Angles in Polygons & Parallel Lines (Edexcel GCSE Maths: Higher): Exam Questions

Exam code: 1MA1

3 hours55 questions
1
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3 marks
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ABC and DEF are parallel lines.
BEG is a straight line.
Angle GEF= 47°.

Work out the size of the angle marked x.
Give reasons for your answer.

2
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4 marks
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ABC, PQR and AQD are straight lines.
ABC is parallel to PQR.

Angle BAQ = 35°
Angle BQA = 90°

Work out the size of the angle marked x.
Give reasons for each stage of your working.

3
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3 marks
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PRS and TWY are parallel straight lines.
QRWZ is a straight line.

Work out the value of x.
Give reasons for your answer.

4
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4 marks
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ABC, DEF and PQRS are parallel lines.
BEQ is a straight line.

Angle ABE = 60°.
Angle QER = 80°.

Work out the size of the angle marked x.
Give reasons for each stage of your working.

5
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3 marks
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The diagram shows a regular octagon and a regular hexagon.

Find the size of the angle marked x.
You must show all your working.

6
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3 marks

ABCDE and PQRST are regular pentagons.

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SR is parallel to DC.
AP = BQ = CR = DS = ET

Work out the size of angle SRC.
You must show all your working.

7
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3 marks
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RS and ST are 2 sides of a regular 12-sided polygon.
RT is a diagonal of the polygon.

Work out the size of angle STR.
You must show your working.

8
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4 marks
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CDEF is a straight line.
AB is parallel to CF.
DE = AE.

Work out the size of the angle marked x.
You must give reasons for your answer.

9
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5 marks

ABCDE is a pentagon.

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Angle BCD =  2 × angle ABC.

Work out the size of angle BCD.
You must show all your working.

10
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2 marks

Part of a regular polygon with 15 sides is shown.

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Work out the size of an interior angle.

....................................................degrees

11
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The diagram shows a triangle.

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Work out the value of x.

x = ..................

12a
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Work out the size of the exterior angle of a regular 12-sided polygon.

12b
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Use your answer to part (a) to write down the size of the interior angle of a regular 12-sided polygon.

13
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4 marks

Here is a 10-sided polygon.

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Work out the value of x.

x =.................................................

14
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5 marks
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The diagram shows a parallelogram ABCD and an isosceles triangle DEF in which DE = DF

CDF and ADE are straight lines.
Angle BCD = 58°

Work out the size of angle DEF.
Give a reason for each stage of your working.

15a
2 marks

The diagram shows triangle ABC.
CD is parallel to AB.
A, C and E lie in a straight line.
Angles of size  a°, b°and c° are shown.

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Insert  a°, b°° or c° to make this statement true.
Give a reason for your answer.

Angle DCE = ......... because ....................................................................................................

15b
3 marks

Use the diagram and the answer to part (a) to show that the angles of a triangle add up to 180°.

Give a reason for each statement you make.

16
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Each interior angle of a regular polygon is 162°
Work out the number of sides the polygon has.

17
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What is the size of an exterior angle of a regular decagon?

  • 18°

  • 36°

  • 144°

  • 162°

18
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The sum of the angles in any quadrilateral is 360°

For example, in a rectangle 4 × 90° = 360°

Zak writes,

   5 × 90° = 450° so the sum of the angles in any pentagon must be 450°

Is he correct?

Tick a box.

       Yes          No

Show working to support your answer.

19
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1 mark

The exterior angle of a regular polygon is 45°

Choose the name of the regular polygon.

  • pentagon

  • hexagon

  • octagon

  • decagon

20a
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1 mark

The diagram shows an equilateral triangle ABCand straight line ABD.

AB = AC = BC

Angle ACB = x

Angle ACD = x+70

Angle BCD = y

An equilateral triangle ABC has a line CD extending from it. There are three angles around point C: ACB = x, ACD = x+70, BCD = y

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20b
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Find the value of «math xmlns=¨http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML¨»«semantics»«mi»y«/mi»«annotation encoding=¨application/vnd.wiris.mtweb-params+json¨»{¨fontFamily¨:¨Times New Roman¨,¨fontSize¨:¨18¨,¨autoformat¨:true,¨toolbar¨:¨«toolbar ref=`general`»«tab ref=`general`»«removeItem ref=`setColor`/»«removeItem ref=`bold`/»«removeItem ref=`italic`/»«removeItem ref=`autoItalic`/»«removeItem ref=`setUnicode`/»«removeItem ref=`mtext` /»«removeItem ref=`rtl`/»«removeItem ref=`forceLigature`/»«removeItem ref=`setFontFamily` /»«removeItem ref=`setFontSize`/»«/tab»«/toolbar»¨}«/annotation»«/semantics»«/math»

21
3 marks

The interior angle of a regular polygon is 162°.

Determine the number of sides of the polygon.

22
4 marks

The line segment FH includes part of one side of the triangle EFG in the diagram below.

Triangle EFG with angles, 72 degrees at E and 122 degrees at Q, and line HG extending from G. Text: "Diagram not drawn accurately."

P is a point on EG.

Q is a point on FH

PQ is a parallel to EF.

Work out the size of angle HGP.

You must give a reason for each stage of your working.

23a
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PQR is an isosceles triangle.

When angle P=56°, there are 3 possible sizes of angle Q.

What are they?

23b
1 mark

When angle P=110°, there is only one possible size of angle Q.

Explain why.

24
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The diagram shows a right-angled triangle.

Right-angled triangle with angles labelled: 8x at the top, 7x + 15 at the base, and a 90-degree corner.

All the angles are in degrees.

Work out the size of the smallest angle of the triangle.

1
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4 marks
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ABCD is a parallelogram.

Angle ADB = 38°.
Angle BEC = 41°.
Angle DAB = 120°.

