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1. In the figure, ABCD is a kite where AB  AD and BC  CD. Find the value of x.
A

x°

62°
B D
52°

A. 28
B. 38
C. 52
D. 62 □

2. If A(8, 7) and B(6, 5) are two points on a rectangular coordinate plane, then the distance
between A and B is

A. [8  ( 7)]2  ( 6  5)2 units.

B. [8  ( 6)]2  ( 7  5)2 units.

C. [8  ( 7)]  ( 6  5) units.

D. [8  ( 6)]  ( 7  5) units. □

3. In the figure, L1 and L 2 are two straight lines which are perpendicular to each other. The slope of
L1 is 2. Find the slope of L 2 .
y

L1

x
O L2

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A. 2
1
B. 
2
1
C.
2
D. 2 □

4. Refer to the figure, find the true bearing of B from A.

N

B 62°

A. 152
B. 242
C. 298
D. 332 □

5. Refer to the figure, find the compass bearing of Y from X.

N

42°
Y

A. N42E
B. N48E
C. S42W
D. S48W □

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6. In the figure, ABCD is a trapezium where AD // BC. Find the value of x. (1 mark)
A D
(x  5)°
74°

62°
B C

7. In the figure, ABCD is a rhombus. Find the value of x. (1 mark)

A

50°

B 2x° D

8. If the slope of the straight line passing through points C(9, 2) and D(7, d ) is 3, find the value of d.
(1 mark)

9. Two points A(10, 7) and B(4, 17) are given. If M is the mid-point of line segment AB, find the
coordinates of M. (1 mark)

10. In the figure, the angle of depression / angle of elevation of point A from the boy is
10 / 18 / 72 / 80. (1 mark)

11. Ella walks along a path AB of length 37 m. If the vertical distance BC is 12 m and the horizontal
distance AC is 35 m, find the gradient of the path AB. (1 mark)

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12. In the figure, the length of BC is 2.1 m. The angle of depression of point C from point A is 65.
Find the height of the wall AB. (Give your answer correct to the nearest 0.1 m.) (3 marks)

1. Find the values of the following without using a calculator.

(a) sin 60 tan 30
(b) 3 tan 30  2 sin 60
(c) sin 30  sin 2 60
(d) 3 tan 30 tan 60  tan 45
(4 marks)

2. Determine whether each of the following sets of points are collinear.

(a) A(3, 2), B(0, 1), C(6, 1)
(b) D(0, 0), E(3, 3), F(3, 3)
(6 marks)

3. Simplify the following.

sin  cos 
(a) 
cos  sin 
3 sin 
(b) 
tan(90  ) sin(90  )
(c) 7 tan 45 cos(90  )  tan  cos 
9  9 sin 2 
(d)
2 tan(90  )
(4 marks)

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4. In each of the following, the value of a trigonometric ratio is given. Find the values of the other
two trigonometric ratios without using a calculator.
15
(a) cos  
17
5
(b) sin  
13
24
(c) tan  
7
(6 marks)

5. In the figure, ABCD is a parallelogram. E is the intersection of AC and BD. Find x and y. (4 marks)
D C

3y° 2x
E

5x  12 y°
44°

A B

6. In the figure, APB and AQC are straight lines. Find x and y. (5 marks)
A

3 x

7
P Q
y
3

B
5 C

7. In the figure, ABC, BDE, CDF and AGFE are straight lines. Find x, y and z. (6 marks)
A

3 cm
4 cm G
B
y cm x cm F
D
C z cm
E

8. In the figure, ABCD is a square and CDE is an equilateral triangle. Find DAE. (4 marks)
A D

B C

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9. It is given that straight lines L1 and L 2 are perpendicular to each other. If L1 passes through points
A(2, 9) and B(4, 1), and L 2 passes through points C(6, 2) and D(2, k), find the value of k.
(3 marks)

10. Find the perimeter of ABC with vertices A(0, 0), B(3, 4) and C(2, 11). (Give your answer correct
to 3 significant figures.) (3 marks)

11. In the figure,

(a) find the compass bearing of B from A,

(b) find the true bearing of D from B.
(Give your answers correct to 3 significant figures.)
(5 marks)

12. In the figure, ABCD is a parallelogram. ADE, BFE and DFC are straight lines, and
ABE  EBC . Prove that AE  DC. (3 marks)
A D E

B C

13. In the figure, EBFD is a rectangle. AEB and CFD are straight lines, and AD  BC. Prove that
ABCD is a parallelogram. (4 marks)
D F C

A E B

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14. In the figure, ABCD is a rectangle, and AG  CE. AGD, BCE, FGB and FDE are straight lines.
F

A G D

B C E

(a) Prove that ABG  CDE .

