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Pack B — Fluency
MathematicsYear 9 · 9.3 Right-angle Trigonometry
Pack B · Fluency
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Answer all questions. Show your working. Questions are grouped by challenge level.
BronzeQuestions 1–10
- 1.In a right-angled triangle, the angle has opposite side 8 cm and hypotenuse 17 cm. Write down as a fraction in its simplest form.
- 2.Identify the opposite, adjacent, and hypotenuse for angle 30° in a right-angled triangle with hypotenuse 10 cm.
- 3.Find sin 60° in surd form.
- 4.A right triangle has opposite 5 and adjacent 12. Find tan θ.
- 5.In a right triangle, and hypotenuse = 10. Find the opposite side.
- 6.Use to find the opposite side when angle = 30° and hyp = 8 cm.
- 7.Find exactly.
- 8.A right triangle has hypotenuse 10 and an angle 30°. Find the side opposite the 30° angle.
- 9.Find tan 30° exactly.
- 10.A right triangle has hyp 13 and one leg 12. Find the third side, and then for the angle opposite the 5-side.
SilverQuestions 11–20
- 11.In a right triangle, the side opposite is 7 cm and hyp = 15 cm. Find to 1 d.p.
- 12.A right triangle has hyp 12 cm and angle 50°. Find the opposite side to 2 d.p.
- 13.A right triangle has adjacent 5 cm and angle 45°. Find the opposite side to 2 d.p.
- 14.A right triangle has adjacent 6 and opposite 8. Find (a) the hypotenuse, (b) the angle θ to 1 d.p.
- 15.Find the angle of elevation: a tree casts a 12 m shadow when the tree is 7.5 m tall.
- 16.A right triangle has hyp 10 and angle 30°. Find the adjacent (to 2 d.p.).
- 17.A ladder of length 5 m leans against a wall, making a 60° angle with the ground. Find the height up the wall.
- 18.A right triangle has opposite 8 and adjacent 15. Find (a) the angle θ to 1 d.p., (b) the hypotenuse.
- 19.A 25 m vertical building. From the top, the angle of depression to a car is 20°. Find the horizontal distance.
- 20.Find the angle in a right triangle with hyp 13 and opposite 5.
GoldQuestions 21–30
- 21.A vertical tree casts a shadow of 15 m on horizontal ground. The angle of elevation from the tip of the shadow to the top of the tree is 48°. Find the tree height to 2 d.p.
- 22.A cuboid has length 8 cm, width 6 cm, height 4 cm. Find the angle between the space diagonal and the base.
- 23.A right triangle has angle 30° and hyp 8 cm. Use exact values to find the opposite and adjacent.
- 24.An aircraft's angle of approach to a runway is 3°. How high should it be when 7 km away horizontally? Give in m.
- 25.A right triangle has hyp 10 and one acute angle 35°. (a) Find the opposite and adjacent. (b) Find the area.
- 26.Find in: angle in a right triangle is and the opposite/adjacent ratio is 1.
- 27.A right triangle has one acute angle of 25° and hypotenuse 20 cm. Find the perimeter to 2 d.p.
- 28.Two right-angled triangles share a common leg. The first has opposite 3 and adjacent 4. The second has opposite 5 and the same adjacent 4. Find the difference in their hypotenuses.
- 29.A right triangle has hyp 25 cm and an angle 60° at one acute vertex. Find the lengths of the two legs.
- 30.A boat sails 10 km on bearing 030°. (a) How far north? (b) How far east?
PlatinumQuestions 31–40
- 31.PQRS is a square base 8 cm; pyramid apex V is 12 cm above the centre. M = midpoint of QR. Find (a) GM (G = centre), (b) VM, (c) angle of face VQR with the base.
- 32.In a right triangle, the angle at A is 30° and the hypotenuse is 12 cm. Use exact values to find the legs.
- 33.A cliff of height stands on level ground. From point A, 28 m from the base, line of sight to the top is 52 m. From B further, sight is 60 m. Find and the distance from B to the base.
- 34.A flagpole is observed from two points 50 m apart. From the closer point, elevation = 35°. From the further, 22°. Find the height of the flagpole.
- 35.A ladder of length 6 m leans against a wall. The angle with the ground is initially 70°; it slips to 60°. By how much does the top descend?
- 36.Find exactly using the identity .
- 37.A triangular prism has a right-angled triangular cross-section with legs 6 and 8 cm. The hypotenuse is the base of the prism, lying on a table. Find the angle the prism's slanted face makes with the table.
- 38.A square pyramid has slant edge from base vertex to apex = 13 cm and base diagonal half-length = 5 cm. Find the apex height above the centre.
- 39.A skier descends a 100 m slope inclined at 15° to horizontal. Find (a) horizontal distance covered, (b) vertical drop.
- 40.A 3D Pythagoras-with-trig problem: a square pyramid has base side 10 cm and slant edge 13 cm. Find the angle between a slant edge and the base.
