Radians, arcs and sectors: Edexcel A‑Level Maths questions
Edexcel A-Level Maths past-paper questions on 5.2 Radians, arcs and sectors, 2010–2025, with mark schemes and examiner’s reports where available. Add MadAsMaths questions to your practice, or browse them separately by topic and difficulty.
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- June 2025, Pure 1, Q15 (9 marks): O D C B A Figure 4 Figure 4 shows the plan view for the design of a stage. The shape of this design consists of a sector of a circle AOB joined to a rectangle O
- June 2025, Pure 2, Q4 (5 marks): A B C R D 13 cm 6.4 cm 8 cm Not to scale Figure 1 The shape ABCD, shown in Figure 1, consists of a triangle ABD containing a sector ABC of a circle with centre
- June 2024, Pure 1, Q11 (4 marks): A O R B C Figure 4 Figure 4 shows the design of a badge. The shape ABCOA is a semicircle with centre O and diameter 10 cm. OB is the arc of a circle with centre
- June 2023, Pure 1, Q8 (10 marks): FRONT OF STAGE Diagram NOT accurately drawn A O G 27.6 m 2.3 rad D E F B C 15 m BACK OF STAGE Figure 1 Figure 1 shows the plan view of a stage. The plan view sh
- June 2022, Pure 1, Q15 (10 marks): A 0.8 rad h r r F E D C B Figure 5 A company makes toys for children. Figure 5 shows the design for a solid toy that looks like a piece of cheese. The toy is mo
- November 2021, Pure 2, Q6 (5 marks): A O r 2r 2r θ r B C D E F Figure 1 The shape OABCDEFO shown in Figure 1 is a design for a logo. In the design • OAB is a sector of a circle centre O and radius
- November 2020, Pure 1, Q11 (8 marks): y C2 B A O C1 x Figure 3 Circle C1 has equation x2 + y2 = 100 Circle C2 has equation (x − 15)2 + y2 = 40 The circles meet at points A and B as shown in Figure 3
- June 2019, Pure 2, Q3 (3 marks): O 5 cm B A 40° Figure 1 Figure 1 shows a sector AOB of a circle with centre O, radius 5 cm and angle AOB = 40° The attempt of a student to find the area of the
- June 2018, Pure 1, Q3 (4 marks): O θ r cm B A r cm Figure 1 Figure 1 shows a sector AOB of a circle with centre O and radius r cm. The angle AOB is θ radians. The area of the sector AOB is 11 c
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