Angles in Polygons & Parallel Lines (Cambridge (CIE) IGCSE Maths: Extended)

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Calculate the size of one interior angle of a regular polygon with 40 sides.

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Find the interior angle of a regular polygon with 24 sides.

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In the diagram, AC and BD are straight lines.

Find the value of p and the value of q.

p = ...................................................   

  q = ...................................................     

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The interior angle of a regular polygon with n sides is 150°.  

Calculate the value of n.  

n equals................................................

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A regular polygon has 72 sides.

Find the size of an interior angle.

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The diagram shows two parallel lines PAQ and SBCT.

AB = AC and angle QAC = 43°.

Find the value of x.

x equals.......................................

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A C is parallel to F B D, A B C is an isosceles triangle and C B E is a straight line.

Find the value of x.   

x = ..............................................

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The diagram shows two regular pentagons.
Pentagon space F G H J K is an enlargement of pentagon A B C D E, centre O.

Find angle A E K.  

Angle A E K = ....................................................

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The area of pentagon F G H J K is 73.5 space text cm end text squared.
The area of pentagon A B C D E is 6 space text cm end text squared.

Find the ratio    perimeter of pentagon F G H J K : perimeter of pentagon A B C D E    in its simplest form.  

......................... : .........................

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In a regular polygon, the interior angle is 11 times the exterior angle.

i) Work out the number of sides of this polygon.

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ii) Find the sum of the interior angles of this polygon.

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A B C D is a parallelogram.

Angle A D B space equals space 38 degree.
Angle B E C space equals space 41 degree.
Angle D A B space equals space 120 degree.

Calculate the size of angle x.
You must give reasons for your answer.

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The diagram shows a triangle and a quadrilateral. All angles are in degrees.

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i) For the triangle, show that  3 a plus 5 b equals 170.

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ii) For the quadrilateral, show that  9 a plus 7 b equals 310.

 

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iii) Solve these simultaneous equations.
Show all your working.

 a = ................................................... 

b = ................................................... [3]

iv) Find the size of the smallest angle in the triangle.

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Show that each interior angle of a regular pentagon is 108 degree

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The diagram shows a regular pentagon A B C D E.
The vertices of the pentagon lie on a circle, centre O, radius 12 space text cm end text.
M is the midpoint of B C.

i) Find B M.  

B M = ........................................ cm [3]

O M X and A B X are straight lines.

iia) Find B X.   

B X = ........................................ cm [3]

iib) Calculate the area of triangle A O X.   

........................................ cm2 [3]

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The diagram shows a regular 10-sided polygon, A B C D E F G H I J

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Show that x space equals space y.

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