Paper 1H June 2025 Higher tier, Question 20 5 marks
Work out the length of BC Give your answer correct to 3 significant figures.
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Edexcel IGCSE Maths
Topic questions Pure mathematics Sine & cosine rules
16 questions · 81 marks · about 1.5 hours
Work out the length of BC Give your answer correct to 3 significant figures.
Also involves Arc length and sector area · Rounding
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.
Also involves Quadratic equations
Here is a triangle ABC
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.
Also involves Pythagoras' theorem
The diagram shows a triangle ABC and a flagpole BF
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.
Also involves Trigonometric ratios
Here is a parallelogram PQRS, in which angle SPQ is acute.
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.
Here is triangle ABC
Work out the value of x Give your answer correct to 3 significant figures.
The diagram shows quadrilateral ABCD
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.
The diagram shows triangle PQR
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.
Also involves Angle facts
The diagram shows the positions of three ships, A, B and C.
Ship B is due north of ship A.
The bearing of ship C from ship A is 120
Calculate the bearing of ship C from ship B. Give your answer correct to the nearest degree.
Also involves Rounding
The diagram shows parallelogram EFGH.
EF = 9.3 cm FG = 14.7 cm Angle EFG = 106°
Work out the area of the parallelogram. Give your answer correct to 3 significant figures.
Work out the length of the diagonal EG of the parallelogram. Give your answer correct to 3 significant figures.
Also involves Rounding
The diagram shows the prism ABCDEF with cross section triangle ABC.
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.
The diagram shows triangle PQR.
Give your answer correct to 3 significant figures.
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.
Calculate the length of AB. Show your working clearly. Give your answer correct to 3 significant figures.
Here is a quadrilateral PQRS.
Angle SRQ is acute.
Work out the size of angle SQR. Give your answer correct to 1 decimal place.
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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