"Full Coverage": Arcs & Sectors

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Question 1
Categorisation: Determine the area of a sector.

[Edexcel IGCSE June2010-4H Q17]

Calculate the area of the sector. Give your answer correct to 3 significant figures.

.......................... 𝑐𝑚2

Question 2
Categorisation: Determine the length of an arc.

[Edexcel GCSE June2006-6H

Q22a]

The diagram shows a sector OABC

of a circle with centre O.

OA = OC = 10.4 cm.
Angle AOC = 120°

Calculate the length of the arc ABC of the sector.

Give your answer correct to 3 significant figures.

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

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Question 3
Categorisation: Determine a perimeter involving multiple arcs.

[Edexcel GCSE June2016-2H Q22]

OAB is a sector of a circle, centre

O. OCD is a sector of a circle,
centre O.
OCA and ODB are straight lines.
Angle AOB = 75°
OD = 6 cm DB = 4 cm

Calculate the perimeter of the

shaded region. Give your answer correct to 3 significant figures.

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

Question 4
Categorisation: Give a sector area of arc length in terms of 𝝅.

[Edexcel GCSE Nov2006-5H Q18]

OAB is a sector of a circle, centre O. Angle AOB = 60° . OA = OB = 12 cm.

Work out the length of the arc AB. Give your answer in terms of 𝜋 .

..........................

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Question 5
Categorisation: Determine an angle given the area of the sector.

[Edexcel IGCSE Nov2009-3H Q18]

In the diagram, a sector of a circle of radius 12 cm is shaded.
The area of the sector is 112𝜋 𝑐𝑚 2 .
Calculate the value of 𝑥 .

𝑥 = .......................... °

Question 6
Categorisation: As before, but where an arc length or perimeter is given.

[Edexcel GCSE(9-1) Mock Set 3 Autumn 2017 2H Q19]

The diagram shows a sector of a circle of radius 9 cm.

The sector has a perimeter of 25 cm. Work out the value of x.

Give your answer correct to 1 decimal place.

𝑥 = .......................... °

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Question 7
Categorisation: Determine a composite area involving a sector.

[Edexcel IGCSE Jan2017(R)-3H Q21]

The shape OABC is made

from a triangle and a
sector of a circle.

OAB is a triangle. OBC is a

sector of a circle, centre O.

OA = 12 cm AB = 16 cm
Angle OAB = 60°
Angle BOC = 38°
Work out the area of OABC. Give your answer correct to 3 significant figures.

.......................... 𝑐𝑚2

Question 8
Categorisation: Determine the area of a sector given an arc length.

[Edexcel IGCSE Jan2017-3H Q22]

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

Angle AOB = 75°

Length of arc AB = 7.2 cm

Calculate the area of the sector. Give

your answer correct to 3 significant figures.

.......................... 𝑐𝑚2

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Question 9
Categorisation: Determine the area of a segment.

[Edexcel IGCSE May2012-3H Q19]

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

AB is a chord of the circle. OA = OB = 5.4 cm. Angle AOB = 72°

Calculate the area of the shaded segment APB.

Give your answer correct to 3 significant figures.

.......................... 𝑐𝑚2

Question 10
Categorisation: Use sector/segment area in the context of percentages.

[Edexcel GCSE(9-1) Mock Set 1 Autumn 2016 - 2H Q15]

𝐴𝐵 is a chord of a circle centre 𝑂 .

The radius of the circle is 30 cm.

Angle 𝐴𝑂𝐵 = 80°

Work out what percentage of the area of the circle is shaded.

.......................... %

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Question 11
Categorisation: Find a segment area in the context of circle theorems.

[Edexcel IGCSE Jan2012-3H Q18]

AOD is a diameter of a circle, with

centre O and radius 9 cm.
ABC is an arc of the circle. AC is a
chord. Angle ADC = 35°

Calculate the area of the shaded

segment. Give your answer correct
to 3 significant figures.

.......................... 𝑐𝑚2

Question 12
Categorisation: Determine the perimeter of a segment given the sector area.

[Edexcel IGCSE Jan2015-4H Q24]

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

AB is a chord of the circle. OA = OB =

6 cm. The area of sector OAPB is 5𝜋
cm2.

Calculate the perimeter of the

shaded segment. Give your answer
correct to 3 significant figures.

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

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Question 13
Categorisation: Solve applied problems involving combined sectors with different
properties, e.g. density/cost.

[Edexcel GCSE Nov2015-2H Q20]

Here are two watch faces, A and B.

Both watch faces are circular with radius 2 cm. The materials used to make both watch faces
have the same thickness. A is made entirely of plastic. B has a 20° sector of metal and a
340° sector of plastic. The ratio of the cost per cm2 of the metal to the cost per cm2 of
the plastic is 3 : 2

Work out the ratio of the cost of the materials for A to the cost of the materials for B.
Give your answer in its simplest form. You must show all your working.

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

Question 14
Categorisation: Solve problems involving the curved surface area (i.e. a sector) of a
cone.

[Edexcel GCSE June2007-6H Q25b Edited]

Here is the net of a cone.

The net is a sector of a circle, centre O, and radius 15

cm. Reflex angle AOB = 216°
The net makes a cone of slant height 15 cm.

(b) Work out the vertical height of the cone

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

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Answers

Question 1 Question 12
1480 𝑐𝑚2 any value in the range 10.2 cm to 10.31
cm
Question 2
Question 13
any value in the range 21.7 cm to 21.8 cm
36: 37
Question 3
Question 14
any value in the range 28.9 cm to 28.95
cm 12 cm

Question 4
4𝜋

Question 5
°
𝑥 = 280

Question 6
°
any value in the range 𝑥 = 44.5 to 𝑥 =
44.6 °

Question 7
152 𝑐𝑚2

Question 8
19.8 𝑐𝑚2

Question 9
any value in the range 4.45 𝑐𝑚2 to 4.46
𝑐𝑚2

Question 10
any value in the range 6.5 % to 6.6 %

Question 11
11.4 𝑐𝑚2

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