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Mathematics · Topic 31

Circles: arcs, chords, sectors and tangents

Sub-topic 1 2024 · National One-Eighth Free

Riddles identifying the segment, sector, chord, diameter, arc and circumference

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Sub-topic 2 2024 · National One-Eighth Premium

Arc of $30^\circ$ at the centre of a circle of radius $1$ cm (true/false)

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Sub-topic 3 2026 · National Preliminary Premium

Distance from the centre to a chord of $18$ cm in a circle of radius $12$ cm

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Sub-topic 4 2025 · National Quarterfinal Premium

Shortest distance from $p$ to a circle of radius $10$ cm with a tangent of $24$ cm

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Sub-topic 5 2024 · National Final Premium

Radius of a circle with a $30$ cm chord at distance $8$ cm from the centre

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Sub-topic 6 2023 · National Preliminary Premium

Length of a chord for radius $15$ cm, $13$ cm and $17$ cm at given distances

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Sub-topic 7 2025 · National Quarterfinal Premium

Radius from a chord of $30$ cm at distance $8$ cm from the centre

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Sub-topic 8 2023 · National One-Eighth Premium

Intersecting chords: $ae\times be=ce\times de$ with $ae=20$, $be=9$, $de=30$

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Sub-topic 9 2021 · National Preliminary Premium

Riddle: the tangent, a secant meeting a circle at one point

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Sub-topic 10 2024 · National One-Eighth Premium

Arc of $30^\circ$ at the centre of a circle of radius $2$ cm (true/false)

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Sub-topic 11 2024 · National Preliminary Premium

Sector area and arc length with $\theta$ in degrees (true/false)

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Sub-topic 12 2023 · National Preliminary Premium

Riddle: $\pi$, the ratio of circumference to diameter

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Sub-topic 13 2003 · National Semifinal Premium

Sector area $\dfrac{1}{2}r^2\theta$ for $\theta$ in radians (true/false)

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Sub-topic 14 2003 · National Semifinal Premium

Arc length $r\theta$ for $\theta$ in radians (true/false)

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Sub-topic 15 2013 · National Preliminary Premium

Ratio of the areas of circles of radius $7$ cm and $14$ cm

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Sub-topic 16 2013 · National Preliminary Premium

Area of a circle in terms of the diameter, $\dfrac{\pi d^2}{4}$ (true/false)

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Sub-topic 17 2021 · National Preliminary Premium

Surface area of a spherical ball of circumference $0.70$ m, $a=\dfrac{c^2}{\pi}$

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Sub-topic 18 2022 · National Preliminary Premium

A sector is not part of the boundary curve of a circle (true/false)

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Sub-topic 19 2022 · National Preliminary Premium

A radius is not part of the boundary curve of a circle (true/false)

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Sub-topic 20 2022 · National Preliminary Premium

The centre is not part of the boundary curve of a circle (true/false)

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Sub-topic 21 2022 · National One-Eighth Premium

The centroid is not the centre of the circumcircle of a triangle (true/false)

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Sub-topic 22 2022 · National One-Eighth Premium

The circumcentre is the centre of the circumcircle of a triangle (true/false)

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Sub-topic 23 2023 · National Preliminary Premium

Chord length $l=2\sqrt{r^2-d^2}$ for radius $15$ cm and distance $12$ cm

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