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Pythagoras and trigonometry in 3D

Right-angled triangles inside solids.

11 original questions, 41 marks. Print the worksheet, mark it with the answers sheet, and use the solutions to see every step written out by hand.

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The questions

1

ABCDEFGH is a cuboid with base ABCD and top face EFGH, where E is directly above A, F is directly above B, G is directly above C and H is directly above D.

AB = 3 cm, BC = 4 cm and CG = 12 cm.

Work out the length of AG.

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2 marks
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13 cm
2

A cuboid measures 5 cm by 7 cm by 9 cm.

Calculate the length of the longest straight rod that will fit exactly inside the cuboid.

Give your answer correct to 1 decimal place.

3 marks
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12.4 cm
3

VABCD is a pyramid. The base ABCD is a horizontal square with sides of length 10 cm. The vertex V is directly above the centre O of the base. The height VO of the pyramid is 12 cm.

Calculate the length of the sloping edge VA. Give your answer correct to 3 significant figures.

3 marks
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13.9 cm
4

ABCDEFGH is a cuboid with base ABCD and top face EFGH, where E is directly above A, F is directly above B, G is directly above C and H is directly above D.

AB = 8 cm, BC = 6 cm and CG = 5 cm.

Calculate the size of the angle between the line AG and the plane ABCD.

Give your answer correct to 1 decimal place.

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4 marks
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26.6°
5

A storage box is a cuboid PQRSTUVW with base PQRS and top face TUVW, where T is directly above P, U is directly above Q, V is directly above R and W is directly above S.

PQ = 9 cm, QR = 4 cm and RV = 7 cm.

Work out the size of the angle that the line PV makes with the base PQRS.

Give your answer correct to 1 decimal place.

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4 marks
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35.4°
6

A pyramid has a horizontal square base ABCD with sides of length 12 cm.

The vertex V is directly above the centre O of the base.

The height VO of the pyramid is 8 cm.

Calculate the size of the angle that the edge VA makes with the base ABCD.

Give your answer correct to 1 decimal place.

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4 marks
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43.3°
7

The diagram shows a wedge ABCDEF.

The base ABCD is a horizontal rectangle with AB = 24 cm and BC = 10 cm.

E is vertically above D and F is vertically above C, with DE = CF = 6 cm.

ABFE is the sloping face of the wedge.

Work out the size of the angle between the line AF and the base ABCD.

Give your answer correct to 1 decimal place.

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4 marks
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13.0°
8

ABCDEFGH is a cuboid with base ABCD and top face EFGH, where E is directly above A, F is directly above B, G is directly above C and H is directly above D.

AB = 5 cm, BC = 12 cm and CG = 9 cm.

Calculate the size of the angle between the line AG and the plane BCGF.

Give your answer correct to 1 decimal place.

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4 marks
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18.4°
9

A pyramid has a horizontal square base ABCD with sides of length 16 cm.

The vertex V is directly above the centre O of the base.

The height VO of the pyramid is 15 cm.

M is the midpoint of BC.

Calculate the size of the angle between the face VBC and the base ABCD.

Give your answer correct to 1 decimal place.

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4 marks
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61.9°
10

A cuboid has a square base and a height of 8 cm.

The length of the longest diagonal of the cuboid, from one corner of the base to the opposite corner of the top face, is 12 cm.

Work out the volume of the cuboid.

4 marks
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320 cm³
11

The diagram shows a tent in the shape of a prism.

The base ABCD is a horizontal rectangle with AB = 16 m and BC = 6 m.

The ridge EF is horizontal and runs parallel to AB, directly above the middle of the base, with E at the end above AD and F at the end above BC.

The ridge is 4 m above the base.

Work out the size of the angle between the line AF and the base ABCD.

Give your answer correct to 1 decimal place.

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5 marks
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13.8°

Every question here is original and written by Robinson Tuition. The grade follows the Edexcel grade descriptors and suits AQA and OCR too; this is not an exam-board paper.

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