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Bearings
Question Paper 3
Level IGCSE
Subject Maths (0580)
Exam Board Cambridge International Examinations (CIE)
Paper Type Extended
Topic Trigonometry
Sub-Topic Bearings
Booklet Question Paper 3

Time Allowed: 48 minutes

Score: /40

Percentage: /100

Grade Boundaries:

A* A B C D E U

>85% 75% 60% 45% 35% 25% <25%

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1 A school has a sponsored swim in summer and a sponsored walk in winter.

In 2010, the school raised a total of $1380.
The ratio of the money raised in summer : winter = 62 : 53.

(a)
a) Show clearly that $744 was raised by the swim in summer.

Answer (a)(i)

[1]

(ii) Alesha’s swim raised $54.10. Write this as a percentage of $744.

Answer(a)(ii) % [1]

(iii) Bryan’s swim raised $31.50.

He received 75 cents for each length of the pool which he swam.

Calculate the number of lengths Bryan swam.

Answer(a)(iii) [2]

(b) The route for the sponsored walk in winter is triangular.

North

B 110°
NOT TO
SCALE

(i) Senior students start at A, walk North to B, then walk on a bearing 110° to C.
They then return to A.
AB = BC.

Calculate the bearing of A from C.

Answer(b)(i) [3]
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(ii)
North

B 110°
NOT TO
SCALE
110°

4 km C

AB = BC = 6 km.
Junior students follow a similar path but they only walk 4 km North from A, then 4 km on a
bearing 110° before returning to A.

Senior students walk a total of 18.9 km.

Calculate the distance walked by junior students.

Answer(b)(ii) km [3]

(c) The total amount, $1380, raised in 2010 was 8% less than the total amount raised in 2009.

Calculate the total amount raised in 2009.

Answer(c) $ [3]
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2
North

North
Q
NOT TO
140° SCALE
50 m
North R

100 m
P

The diagram shows three points P, Q and R on horizontal ground.

PQ = 50 m, PR = 100 m and angle PQR = 140°.

(a) Calculate angle PRQ.

Answer(a) Angle PRQ = [3]

(b) The bearing of R from Q is 100°.

Find the bearing of P from R.

Answer(b) [2]
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B
North

NOT TO
3 km
North SCALE
3 km

85°
A

A, B and C are three places in a desert. Tom leaves A at 06 40 and takes 30 minutes to walk directly
to B, a distance of 3 kilometres. He then takes an hour to walk directly from B to C, also a distance of
3 kilometres.

(a) At what time did Tom arrive at C?

Answer (a) [1]

(b) Calculate his average speed for the whole journey.

Answer (b) km/h [2]

(c) The bearing of C from A is 085°.

Find the bearing of A from C.

Answer (c) [1]

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North
NOT TO
North SCALE
A

126°
B
North

250 m
23°
P

The diagram shows three straight horizontal roads in a town, connecting points P, A and B.

PB =250 m, angle APB = 23° and angle BAP = 126°.

(a) Calculate the length of the road AB.

Answer(a) AB = m [3]

(b) The bearing of A from P is 303°.

Find the bearing of

(i) B from P,

Answer(b)(i) [1]

(ii) A from B.

Answer(b)(ii) [2]
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5 C
NOT TO
120 m SCALE
B

m
60 m

55
77 m

x° 45° y°
D
A

In quadrilateral ABCD, AB # 77 m, BC # 120 m, CD # 60 m and diagonal AC # 55 m.

Angle CAD # 45°, angle BAC # x° and angle ADC # y°.

(a) Calculate the value of x. [4]

(b) Calculate the value of y. [4]

(c) The bearing of D from A is 090°.

Find the bearing of
(i) A from C, [2]
(ii) B from A. [2]