Worksheet Arc Length and Area of Sector May June 2018 - 2005

1. The diagram shows a sector of a circle of radius 8 cm and angle 70°.

(a) Calculate the shaded area. [4]
Ans 4024/21/M/J/18 Q9)(a) 9.025 to 9.03
2. (a) OAB is a sector of a circle, centre O, radius 11 cm.
AO ^ B = 134° .
(i) Calculate the length of the arc AB.[2]
(ii) Calculate the shortest distance from O to the line AB [2]
Ans 4024/22/M/J/18 Q5)(a) (i)25.7 (ii)4.3

3. The diagram shows the cross-section of the tunnel.

The cross-section of the tunnel is a major segment of a circle,
centre O.
The radius of the circle is 4.5 m and AOB = 110°.
Calculate the area of the cross-section of the tunnel. [4]
4024/22/O/N/17 Q9)(b) 53.7
4. Sector OAB has radius (r+ 4) cm and its area is the same as the
area of a circle of radius r cm.
(i) Show that r2– 4r– 8 = 0 . [3] (ii)Calculate r [3]
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Ans 4024/21/M/J/17 Q10)(b)(i) π (r + 4)2=π r 2 (ii) 5.46 to
360
5.47

5. OAB is a sector of a circle, centre O, and radius 10 cm.

AÔB = 72° and C is the point on the arc AB such that OC bisects AÔB.
(a) Calculate the perimeter of sector OAB. [3]
(b) (i) Calculate the area of sector OAB. [2]
(ii) Calculate the total shaded area. [3]
Ans 4024/22/M/J/17 Q12)(a) 32.56 to 32.58 or 32.6 (b)(i) 62.83 to
62.84 or 62. (ii) 4(.00) to 4.08

6. (a) P and Q are points on the circumference of a circle, centre O, radius R cm.
The minor arc PQ = 20 cm and PO ^ Q = 48°.
(i) Show that R =23.9, correct to one decimal place.[3]
(ii) Calculate the area of the minor sector POQ. [2]
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Ans 4024/22/O/N/16 Q8)(a)from ×2 πR=20 (ii)239
360

7. The diagram shows a sector of a circle with radius 3r cm

and angle a° and a circle with radius r cm. The ratio of the
area of the sector to the area of the circle with radius r
cm is 8 : 1. (a) Find the value of a. [3]
(b) Find an expression, in terms of π and r, for the
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 perimeter of the sector. [2]
16 πr
Ans 4024/12/M/J/16 Q24 (a) 320 (b)6r +
3
8. The diagram shows a sector AOB of a circle with centre O and radius 9.3 cm.
The angle of the sector is 260°.
(a) (i) Calculate the length of the major arc AB. [2]
(ii) Calculate the area of the major sector AOB. [2]
(b) A sector of radius 0.8 cm, centre O, is removed from the sector AOB as shown in Diagram I.
The shaded shape is used to make part of a conical funnel. AD is joined to BC as
shown in Diagram II.

The

circumference of the top of the conical funnel is the major arc AB, and the circumference of
the bottom of the conical funnel is the major arc CD.
(i) Calculate the external surface area of this part of the funnel. [2]
4024/21/M/J/15 Q8)(a) (i) 42.18 to 42.2 (ii) 196 to 196.32 (b)(i) 194 to 195
9. (b) The angle of a sector of a circle, radius 6 cm, is 40°.
(i) The area of the sector is kπ cm2. Find the value of k. [2]
(ii) Find an expression, in terms of π, for the perimeter of the sector.
Give your answer in the form (a+ bπ) centimetres. [2]
(iii) A geometrically similar sector has perimeter (72 + nπ) centimetres.
Find the value of n. [1]
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Ans 4024/22/M/J/15 Q4)(b)(i)4(ii)12 + π (iii)8
3

10. (a) OAB is a sector of a circle, centre O, radius 6 cm.

AO^ B = 25°.
(i) Calculate the length of the arc AB [2]
(ii) Calculate the area of the sector OAB. [2]
(b) The sector OAB from part (a) is the cross-section of a
slice of cheese. The slice has a height of 5 cm.
(i) Calculate the volume of this slice of cheese [1]
(ii) Calculate the total surface area of this slice of cheese. [3]
(iii) Another 25° slice of cheese has 3 times the height and twice the

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 radius. Calculate its volume [2]
Ans 4024/22/O/N/15 Q8(a) (i) 2.62 (ii) 7.85 (b) (i) 39.3 (ii) 88.8 (iii) 471 to 472

11.

