Cambridge IGCSE Mathematics Core and Extended CD-ROM

Core questions: 1 – 7
Extended questions: 8 – 11

Extended revision exercises:

Shape, space and measures
Worksheet 19: Symmetry and loci

1 Draw the locus of a point that moves so that it is always 3.5 cm away from a 3 cm long line.

2 Construct triangle ABC with AB = 50 mm, AC = 65mm and CAB = 40°.

(a) Draw the locus of points equidistant from B and C.
(b) Draw the locus of points equidistant from AB and AC.

3 (a) How many lines of symmetry are there for each letter in this word in the font shown here?

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(b) Which letters in the word have rotational symmetry and what is the order of rotation?

4 Draw a quadrilateral with two lines of symmetry and name it.

5 Each of these shapes is half of a symmetrical shape. Complete the shapes by drawing their other
halves. Indicate the line of symmetry on your completed shapes.

(a) (b) (c)

(d) (e)

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6 Find the length of chords shown in each diagram.

(a) (b) (c)

7 Find the size of angle x in each of the following diagrams. Show your working and give reasons for
any statements you make.

(a) (b) (c)

(d) (e)

(f) (g) (h)

(i) (j)

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8 The diagram shows a circular disc of wood in a carpenter’s workshop. A spider walks from the point A to
the point B, and the closest that the spider gets to the centre of the circle is 18 cm. The spider then walks
directly from the point B to C, once again taking a route such that the closest the spider comes to the
centre of the circle is 18 cm.

Calculate the total distance walked by the Spider.

9 The diagram shows a circle with two tangents

PX and XQ. The tangents intersect at the point
X and meet the circle at P and Q respectively.
If the centre of the circle is O, and the angle POQ is
150°, calculate the angle QPX.
Give clear reasons for each step of your working.

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10 The diagram below shows a triangle that is placed on a table top. The triangle is moved along the table by
rotating it clockwise about the right most vertex that touches the table (initially this is B). The point P is
the midpoint of AC.

(a) If the triangle is initially rotated about B until C touches the table, copy the diagram and draw the
locus of the point P.

(b) When C touches the table it becomes the point about which all rotations are made and so on. Copy
the diagram again and carefully construct the locus of the Point P as the triangle rolls along the table.
Your diagram should extend as far as rotating about B, about C, about A and then about B again.

11 This question will test your accuracy when carrying out constructions using a ruler and a pair of
compasses.
(a) Draw a large triangle with three acute angles.
(b) Construct an angle bisector for each angle (a line that exactly cuts an angle in half) using a straight
edge and a pair of compasses only.
(c) If you have constructed your bisectors carefully they should all meet at a point. This is called the
incentre of the triangle. Draw a circle with the incentre of the triangle as its centre, making the radius
as large as possible so that the circle only just fits inside the triangle. If you have drawn the diagram
accurately then all three sides of the triangles should now be tangents to your circle. The circle that
you have drawn is the largest circle that can be drawn inside your triangle. It is called the incircle.

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