CAMBRIDGE LOWER SECONDARY MATHEMATICS 9: END OF UNIT 5 TEST
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Stage 9 End of unit 5 test
1 Show why the sum of the interior angles of any hexagon must be 720 °.
We can make 4 triangles in a hexagon, and the sum of all the sides of a triangle is 180°.
So if there are 4 triangles in a hexagon, so 180° x 4 = 720°. [2]
2 a Work out the sum of the interior angles of a regular octagon.
My formula to work out the sum of the interior angles in any polygon is (n - 2) x 180°, where, [2]
n = number of sides. So octagon has 8 sides, so (8 - 2) x 180° = 6 x 180° = 1080°
b Work out the interior angle of a regular octagon.
There are 8 sides in an octagon. So, if it is a regular octagon, then we will divide 1080° by 8, [1]
where, 1080° is sum of the interior angles of a regular octagon, 8 is the number of sides. So, 1080°/8 = 135°.
3
Calculate the size of angle a.
The sum of all the exterior angles of any polygon is 360°. So a° + 52° + 55° + 58° + 61° [2]
+ 64° = 360°. So, a° + 290° = 360°, So, a° = 360° - 290°, a° = 70°.
4 ABCD is a trapezium. CDE is a straight line.
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Work out the size of
a angle x x° = 35° (alternate angles)
b angle y 85° + 35° = y° (exterior angle of a triangle is equal to two interior opposite [2]
angles of a triangle. So, 85° + 35° = 120°, so y° = 120°.
5
The sides of this right-angled triangle are 12 cm, 13 cm and a cm.
Show that a is an integer.
H² = B² + P², 13² = 12² + a², 169 = 144 + a², a² = 169 - 144, a² = 25,
a = √25, a = 5cm, so a is an integer. [2]
6 The floor of a room is a rectangle.
The sides of the rectangle are 4.5 m and 7.5 m.
Calculate the length of the diagonal of the rectangle.
H² = B² + P², H² = 7.5² + 4.5², H² = 56.25 + 20.25, H² = 76.5, H = √76.5
H = 8.7 m ≈ 9m. [2]
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7 Leave your construction lines in your answer to this question. You must not use
a protractor.
The sides of a triangle are 6 cm, 7.5 cm and 8.5 cm.
a Make an accurate drawing of the triangle. [2]
b Draw the perpendicular bisector of the longest side. [2]
8 Leave your construction lines in your answer to this question. You must not use a protractor.
Construct an angle of 22.5 °. [3]
[Total: 20 marks]
END OF TEST
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