A hollow cone has a base radius 6 cm and slant height 10 cm. The curved surface of the cone is
cut, and opened out into the shape of a sector of a circle, with angle 𝓍° and radius r cm.
(a) Write down the value of r. [1] (b) Calculate 𝓍 [2]
Ans 4024/12/O/N/14 Q14 (a)10 (b)216
12. (b) The cross-section of a prism is a sector of a circle, radius 8 cm and angle 40°.
The prism is 20 cm long. Calculate
(i) the area of the cross-section, [2]
(ii) the total surface area of the prism. [4]
Ans 4024/21/O/N/14 Q10)(b) (i) 22.3 (ii) 476 to 477

13. A thin piece of wire is shaped into a figure five as shown.

The shape has two straight sections of length 5.25 cm and 4.8
cm. The curved part is the arc of the major sector of a circle,
radius 3 cm. The angle of the major sector is 280°.
The total length of wire needed to make the figure is
( a + bπ )cm. Find the values of a and b. [2]
Ans 4024/11/M/J/14 Q7) 10.05 , 14/3

14. (b) P and Q are points on the circle centre O with radius 4 cm.
POQ = 130°
(i) Calculate the area of triangle POQ. [2]
(ii) Calculate the area of the major segment, shown unshaded in the
diagram. [3]

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 4024/22/M/J/14 Q11)b) (i) 6.126 to 6.13 (ii) 38.2 to 38.3
15. The diagram shows a sector AOB of a circle with centre O and radius 6
cm. The angle of the sector is 310°.
(a) Calculate the total perimeter of the sector.[3]
(b) Calculate the area of the sector. [2]

(c) This sector is cut from a rectangular piece of card of height 12

cm and width w cm. One edge of the rectangular piece of card

passes through A and B. The other edges are tangents to the

circle.
(i) Calculate the value of w. [3]
(ii) When the sector is cut out, the triangle AOB is retained.
The rest of the rectangular piece of card, shown shaded, is

discarded as waste. Calculate the percentage of

the rectangular piece of card that is discarded as
waste. [4]
Ans 4024/22/O/N/13 Q8(a)44.5 (b)97.4 (c) (i)11.4(ii)19.0
16. The diagram shows the metal cover for a circular drain.
Water drains out through the shaded sections.
O is the centre of circles with radii 1 cm, 2 cm, 3 cm, 4 cm and 5
cm.
The cover has rotational symmetry of order 6 and BO ^ C = 40°.
(a) Calculate the area of the shaded section ABCD, giving your
answer in terms of π.[2]
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(b) The total area of the metal (unshaded) sections of the cover is π cm2.
3
(i) Calculate the total area of the shaded sections, giving your answer in terms of π. [1]
(ii) Calculate the fraction of the total area of the cover that is metal (unshaded).
Give your answer in its simplest form. [1]
2
Ans 4024/11/M/J/13 Q19) a) 7π/9 b(i) 6 π (ii)11/15
3
17. The diagram shows part of an earring.
It is in the shape of a sector of a circle of radius 3 cm and angle 45°,
from which a sector of radius 2 cm and angle 45° has been removed.
(a) Calculate the shaded area. Give your answer in the form

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 aπ/b , where a and b are integers and as small as possible [2]
(b) The earring is cut from a sheet of silver.
The mass of 1 cm2 of the silver sheet is 1.6 g
By taking the value of π to be 3, estimate the mass of the earring. [1]
Ans 4024/12/M/J/13 Q17)(a) 5 π /8 (b)3
18. (b) JKLM is a quadrilateral with KL= 7 cm and KL̂M= 72°.
N is the point on LM such that KLN is a sector of a circle,
centre L.
(i) Calculate the area of the sector KLN. [2]
(ii) Calculate the perimeter of the sector KLN. [2]
Ans 4024/21/M/J/12 Q8)(b)(i) 30.8 (ii) 22.8

19. The diagram shows a major segment of a circle with centre O

and radius 15 cm. A and B are two points on the circumference such that AÔ
B= 60°.
(a) Calculate
(i) the area of the major segment, [4]
(ii) the perimeter of the major segment.[2]
Ans 4024/22/M/J/12 Q10)(a)(i) 686 to 687 (ii) 93.5 to 93.6

20. (b) A cone has r= 10 and the height of the cone is 15 cm. (i) Show that the slant height of the
cone is 18.0 cm, correct to one decimal place. [2]
(ii) Find the circumference of the base of the
cone. [2]
(iii) The curved surface area of the cone can be
made into the shape of a sector of a circle with
angle θ°. Show that θ is 200, correct to the
nearest integer [2]
Ans 4024/22/M/J/11 Q11)(b)(i)√ 152 +102=18
62.8× 360
.0 , (ii) 62.8 to 62.9 or 20π (iii)
36 π

