Medium Questions

1 Triangle ABC is similar to triangle PQR .

IGCSE Cambridge (CIE) Maths 2 hours 24 questions

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Congruence &
Similarity Find PQ .

PQ = ......................................... cm
Congruence / Similarity / Similar Lengths / Similar Areas & Volumes

(2 marks)

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2 (a) 3 ABC and ABD are two right-angled triangles.

Angle BAC = angle ADB = 90°

ABC and EDC are straight lines.
EA is parallel to DB. AB = 13 cm
DB = 5 cm
EC = 8.1 cm.
DC = 5.4 cm. Work out the length of CB .
DB = 2.6 cm,

Work out the length of AE.

(3 marks)
(2 marks)

4 Marianne sells two sizes of photo.

(b) AC = 6.15 cm. These photos are mathematically similar rectangles. The smaller photo has length 15 cm
and width 12 cm. The larger photo has area 352.8 cm2.
Work out the length of AB.
Calculate the length of the larger photo.

.......................................... cm

(2 marks)

(3 marks)

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5 The diagram shows two cylinders, A and B The height of tower A on the scale model is 90cm.
Work out the height of tower B on the scale model. Give your answer correct to the
nearest centimetre.

(3 marks)

Cylinder A has height 1.6 m and radius 0.56 m.

B is mathematically similar to cylinder A.
Cylinder
The height of cylinderB is 0.6 m.
Work out the radius of cylinder B .

....................................................... m

(2 marks)

6 The diagram shows two water towers in Kuwait.

The real height of tower A is 187m.

The real height of tower B is 147m.
Ahmed makes a scale model of both towers.

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Hard Questions
1 A paperweight has height 4 cm and volume 38.4 cm3. (3 marks)
A mathematically similar paperweight has height 7 cm.

4
Calculate the volume of this paperweight.

.......................................... cm3

(3 marks)

The diagram shows two glasses which are mathematically similar.

2 Two mathematically similar containers have heights of 30 cm and 75 cm.
The larger glass has a capacity of 0.5 litres and the smaller glass has a capacity of 0.25
The larger container has a capacity of 5.5 litres.
litres.
Calculate the capacity of the smaller container. The height of the larger glass is 13 cm.
Give your answer in millilitres.
Calculate the height of the smaller glass.
............................................... ml
........................................... cm

(3 marks)
(3 marks)

3 A model of a car has a scale 1:20.

The volume of the actual car is 12 m3.

Find the volume of the model.

Give your answer in cubic centimetres.

......................................cm3

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5 (a) 6 (a)

PQR is a triangle.
A, B, C and D are points on the circumference of the circle. T is a point on PR and U is a point on PQ.
AC and BD intersect at X. RQ is parallel to TU.

Complete the statement. Explain why triangle PQR is similar to triangle PUT. Give a reason for each statement you
make.
Triangle ADX is ..................................................... to triangle BCX.

(1 mark)

(b) The area of triangle ADX is 36 cm2 and the area of triangle BCX is 65.61 cm2. (3 marks)
AX = 8.6 cm and DX = 7.2 cm. Find BX.

BX = .................................. cm

(3 marks)

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(b) PT : TR = 4 : 3 7 (a)

i) Find the ratio PU : PQ.

...................... : ...................... [1]

ii) The area of triangle PUT is 20cm2. Find the area of the quadrilateral QRTU.

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

Triangle ABC is mathematically similar to triangle PQR.

The area of triangle ABC is 16 cm2.

Calculate the area of triangle PQR.

.......................................... cm2

(4 marks)

(2 marks)

(b) The triangles are the cross-sections of prisms which are also mathematically similar.
The volume of the smaller prism is 320 cm3.

Calculate the length of the larger prism.

............................................ cm

(3 marks)

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8 Two cones are mathematically similar. 10 Two containers are mathematically similar.
The total surface area of the smaller cone is 80 cm2. The total surface area of the larger The surface area of the larger container is 226 cm2 and the surface area of the smaller
2 3
cone is 180 cm . The volume of the smaller cone is 168 cm . container is 94 cm2.
The volume of the larger container is 680 cm3.
Calculate the volume of the larger cone.
Find the volume of the smaller container.
............................................. cm3
........................................... cm3

(3 marks)
(3 marks)

The diagram shows two mathematically similar solid metal prisms.

The volume of the smaller prism is 648 cm3 and the volume of the larger prism is 2187
cm3.
The area of the cross-section of the smaller prism is 36 cm2.

Calculate the area of the cross-section of the larger prism.

............................................. cm2

(3 marks)

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Very Hard Questions
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1 A model of a statue has a height of 4cm.

The volume of the model is 12 cm3.
The volume of the statue is 40 500 cm3.

Calculate the height of the statue.

............................................ cm

(3 marks)

C lies on a circle with diameter AD .

B lies on AC and E lies on AD such that BE is parallel to CD .
AB = 21 cm, CD = 18 cm and BE = 13.5 cm.

Work out the radius of the circle.

............................................ cm

(5 marks)

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3 5 Manjeet has two mathematically similar bottles in her bathroom.
The large bottle holds 1.35 litres and is 29.7 cm high. The small bottle holds 0.4 litres.

Calculate the height of the small bottle.

............................................ cm

The diagram shows two shapes that are mathematically similar.

The smaller shape has area 52.5 cm2 and the larger shape has area 134.4 cm2.
(3 marks)
Calculate the value of m .
6
m = ................................................

(3 marks)

4 The area of pentagon A is 73 . 5 cm2 .

The area of pentagon B is 6 cm2 .

Find the ratio perimeter of pentagon A : perimeter of pentagon B in its simplest form. The diagram shows two mathematically similar shapes with areas 295 cm2 and
159 . 5 cm2 .
......................... : ......................... The width of the larger shape is 17 cm.

Calculate the width of the smaller shape.

......................................... cm
(2 marks)

(3 marks)

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7 (a)

(5 marks)

(b) Calculate the area of the logo.

............................................ cm2

(3 marks)

(c) A mathematically similar logo is drawn. The area of this logo is 77.44 cm2.

Calculate the radius of the major sector in this logo.

............................................. cm

The diagram shows a company logo made from a rectangle and a major sector of a
circle. (3 marks)
The circle has centre O and radius OA.
OA = OD = 0.5 cm and AB = 1.5 cm.
E is a point on OC such that OE = 0.25 cm and angle OED = 90°.

Calculate the perimeter of the logo.

............................................. cm

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8 (a) (b) The cone is cut, parallel to its base, to give a smaller cone.

A solid metal cone has radius 10 cm and height 36 cm.

Calculate the volume of this cone.

The volume of the smaller cone is half the volume of the original cone.
1
[The volume, V , of a cone with radius r and height h is V = πr 2h .]
3 The smaller cone is melted down to make two different spheres.

The ratio of the radii of these two spheres is 1 : 2.

......................................... cm3 Calculate the radius of the smaller sphere.

4 3
[The volume, V , of a sphere with radius r is V= πr .]
3

(2 marks)

.......................................... cm

(4 marks)

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