(b) Prove that BFE is an isosceles triangle.
(6 marks)

15. Prove the following identities.

1 1
(a) tan   
tan  sin  sin(90  )
1
(b) sin  tan    cos 
cos 
(6 marks)

16. The vertices of ABC are A(1, 7), B(3, 5) and C(1, 1).
(a) Show that ABC is a right-angled triangle.
(b) Find BAC.
(6 marks)

17. In the figure, AED, FEB and FDC are straight lines. ABCD is a parallelogram. It is given that
FG // AD // BC, CF  CG and BC  BD. If AEB  48 and FCG  34, find x and y. (5 marks)
F G

A E
D
x 48°

y 34°

B C

18. It is given that the coordinates of A, B and C are (1, 9), (8, 1) and (0, 2) respectively. The line
segments AB and CD intersect at E(k, 3). If AE : EB  CE : ED  m : n , find
(a) m : n,
(b) the value of k,
(c) the coordinates of D.
(6 marks)

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19. The angles of depression of point P on the horizontal ground from A and B of a building are 48
and 32 respectively. If A is 6.1 m above B, find the distance of A from the ground. (Give your
answer correct to 3 significant figures.) (6 marks)

20. A rectangular block is placed as shown in the figure, where rectangle ABCD is its cross-section.
D F
30 cm

C
A
15 cm
60°
B E

(a) Find the length of CE.

(b) Find the height of point D above the ground.
(Leave your answers in surd form if necessary.)
(7 marks)

21. In the figure, ABCD is a kite. It is given that BAD  60, BCD  30 and AD  20 cm.
A

B 60° 20 cm

30°

(a) Find the length of BD.

(b) Find the area of ABCD.
(Give your answers correct to 3 significant figures if necessary.)
[ Hint: Consider the properties of a kite. ]
(7 marks)

22. May walks 200 m from A to B along N35E. Then she walks 150 m to C along S55E.
(a) Find the distance between A and C.
(b) Find the compass bearing of C from A.
(Give your answers correct to 3 significant figures if necessary.)
(7 marks)

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23. In the figure, PQRS is a square where P and Q are points on the x-axis. S is a point lying on line
segment AB such that AS : SB  1 : m.
y

A(10, 7)
S
R
x
Q P O
B(11, 2)

(a) Find the length of each side of square PQRS in terms of m.

(b) If the area of square PQRS is 16 sq. units,
(i) find the value of m,
(ii) find the coordinates of S.
(6 marks)

24. In the figure, ABCD is a kite, where AB  AD, CB  CD and AC  BD. AC and BD intersect at E. P,
Q, R and S are the mid-points of AB, BC, CD and AD respectively.
A
P S

B D
E

Q R

(a) Prove that SPQ  90.

(b) Prove that PQRS is a square.
(7 marks)

25. In the figure, OAB and OAC are right-angled triangles, where C is a point lying on OB.
y

A (a, b)

x
O C B

(a) Find the slope of OA in terms of a and b.

(b) Find the coordinates of B and C in terms of a and b.
(c) Hence prove that
(i) AC 2  OC  CB,
(ii) AB 2  OB  BC ,
(iii) OA2  OC  OB.
(11 marks)

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1. In the figure, ABCD is a rhombus. ADE, BFE and CFD are straight lines. If DE  5 cm and
DF  4 cm, find AD.
E 5 cm D A

4 cm
F

C B

A. 9 cm
B. 12 cm
C. 16 cm
D. 20 cm □

2. In the figure, OABCD and OPQRS are straight lines. If AP  1 cm, find DS.
O

A P
1 cm
B Q

C R

D S

A. 2 cm
B. 3 cm
C. 4 cm
D. 8 cm □
3. In the figure, B is the mid-point of OE. OAD, OCF, ABC and DEF are straight lines. It is given
that OA  AC and OD  DF. If AD  3 cm and DF  8 cm, find CF.
O

A C
B

D E F

A. 3 cm
B. 5 cm
C. 7 cm
D. 8 cm □
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4. In the figure, ABCD and AEFG are straight lines.

