Pythagoras Exam Questions - Web Maths



Pythagoras Exam Questions

ABC is a right-angled triangle.

AC = 19 cm and AB = 9 cm.

[pic]

Calculate the length of BC. (3 marks)

___________________________________________________________________

A rectangular field ABCD is shown.

[pic]

The length of the field, AB = 160 m. The width of the field, BC = 75 m.

Calculate the length of the diagonal BD.

Give your answer to a suitable degree of accuracy. (4 marks)

___________________________________________________________________

The diagram shows a right-angled triangle ABC.

[pic]

AB = 10 cm and AC = 15cm Calculate the length of BC.

Leave your answer as a square root. (3 marks)

____________________________________________________________________

The diagram shows a circle with centre O and radius 2.5 cm.

TA is a tangent to the circle, of length 6 cm.

[pic]

The line from A to the centre O of the circle cuts the circumference at B.

Calculate the length of AB. (4 marks)

A support for a flagpole is attached at a height of 3m and is fixed to the ground at a

distance of 1.2 m from the base.

[pic]

Calculate the length of the support (marked x on the diagram). (3 marks)

................
................

In order to avoid copyright disputes, this page is only a partial summary.

Google Online Preview   Download