21. In the diagram, OBC is the sector of a circle, centre O, and

BÔC= 60°. A and D are the midpoints of OB and OC
respectively, and AB= DC= 6 cm.
AED is a semicircle with AD as diameter.
(a) Show that AD= 6 cm. [1]
(b) The length of the arc BC is n π centimetres.
the length of arc AED
(i)Find n. [1] (ii) Find [2]
the≤ngth of arc BC

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 (c) (i) Find the area of the sector BOC [2]
(ii) Hence find the area of the shaded region. [3]
Ans 4024/21/O/N/11 Q5)b(i) 4π , (ii)3/4 (c)(i) 75.4 (ii) 45.7

22. The diagram shows a sector of a circle, centre O.

The radius of the circle is 9 cm and the sector angle is 100°.
Taking the value of π to be 3.14, calculate
(a)the length of the arc AB, [2]

(b) the perimeter of the sector. [1]

Ans 4024/11/O/N/10 Q15(a) 15.7 (b) 33.7

23. The diagram shows a shape made from thin wire.

The shape is formed from 3 identical sectors of a circle, each with an
angle of 40°. The angle between each pair of sectors is 𝓍°.
a) Calculate the value of 𝓍. [1]
b) Given that the total length of the wire is 60 cm,
calculate the radius of one of the sectors. [3]
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Ans 4024/12/O/N/10 Q27)a)3 b)80 c)7
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24. OAB is the sector of a circle of radius r cm. AÔB= 60°.
Find, in its simplest form, an expression in terms of r and π for
(a) the area of the sector, [1]
(b) the perimeter of the sector. [2]
π r2 πr
Ans 4024/12/M/J/10 Q18)(a) (b)2r +
6 3
25. Diagram I shows a vessel in the shape of a prism.
^ B= 90°.
The cross-section OAB is a sector of a circle of radius 8 cm and A O
(a) (i) Calculate the perimeter of the sector OAB. [3]
(ii) The vessel, which stands on a horizontal table, contains 800cm 3
of water, shown shaded in the diagram.
Calculate the depth of the water in the vessel. [3]
90
Ans 4024/21/M/J/10 Q9)(a) (i) x π × 16 + 16 , 28.56 to 28.6
360
90
(ii) ×π x 82 x h = 800 , h= 15.9(0) to 15.92
36 0
26. (a) A fuel tank is a cylinder of diameter 1.8 m.
(i) The tank holds 25 000 litres when full.
Given that 1m3 = 1000 litres, calculate the length of the cylinder.
Give your answer in metres. [4]

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 (ii)The diagram shows the cross-section of the cylinder, centre O, containing some fuel. CD is
horizontal and is the level of the fuel in the cylinder. AB is a vertical diameter and intersects CD
at E.
Given that E is the midpoint of OB,
(a)show that EO ^ D= 60°, [1]
(b)calculate the area of the segment BCD, [3]
(c)calculate the number of litres of fuel in the cylinder. [2]

Ans 4024/02/O/N/09 Q7)(a)(i) 9.82 (m) (ii) (a)cos EO ^ D = 0.45/0.9 , (b)0.497 or 0.498 (c)4880 or
4890
27. (b) The diagram shows a conical tent.
The diameter of the base is 3.5 m and the slant height is 3 m.
It is made from a flat piece of canvas that forms a sector of a circle of
radius 3 m. The angle at the centre is ϴ°.
(i) Show that ϴ = 210. [3]
(ii) As shown, the required shape is cut from a rectangular
piece of canvas of width w metres. Given that w is a whole
number,

find its least possible value. Show all your working. [3]
θ θ
Ans 4024/02/O/N/08 Q9)(b)(i) π 3 2=π (1.75)(3) or 2 π 3=2 π 3.5
360 360
(ii)4

28. The diagram shows a circle, centre O,with the sector POQ shaded.
Given that POQ= 140° and the radius of the circle is 8 cm, calculate
(i) the area of the shaded region, [2]
(ii) the total perimeter of the unshaded region. [3]
Ans 4024/02/M/J/06 Q3(b)(i) 78.1 to 78.25 (ii) 46.7 to 46.73

29. OAB is a sector of a circle with centre O and radius 8 cm.

AO^ B= 𝓍°. (a) Write down an expression, in terms of 𝓍 and π,
for the area of the sector OAB. [1]
(b) PQR is a semicircle of radius 4 cm.
The area of the sector OAB is 1/3 of the area of
this semicircle. Calculate the value of 𝓍.
8x
Ans 4024/01/M/J/05 Q18(a) π (b)15
45