A
6 7
B
E
7
C 8
7 F
D 8

Which of the following must be correct?

I. BE // CF
II. CF // DG

A. I only
B. II only
C. I and II
D. None of the above □

5. It is given that straight line L passes through A(7, 9) and its slope is 2. Which of the following
points lie(s) on L?
I. (23, 1)
II. (8, 11)
III. (13, 3)

A. I only
B. III only
C. I and III only
D. II and III only □

6. Given that straight line L1 passes through A(0, 8) and B(3, 5), find the slope of the straight line
which is perpendicular to L1 .

3
A.
13
13
B.
3
3
C. 
13
13
D. 
3
□

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7. The vertices of ABC are A(3, 4), B(7, 1) and C(9, 8). Which of the following is/are correct?
I. BC is the longest side of ABC.
II. ABC is an isosceles triangle.
III. ABC is a right-angled triangle.

A. I only
B. II only
C. I and III only
D. II and III only □

8. In the figure, line segment AD cuts the x-axis and the y-axis at points B and C respectively.
AB : CD 
y

D(5, 11)
C

x
O B

A(20, 4)

A. 1 : 1.
B. 2 : 1.
C. 3 : 2 .
D. 4 : 3. □

9. In the figure, find the area of parallelogram ABCD.

A 8 cm D
4 cm
150°
B C

A. 16 cm 2

B. 32 cm 2

C. 8 3 cm 2

D. 16 3 cm 2 □

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10. Which of the following is NOT an identity?

A. sin(90  ) cos(90  )  sin  cos 

B. 1  2 sin 2   2 cos 2   1

sin(90  ) tan(90  )
C. 
tan  sin 

D. cos  tan   cos(90  ) □

11. Prudence walks 540 m down a slope with the gradient of 1 : 9. What is the vertical distance of her
final position from her starting point?

A. 56.7 m (corr. to 3 sig. fig.)

B. 59.6 m (corr. to 3 sig. fig.)
C. 60 m
D. 537 m (corr. to 3 sig. fig.) □

12. The distance AB between Janice’s eye level and the ground is 1.3 m and she stands 1.2 m away
from the closest bank of a river. The difference in her angles of depression of the banks of the river
is 40. Find the width DC of the river correct to 3 significant figures.

A. 8.96 m
B. 10.2 m
C. 26.3 m
D. 27.5 m □

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Basic Skills Check (page 1)

1. A
2. B
3. B
4. D
5. D
6. 39
7. 40
8. 8
9. (3, 5)
10. angle of elevation, 10
12
11.
35
12. 4.5 m

Conventional Questions (page 4)

1 5
1. (a) (b) 0 (c) (d) 4
2 4
2. (a) Yes (b) No
1 9 sin  cos 
3. (a) (b) 4 tan  (c) 6 sin  (d)
sin  cos  2
8 8 12 5 24 7
4. (a) sin   , tan   (b) cos   , tan   (c) sin   , cos  
17 15 13 12 25 25
5. x  4, y  22
6. x  3.5, y  2.5
7. x  2, y  3, z  6
8. 15
9. 4
10. 31.2 units
11. (a) N53.1E (b) 195
16. (b) 45
17. x  73 , y  14 
25  25 10 
18. (a) 3 : 1 (b) (c)  , 
4  3 3 
19. 13.9 m
 15 3 
20. (a) 15 cm (b) 15   cm
 2 
 
21. (a) 20 cm (b) 546 cm2
22. (a) 250 m (b) N71.9E
7m  2
23. (a) units
m 1
(b) (i) 2 (ii) (3, 4)

b  a2  b2 
25. (a) (b) B  , 0 , C(a, 0)
a  a 

Multiple Choice Questions (page 10)

1. D 2. C 3. B 4. D 5. B

6. A 7. C 8. D 9. A 10. C

11. B 12. A

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