Label the circle

Click the rectangles to reveal each answer.

Circle theorems
radius
?
?
sector

workout
diameter
?

?
tangent
?
chord

?
circumference
?
segment
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Explain what we mean by ‘subtended’. Complete the circle theorem.

You can use the diagram to help. Click on the correct answer.

Angles in the same segment ... ... are equal.


... sum to 180°.

... sum to 360°.


The blue angle is subtended by the red line. It is formed

by lines starting from either end of the line.

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Angles in the same segment are equal.
Find the lettered angles. Click on
12°
Complete the circle theorem.
Click on the correct answer.
The angle subtended at the centre is ...
? to reveal the answer.
half equal to  twice  
c°
... the angle subtended at the circumference.
82°

a°
77°
b°
26° d°
38° e°

? a = 26° ? c = 39° ?
e = 49°
b = 12° d = 39°
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The angle subtended at the centre is twice Complete the circle theorem.
the angle subtended at the circumference. Click on the correct answer.

Find the lettered angles. Click on ? to reveal the answer. Opposite corners of a cyclic quadrilateral ... ... are equal.

a°
b° a
... sum to 180°.


c°
... sum to 360°.
90° 12°
53° a + b = 180°

? ? ?
b
a = 45° b = 78° c = 37°

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Opposite corners of a cyclic quadrilateral Complete the circle theorem.

sum to 180°. Click on the correct answer.

Find the lettered angles. Click on ? to reveal the answer. An angle subtended at the circumference by a diameter ...

101°

127°
60°

114°
e°
... is acute.

a° b° c°
d°
... is obtuse.


42°
... is 90°.
? a = 120° ? c = 101° ?
e = 126°
b = 53° d = 114°
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An angle subtended at the circumference Complete the circle theorem.

by a diameter is 90°. Click on the correct answer.

Find the lettered angles. Click on ? to reveal the answer. The angle between a chord and ...
a tangent
 a diameter

35° ... is ...
a°
28° b°
10°
e°
twice
 equal to

d°
c° ... the angle subtended by the
28° 35°
chord in the opposite
segment.
? ? ? c = 55°
a = 62° b = 62° d = 55°
e = 25°
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The angle between a chord and a tangent is equal to the angle Exam style question
subtended by the chord in the opposite segment.
AC is the diameter of a circle and B
Find the lettered angles. Click on ? to reveal the answer. is a point on the circumference of
the circle. y
x°
e° C
a°
Find angle x. ? 30°
110°
c°
67°
39° 64°
d° y = 180 – 110 – 30 D
41° b° y = 40° (angles in a triangle)

? ? ? x = 90 – y
a = 41° c = 90° e = 58° x = 50° (angles subtended by the diameter)
b = 67° d = 51°
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Exam style question

A
The diagram shows a circle, centre O.
PQ is a tangent to the circle at C. P
Angle PCA = 57°
Angle AOB = 98°
57° O 98°
Calculate the size of angle OBC.
C
? ABC = 57° (alternate segment theorem)
B

ABO = ½(180 – 98)

ABO = 41° (angles in isosceles triangle)
Q

OBC = 57 – 41
OBC = 16°
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