IGCSE Maths · Area 5 of 9

Mensuration

Units of measure, area and perimeter, circles, arcs and sectors, surface area and volume, and compound shapes.

5 topics · 36 exam-style questions · 98 marks

Mensuration is the most formula-dependent area of the paper, and the formulas you are given are on page 2 of the question paper - but only some of them.

Units of Measure

Cambridge lists the metric units you have to use and convert: mm, cm, m and km for length; mm2, cm2, m2 and km2 for area; mm3, cm3 and m3 for volume; ml and l for capacit...

7 questions · 15 marks

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Area and Perimeter

Cambridge expects you to carry out calculations involving the perimeter and area of a rectangle, a triangle, a parallelogram and a trapezium. Only the area of a triangle ...

7 questions · 20 marks

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Circles, Arcs and Sectors

Cambridge prints the circumference and the area of a circle on page 2 of the question paper, and nothing at all about part of a circle. So the arc and sector formulas are...

7 questions · 19 marks

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Surface Area and Volume

Page 2 of the paper gives you the volume of a prism, a pyramid, a cylinder, a cone and a sphere, and the curved surface area of a cylinder, a cone and a sphere. It does n...

8 questions · 22 marks

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Compound Shapes and Parts of Shapes

A compound shape is two or more simple shapes joined together, and there are only two things you ever do with it: add the parts, or subtract the part that is missing. Thi...

7 questions · 22 marks

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