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2022 Year 10 Test Pythagoras & Trigonometry

This document is a mathematics test for Year 10 focusing on Pythagoras and Trigonometry, scheduled for May 11, 2022. It includes instructions for showing all working, stating units, and providing answers to a series of problems related to right-angled triangles and trigonometric calculations. The test consists of various questions that require calculations, sketches, and the application of trigonometric ratios.

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2022 Year 10 Test Pythagoras & Trigonometry

This document is a mathematics test for Year 10 focusing on Pythagoras and Trigonometry, scheduled for May 11, 2022. It includes instructions for showing all working, stating units, and providing answers to a series of problems related to right-angled triangles and trigonometric calculations. The test consists of various questions that require calculations, sketches, and the application of trigonometric ratios.

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Name:___________________________________ Class:_____________

Teacher: HIB THM VAN BAN

MATHEMATICS
CAT TEST
Year 10 Pythagoras & Trigonometry
11th May 2022
Important Information
Please show all working. Absence of working results in absence of marks,
(especially when the marks allocated are worth more than one mark).

Please remember to state units where required. Absence of or incorrect units


results in loss of marks.

Please write non-exact answers correct to three significant figures and non-exact
angles correct to one decimal place, unless instructed otherwise.

40
Time: Total Mark: /50
minutes
Extra 50
TOTAL: %
Time: minutes
1. For this right-angled triangle, find the length of the missing side.

11cm

7cm

[3]

2. Is a triangle with sides of: 6.75cm, 9cm and 11.25cm right-angled?


Show your working to support your answer.

[3]
3. A right-angled triangle XYZ has a right angle at X.
XZ = 10cm and YZ = 12.5cm.
(a) Draw a sketch of the triangle with labelled vertices and lengths.

[3]
(b) Calculate the length of XY

[2]
4.
16cm

32°
𝑥

(a) For the triangle above, label the sides H, O and A. [1]

(b) Which of the three trigonometrical ratios would you use to find the side marked
’x'?

[1]
(c) Use this ratio to calculate the length marked ‘x’

[2]

5. A right-angled triangle has sides: QM = 37m, PM = 35m and PQ = 12m.

(a) What letter is at the right-angle? (Show working/sketch to support your answer)

[3]
(b) Calculate the value of the angle at M.

[3]

6. Calculate the length of the side marked ‘ℎ ‘ in this triangle.

62°
ℎ

9 cm

[3]
7. 𝑃𝑄𝑅 is an isosceles triangle with 𝑃𝑄 = 𝑃𝑅 = 12cm.
Angle 𝑃𝑅𝑄 = 49°.
Find the length of 𝑄𝑅.
𝑃

12 cm 12 cm

49°
𝑄 𝑅

[3]

8. A flagpole and a building are on level ground.


The flagpole is 18 ∙ 7 metres tall.
An ant is sitting on top of the flagpole.
From its position, the ant notices the angle of elevation to the top of the building
is 51° and the angle of depression to the bottom of the building is 37°.
Here is a sketch:

ant

flagpole building

(a) Write the angles 51° and 37° in the correct places on the diagram.
[2]
(b) What is the horizontal distance between the flagpole and the building?

[3]

(c) Find the height of the building.

[3]
9. The diagram shows a right-angled triangle and an isosceles triangle.

(a) Calculate the value of ‘𝑥’

[2]
(b) Calculate the value of ‘𝑦’

[3]

10. Lee is lying on the end of a pier, looking into the water. The pier is 3.5m above the
water. He sees a dog swimming in the water 8m away from the base of the pier. Lee
throws the dog a swimming aid attached to a rope to help it return to the pier.

(a) Draw a diagram to represent this senario.

[2]

(b) How long must the rope be to reach the dog?

[3]
11. Two right-angled triangles are shown below.
PQ is 10cm. QR is 3cm. Angle QRS is 65⁰
Calculate the size of angle PQS.

[5]

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