Pathways School Noida Mathematics SL Arc Length and Area of a sector

1. The diagram shows two concentric circles with centre O.

diagram not to scale

The radius of the smaller circle is 8 cm and the radius of the larger circle is 10
cm. Points A, B and C are on the circumference of the larger circle such that
B is
AO radians.
3

(a) Find the length of the arc ACB.

(2)

(b) Find the area of the shaded region.

(4)
(Total 6 marks)

2. The circle shown has centre O and radius 3.9 cm.

diagram not to scale

Points A and B lie on the circle and angle AOB is 1.8 radians.

1
Pathways School Noida Mathematics SL Arc Length and Area of a sector

(a) Find AB.

(3)

(b) Find the area of the shaded region.

(4)
(Total 7 marks)

3. The diagram below shows a circle centre O, with radius r. The length of arc ABC
2
is 3 cm and AO C = .
9

(a) Find the value of r.

(2)

(b) Find the perimeter of sector OABC.

(2)

(c) Find the area of sector OABC.

(2)
(Total 6 marks)

4. The following diagram shows a sector of a circle of radius r cm, and angle at
the centre. The perimeter of the sector is 20 cm.

20 2r
(a) Show that = .
r

2
Pathways School Noida Mathematics SL Arc Length and Area of a sector

(b) The area of the sector is 25 cm2. Find the value of r.

(Total 6 marks)

5. The following diagram shows a circle with radius r and centre O. The points A,
B and C are on the circle and AO C =.

4 2
The area of sector OABC is and the length of arc ABC is .
3 3

Find the value of r and of .

(Total 6 marks)

6. The diagram below shows a circle of radius r and centre O. The angle AO B = .

The length of the arc AB is 24 cm. The area of the sector OAB is 180 cm2.

Find the value of r and of .

(Total 6 marks)