CIE IGCSE Maths: Extended

Topic Questions

Syllabus Edition

First teaching 2021

Last exams 2024

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3.1 Geometry Toolkit

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The diagram shows a regular pentagon and a kite.
Complete the following statements.

The regular pentagon has ................................... lines of symmetry.

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The kite has rotational symmetry of order ................................... .

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Complete each statement.

A quadrilateral with only one pair of parallel sides is called a ............................................... .  

2b
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An angle greater than 90° but less than 180° is called ............................................... . 

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3
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Change 1 m3 to cm3.

...................................................... cm3

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Change 32.4 m3 into cm3.

................ cm3

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Circle the solid that has 7 vertices.

hexagonal
prism
  hexagon-based
pyramid
pentagonal
prism
pentagon-based
pyramid

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The diagram shows a kite, ABCD.
AFE and CEF are equilateral triangles.

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Write down a mathematical name for quadrilateral AFCE.

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The diagram shows a circle, centre O.

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Write down the mathematical name of

i)
line A,

[1]

ii)
shaded region B.

[1]

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Chai says that 8 cm2 is the same as 80 mm2.

Explain why Chai is wrong.

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The lake behind a dam has an area of 55 hectares.
When the gates in the dam are open, water flows out at a rate of 75 000 litres per second.

i)
Show that 90 million litres of water flows out in 20 minutes.
 
 

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ii)
Beneath the surface, the lake has vertical sides.

Calculate the drop in the water level of the lake when the gates are open for 20 minutes.
Give your answer in centimetres.
[1 hectare = 104 m2, 1000 litres = 1 m3]
 
 

.......................................... cm [3]

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Here is a cube with edge length space x spacecm

One diagonal is shown.

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The total length, in centimetres, of the edges of the cube is a multiple of 18

Circle the correct statement.

x is a
whole number
x is not a
whole number
x might be a
whole number

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The cross section of a prism has n sides.

Circle the expression for the number of edges of the prism.

2 n 3 n n space plus space 2 2 n space plus space 3

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A square has an area of 0.25 square metres.

Circle the length, in centimetres, of one side of the square.

0.5 cm  5 cm  50 cm    500 cm

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Circle the volume that is the same as 15 space cm cubed

15 space 000 space mm cubed 1.5 space mm cubed 0.0015 space mm cubed 150 space mm cubed

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Write down the order of rotational symmetry of the diagram.

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Change 90 km/h to m/s.

.......................................... m/s

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The diagram shows a cuboid.
A B = 8 cm, B C = 4 cm and C R = 5 cm.

Write down the number of planes of symmetry of this cuboid.

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Change 457000 cm2 into m2.
 

 ............................................. m2

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The diagram shows a pyramid with a square base.
The triangular faces are congruent isosceles triangles.

Write down the number of planes of symmetry of this pyramid.

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