Calculate the size of angle x.
You must give reasons for your answer.

2
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4 marks
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ABC is parallel to EFGH.

GB = GF
Angle ABF = 65°

Work out the size of the angle marked x.
Give reasons for your answer.

3
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4 marks
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ABCD and EFG are parallel lines.
BC = CF
Angle BFE = 70°

Work out the size of the angle marked x.
Give reasons for each stage of your working.

4
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4 marks
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ABC and DE are parallel lines.
AEG and BEF are straight lines.

Angle AED = 54°
Angle FEG = 70°

Work out the size of the angle marked x.
Give a reason for each stage of your working.

5
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4 marks
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ABC and EDC are straight lines.
AE and BD are parallel.
Angle ABD = 125°
Angle BCD = 30°

Work out the size of the angle marked x.
Give reasons for your answer.

6
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4 marks
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ABCD is a parallelogram.
EDC is a straight line.
F is the point on AD so that BFE is a straight line.

Angle EFD = 35°
Angle DCB = 75°

Show that angle ABF = 70°
Give a reason for each stage of your working.

7
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3 marks
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AE, DBG and CF are parallel.
DA = DB = DC.
Angle EAB = angle BCF= 38°

Work out the size of the angle marked x.
You must show your working.

8
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4 marks

The diagram shows a pattern using four identical rhombuses.

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Work out the size of the angle marked a.
You must show your working.

9
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4 marks
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ABCDEFGH is a regular octagon.
BCKFGJ is a hexagon.

JK is a line of symmetry of the hexagon.
Angle BJG = angle CKF= 140°

Work out the size of angle KFE.
You must show all your working.

10
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4 marks

The diagram shows part of a pattern made from tiles.

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The pattern is made from two types of tiles, tile A and tile B.

Both tile A and tile B are regular polygons.

Work out the number of sides tile A has.

11
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4 marks
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ABCDE is a regular pentagon.
ACFG is a square.

Work out the size of angle DCF.
You must show all your working.

12
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4 marks
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ABCDEFGH is a regular octagon.
KLQFP and MNREQ are two identical regular pentagons.

Work out the size of the angle marked x.
You must show all your working.

13
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4 marks

In the diagram, ABBC and CD are three sides of a regular polygon P.

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Show that polygon P is a hexagon.
You must show your working.

14
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5 marks

Here is a parallelogram.

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Work out the value of x and the value of y.

15
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The diagram shows a square and 4 regular pentagons.

Work out the size of the angle marked x.

16
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4 marks
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AGC and DEF are parallel lines.
ADB and GE are parallel lines. BEC is a straight line.

Angle DBE = 95°
Angle CGE = 55°

Work out the size of the angle marked x.
Give reasons for each stage of your working.

17
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3 marks
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ABCDE is a regular pentagon.
BCF and EDF are straight lines.

Work out the size of angle CFD.
You must show how you got your answer.

18a
2 marks

An interior angle of an isosceles triangle is p° and an exterior angle is q °.

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It is given that q = 5p .
Write the ratio p : q in its simplest form.

18b
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Work out the two different possible sets of angles for the isosceles triangle.

Triangle 1: ............°, .............°, .............°
Triangle 2: ............°, .............°, .............°

19
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3 marks

Here is a quadrilateral.

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a = 90° and a : b = 5 : 3

x : y = 1 : 3

Show that b = x

1
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4 marks
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The diagram shows a regular pentagon.
AB and CD are two of the lines of symmetry of the pentagon.

Work out the size of the angle marked x.
You must show all your working.

2
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3 marks

Here is a pentagon ABCDE.

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AB = BC = BD
ABDE is a kite.

Angle AED = 40°
Angle EDB = 130°
Angle BDC = 72°

Work out the size of angle ACB.

3
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4 marks

ABCDEFGHI is a regular 9-sided polygon.

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The vertices B and E are joined with a straight line.

Work out the size of angle BEF.
You must show how you get your answer.

4
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4 marks

The diagram shows a hexagon.
The hexagon has one line of symmetry.

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FA = BC
EF = CD
Angle ABC = 117°

Angle BCD = 2 × angle CDE.

Work out the size of angle AFE.
You must show all your working.

5
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5 marks
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PQRST is a regular pentagon.
R, U and T are points on a circle, centre O.
QR and PT are tangents to the circle.
RSU is a straight line.

Prove that ST = UT.

6
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4 marks

The diagram shows a regular 10-sided polygon, ABCDEFGHIJ

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Show that x = y.

7
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4 marks

The diagram shows a regular octagon ABCDEFGH and a regular pentagon ABIJK

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Work out the size of the angle x.

8
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3 marks

AB, BC, CD and  DE are four of the sides of a regular decagon.

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Work out the size of angle w.

..............................degrees 

9a
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3 marks

Imran joins two tiles together as shown below.
One tile is a regular hexagon and the other tile is a regular pentagon.

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Show that angle a is 132°.

9b
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3 marks

Imran thinks that another tile in the shape of a regular polygon will fit exactly into angle a.

Is Imran correct?
Show your reasoning.

10a
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4 marks

AB, CD and EF are straight lines.

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Ava assumes that AB and CD are parallel.
What answer should she get for the size of angle y?

...............................degrees

10b
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3 marks

In fact,

AB and CD are not parallel
angle w  is 60°

What effect does this have on the size of angle y? Tick a box.

y is bigger

y is the same

y is smaller

Show working to support your answer.

11
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5 marks

Angle BAE is part of a regular 18-sided polygon.
Angle CAD is part of a regular 10-sided polygon.
The dashed line through A is a line of symmetry of both polygons.

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Work out angle BAC.

12
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4 marks

AB, CD and YZ are straight lines.
All angles are in degrees.

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Show that AB is parallel to CD.