question 21 6 marks

Also involves Rounding

The diagram shows the prism ABCDEF with cross section triangle ABC.

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Angle BEC = 40° and angle ACB is obtuse. AC = 6 cm and CE = 13 cm

The area of triangle ABC is 22 cm2

Calculate the length of AB. Give your answer correct to one decimal place.

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Paper 1H June 2019 Higher tier, Question 18 3 marks

The diagram shows triangle PQR.

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Give your answer correct to 3 significant figures.

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Paper 1H June 2019 (R) Higher tier, Question 25 5 marks

Also involves Pythagoras' theorem

A boat sails from point X to point Y and then to point Z.

Y is on a bearing of 280° from X. Z is on a bearing of 220° from Y.

The distance from X to Y is 3.5 km. The distance from Y to Z is 6 km.

Work out the bearing of Z from X. Give your answer correct to 1 decimal place.

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Paper 2H June 2019 (R) Higher tier, Question 12 5 marks

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Calculate the length of AB. Show your working clearly. Give your answer correct to 3 significant figures.

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Paper 1H June 2018 (R) Higher tier, Question 18 6 marks

Here is a quadrilateral PQRS.

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Angle SRQ is acute.

Work out the size of angle SQR. Give your answer correct to 1 decimal place.

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Paper 2H June 2018 Higher tier, Question 18 3 marks

A triangle has sides of length 8 cm, 10 cm and 14 cm.

Work out the size of the largest angle of the triangle. Give your answer correct to 1 decimal place.

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