Compass and True Bearings
Area of a Triangle
Sine Rule
Cosine Rule
Radial Survey
100

Riley travels from X to Y for 125 km on a bearing of N32°W. How far did Riley travel due north, to the nearest kilometre?

106 km

100

In triangle ABC, side a is 36 cm, side b is 48 cm and angle C is 68°. Find the area of the triangle. Answer correct to two decimal places.

801.09 cm^2

100

Benjamin is planning to build a triangular garden for his daughter. The vertices of the triangle are named PQR. He measured =PQ as 2.7 m, QR as 3.1 m and ∠PRQ as 57°. Use the sine rule to find the size of ∠RPQ, correct to the nearest degree.

74

100

Ruby drives a four-wheel drive along a track from point  A due west to a point B, a distance of 14 km. She then turns and travels 19 km to point C. Use the cosine rule to calculate the distance Ruby is from her starting point. Answer correct to one decimal place.

26 km

100

A radial survey of land DEFG. What is the size of angle FOG?  is shown opposite.

103

200

Harry travelled for 8.5 km on a bearing of S30°W from his home. How far west is Harry from home? Answer correct to two decimal places.

4.25 km 

200

Find the area of triangle DEF if DF = 5cm, EF = 6cm and ∠DFE = 40°. Answer correct to the nearest square centimetre.

10 cm^2

200

Find the length of the longest side of a triangle with angles of 42°, 55° and 83°, given that the length of the shortest side is 8.6 cm. Answer correct to one decimal place.

12.8 cm

200

DEF is a triangle for which DF = 37 cm,  EF = 46 cm and ∠DFE = 44°. Use the cosine rule to find the length of DE, to the nearest millimetre.

322 mm 

200

The diagram opposite is a compass radial survey of field VWXYZ. All distances are in metres. Answer the following questions, correct to one decimal place. What is the length of XY?

68 m 

300

A cyclist rides 15 km on a bearing of 290°. How far north is the cyclist? Answer correct to one decimal place.

5.1km

300

In triangle DEF, the length of DF is 21 cm, EF is 28 cm, ∠FDE is 64°and ∠DEF is 43°. Find the area of triangle DEF to the nearest square centimetre.

281 cm^2

300

Sienna was located at X and saw a fire in the direction N15°E. Seven kilometres to the east of X at Z, Dylan saw the fire in the direction N50°W. How far is X from the fire? Answer in kilometres, correct to one decimal place

5 km 

300

Passengers in a car travelling east, along a road that runs west–east, see a castle 10 km away in the direction N65°E. When they have travelled a further 4 km east along the road, what will be the distance to the castle? Answer correct to two decimal places.

6.6 km 

300

A radial survey of land ABCD is shown opposite. Answer the following questions correct to the nearest metre. What is the area of ΔAOB?

735 m^2

400

The diagram shows the location of three schools. School A is 5 km due north of school B, school C is 13 km from school B and ∠ABC is 135°. Calculate the shortest distance from school A to school C, to the nearest kilometre.

17 km

400

The triangle ABC has an area of 243 m2,  BC = 30.1 m and ∠BCA = 54°21′. What is the length of AC in metres, correct to one decimal place?

19.9 m 

400

The diagram shows a triangle with side lengths 25 cm and 47 cm and angle 30° and θ. Find  θ  given  it is an obtuse angle. Give your answer to the nearest minute. 

109'57'

400

A stepladder has legs of length 120 cm and the angle between them is 15°. Calculate the distance (to the nearest centimetre) between the legs on the ground.

31 cm

400

A radial survey of a triangular field is shown. What is the size of ∠AOB?

139

500

Oscar drives at a speed of 80 km/h on a bearing of 125°T for 2.5 hours. How far is Oscar east of his starting position? Answer to the nearest kilometre.

164 km

500

A triangle has an angle of 129°56′with one arm of this angle 15 cm long. What is the length of the other arm of this angle if the area of the triangle is 69.94 cm2? Answer correct to the nearest centimetre.

12 cm 

500

Harrison measured the angle of elevation to the top of the mountain as 28°. He moved 140 m closer to the mountain and measured the angle of elevation to the top of the mountain as 43°. How far in a straight line is Harrison from the top of the mountain at his new position? Answer correct to the nearest metre.

254 m

500

The lengths of the sides of triangle ABC are in the ratio 7 : 8 : 9. Find the size of each angle, correct to the nearest minute.

74'24', 58'25', 48'11'

500

Alex, Blake and Connor are standing in a field. Connor (C) is 15 metres away from Blake (B) on a bearing of 032°. Alex (A) is 20 metres away from Blake on a bearing of 315°.

What is the size of the ∠ABC to the nearest degree?

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